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Title: Dirty city, boring book
Review: Mr. Chandra's creation, from the title onwards, is a ruefully falsified description of the city of Bombay, one of the most banal and dirtiest cities in Asia, as is well known. The author's words and ideas apply to any reasonably peaceful, affluent Latin or South American city, which can given scale and space to the fanciful stories contained in this collection. Bombay has no such capacity; it only breaks down people into miniatures of themselves, to the level of the grim and the persistent human defecation abound in public places. Frankly, very few Indian people would bestow Bombay its own book. They know how dehumanizing the city has become, and perhaps always was. It is perhaps the most emblematic Asiatic city. Read Mr. Chandra's book, but know that it contains no truth.
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