ASM-MRC programme: 7th March 2025 - Bombay Booked 11: MUSES OVER MUMBAI

Release of ASM Journal Volume 92

We are happy to share with you that on 26 th November 2024, on the occasion of the 220 th Foundation Day of the Asiatic, the Society has released Volume 92 of the ASM Journal. This is the latest volume of the journal released by the Society. The editors of the journal are Professor Madhu Kelkar and Professor Usha R Vijailakshmi. It has come to the Society's notice that some unscrupulous elements are collecting money for publishing papers in the Society's Journal and are offering bogus certificates. Some of the candidates had mailed these certificates to the Society. These certificates carry the names of the editors of previous volumes. The Asiatic Society does not collect money for publishing research papers in its journal, nor does it guarantee publication, and most importantly it does not issue any certificate. Authors must verify with the Society before submitting any papers, and papers will be published only after rigorous peer review and editing. The Society does not take responsibility for any payments made to third parties claiming to represent the Society, or for their papers appearing in a cloned/spam journal. Ours is a print-only journal. We do not publish the journal online.

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
Presents Bombay Booked - 11: MUSES OVER MUMBAI
Murzban F. Shroff will be in conversation with Sidharth Bhatia
Friday, 7th March 2025 at 5.00 p.m.

The Mumbai Research Centre of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai presents Bombay Booked - 11: MUSES OVER MUMBAI, a new story collection from Commonwealth Prize-shortlisted author and seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Murzban F. Shroff. He will be in conversation with Sidharth Bhatia, Founder Editor of The Wire.

Friday, 7th March 2025 from 5 p.m. at the Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Please join us for Tea at 4:30 p.m.

Muses Over Mumbai is a collection of 17 stories addressing issues such as the veg-non-veg divide, terrorism, caste and communal prejudice, class snobbery, corporate greed, and environmental destruction. Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie praises these stories for highlighting Mumbai's spirit against its darker aspects.

Murzban F. Shroff, a Mumbai-based writer, has published fiction in over 75 literary journals in the U.S. and UK. He has received multiple awards and nominations, including the Bacopa Review Fiction Award and seven Pushcart Prize nominations. His works include "Breathless in Bombay" and "Waiting for Jonathan Koshy." Shroff's India collection of stories, "Third Eye Rising," was listed among Esquire's Best Books of 2021. He is a frequent speaker at international literary festivals and universities.

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC