ABSTRACT
Bombay was the second stop on our theatrical journey. After Calcutta, which continues to resist its reputation as a ‘dying city’, Bombay seems to be flourishing, but only on the surface. It is the Big Apple of India, a throbbing metropolis ridden with problems. Widely recognized as the financial capital of India, it controls 40 per cent of the country’s industrial capital, 33 per cent of its income tax revenue, and 60 per cent of its customs duty. Money is the presiding deity of Bombay, attracting almost 650 people a day to the city from other parts of India. If this influx continues, the population of the city will increase from 13 million people to 20 million by the turn of the century.
