Murzban F. Shroff
@MurzbanFShroff
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Author BREATHLESS IN BOMBAY•WAITING FOR JONATHAN KOSHY•THIRD EYE RISING•MUSES OVER MUMBAI Shortlisted Commonwealth Writers' Prize. 7 Pushcart nominations.
Mumbai
Joined March 2013
A much-needed and timely expose by @timesofindia and @nauzerbTOI #MumbaiNews #Mumbaikar @somitsenTOI #RedevelopmentScams #SeniorCitizens
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mumbai: Redevelopment is widely celebrated in Mumbai by residents, developers, officials approving building plans, and authorities like the BMC, which.
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“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with truth.” On #gandhijayanti2025 remembering the man who gave India her national character, her soul. @saliltripathi @ranjona @ShashiTharoor @sagarikaghose @sardesairajdeep @prakashraaj @Priyaa_Purohit @medhanarmada
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“He found us a rabble. He left us a disciplined nation.” — Pyarelal on Gandhiji. #gandhijayanti2025
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“He transformed leaders into servants - so they could identify with the toiling masses.” — Pyarelal on Gandhi. #gandhijayanti2025
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Presenting the Crossword Book Awards 2025 Jury Longlist for Fiction. Jury: @NavtejSarna, Sunil Sethi, @vaishnaroy Which book are you rooting for? @HarperCollinsIN @speakingtiger14
@BloomsburyIndia @PenguinIndia
@SimonSchusterIN #crosswordbookstores
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The discerning eye/ear will pick up on the scripted similarities in the paeans being sung.
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A most erudite interaction with post-grad students at @MumbaiUni With thanks to @litlivemumbai for the initiative @BloomsburyIndia @chiraghthakkar @KitabKhanaBooks @titlewavesMUM @trilogybooksnc #MusesOverMumbai #Koshy #mumbai #mumbaifiction #mumbaistories #AuthorsOfTwitter
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Speaking up a 4-book journey with post-grad students at the Mumbai University. Organized by the ever-supportive team at Mumbai Literature Live! @litlivemumbai @chiraghthakkar @kan_writersside #mumbai #mumbaistories #MusesOverMumbai #BreathlessinBombay #WaitingforJonathanKoshy
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GST revision is not 'a landmark reform'. It is an indirect acceptance of the arrogant & ignorant mistake they made and the country suffered for a decade. Don't celebrate. Ask who was responsible for that in the first place.
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HAPPY ONAM from KOSHY, a man who can't stop celebrating life. #Mumbai #Novel #Malayali protagonist #characterconcept #WhackyRead #humor😂 #lightreading #episodes #bandra #stories @KitabKhanaBooks @titlewavesMUM @amazonIN @TheWeek @KeralaTourism @MalayalamReview
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“The bookshop has lived through the freedom movement in Bengal, the two World Wars, Partition, Independence, the Bangladesh Liberation War, and the Naxal movement — he believes that if Dasgupta and Co. has survived all of this, it will survive online shopping for books, too.”
Kolkata’s oldest bookshop opens a free library at its historic College Street premises. @BishwanathGhosh writes: https://t.co/jiQMVEAm6s
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Shameless builders misuse their powers to break laws brazenly. This is right outside Mani Bhavan, home to the Father of the Nation. #mumbaikar #mumbai mayhem @mybmc @TOIMumbai @somitsenTOI @mid_day @mumbaimirror
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Even while Mother Mary comes to Arundhati, KOSHY returns to Mumbai. The rogue philosopher of Kerala - soon to share his escapades with students and lovers of literature. @KitabKhanaBooks @titlewavesMUM @trilogybooksnc @amazonIN #MumbaiNovel #Mumbaifiction #Kerala @TheWeek
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#MarathaInMumbai #MarathaProtest Before you complain about your clubs, your restaurants, and your maidans being overrun, please remember: Over 50 million tribals have been displaced in Free India.
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“Waiting for Jonathan Koshy is a fascinating reading experience from a deeply skilled writer.” — Robert Olen Butler, #Pulitzer Prize Laureate. #Mumbainovel #AuthorsOfTwitter #Mumbaifiction Also available @KitabKhanaBooks @titlewavesMUM @amazon @amazonkindle @pulitzercenter
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#MarathaInMumbai Water tankers, ambulances, medical aid, garbage bags. In this city of contradictions, it seems agitators get more benefits than residents.
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The truth about Social Media: We’d rather build personality over character.
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Minimum governance, Maximum vendetta seems to be the presiding reality. @ranjona @sakshijoshii @saliltripathi @svaradarajan @newslaundry @bombaywallah @sanjayuvacha @Paul_Koshy @sagarikaghose @ptrmadurai @dhruv_rathee @ikamalhaasan @AlwaysChekhov
We had reported earlier that the fellow who filed a sedition complaint against The Wire with the Morigaon police station in Assam on July 11 was a local BJP office holder. Now, the good folks at @newslaundry have established that the guy who filed an FIR against @abhisar_sharma
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A searing commentary on displacement, personal loss, and coming to terms with fractured relationships. Kudos to #Rupa Publications for publishing this. @dailystarnews
thedailystar.net
In Thorns in My Quilt, Mohua Chinappa offers readers a searingly honest and emotionally resonant series of letters addressed to her late father. But before these letters unfold, we are led into a
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