Bombay, 1975: A City of Contrasts In 1975, Bombay was a city pulsing with life, ambition, and contradiction. The scent of the sea mixed with the aroma of street-side vada pavs and incense from roadside shrines. Double-decker BEST buses rumbled through the streets alongside black-and-yellow Premier Padmini taxis. The skyline was dotted with colonial-era buildings, mills, and the rising silhouettes of new concrete towers. The textile mills of Girangaon were still the city’s economic engine, while

In 1975, Bombay was a vibrant, bustling city at the crossroads of tradition and change, serving as India's commercial and entertainment capital, with a skyline blending colonial architecture and new towers. The city was defined by its energetic pace, with local trains and double-decker buses, thriving textile mills, and Bollywood studios. However, this dynamism was also shadowed by the political tension and censorship of the national Emergency, while also being a city of stark contrasts, from gl