Mumbai Masti

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Enviable, Desirable, Greedy, Extravagant. What Mumbai is city of contradictions, where the wealthy and the poor live flank by flank. City of Dreams that can be cruel to losers. Here bubbles a stew of communities each lending it distinctive spice that blend together to create a flavour that is unmistakably Mumbai.

Mumbai MastiCaptures the distinctive iconography of a melting pot of communities through a distinctly unconventional prism, It audaciously brings together two diverse creative energies with electric results. Globaily acclaimed designer Krsna Mehta takes his signature visual narrative to new levels of edginess while urban analyst Bachi Karkaria’s textual commentary is at once incisive and cheeky. This is a funny, zany, unabashedly honest portrait of a city like no other, replete with its graphic streets, its people, its serial celebrations and its alter ego, Bollywood.

As the design director of Zeba Krsna Mehta had virtually changed the way the world looks at contemporary Indian textiles. With a degree from FIT, New York he joined Zebra in 1998. After 7 Years of working in textiles and home furnishings, during which time he won several awards, including began his explorations in graphic art, Photography and mixed media. His keep interest in urban cultures has marked his numbers public installations and interior projects. all of which have been a definitive face to contemporary India design. In this his first foray into visual direction. all of which have given a definitive face to contemporary India design. In this his first foray into visual direction for a book, his unique quickly style is on full display krsna lived in and works from Mumbai

Bachi Karkariais among Indian’s foremost journalists and has created and edited some of the Times of India’s most successful papers, Erratica her satirical column in The Sunday Times of India has a huge fan followings. Having pioneered thought provoking writings on AIDS and urban issues in India , Bachi is the first Indian on the board of world Editors’ Forum, an active member of the international Mary Morgan-Hewitt Award for lifetime achievement. She is the author of Dare to Dream, The best selling biography of M S Oberoi as well as collections of her own writings