The Only City: Bombay in Eighteen Stories

• Edited by Anindita Ghose, the anthology presents Bombay from diverse viewpoints—from Grant Road and Andheri to Dadar and the Danda shore. Its characters include immigrants, artists, screenwriters, lovers, nurses, couples and runaway teenagers, each revealing a different fragment of the city.

• Anindita Ghose is an Indian writer and editor. In The Only City, she brings together eighteen pieces of contemporary short fiction that portray Bombay through varied literary voices and perspectives.

The collection presents Bombay as a city of endless stories. Its eighteen pieces explore love, ambition, belonging, loneliness, resilience and the pressures of urban life. Moving through different neighbourhoods and social worlds, the anthology creates a multifaceted literary portrait of Mumbai and the people who call it home.