Six Days In Bombay: A Story Of Self-Discovery In Colonial India

Six Days In Bombay: A Story Of Self-Discovery In Colonial India

Estimated reading time: 10 minutesSix Days in Bombay: Torn between worldsSix Days in Bombay, Alka Joshi’s fourth novel, is a lush, emotionally resonant tale set in 1937 colonial India. As a follower of Joshi’s work since The Henna Artist, which brought my hometown, Jaipur, vividly to life, I was eager to read this story that weaves together my beloved Bombay, where I studied medicine, and the remarkable life of the artist Amrita Sher-Gil. The st…