When I try to imagine how she died, on that day in the Holy City, I stop believing in Allah. But only for a short time. I can't afford to be godless for too long. This is said by a doctor from Bombay; and a butcher confesses, right in the middle of a crowded marketplace: "In a hell like this, even God must scream loudly to be heard." Tyrewala composes more than forty paradigmatic stories of people in Bombay into a polyphony of voices and sounds, in which the city plays a defining role for all and everything. In it, with and against it, they must assert themselves. The protagonists, who tell their stories - stirring, gripping scenes - come from various classes and strata, have diverse professions, engage in religious rivalries, and are victims of violence. They try every day to...