Jane Borges
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Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands
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Bombay Balchão
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The Wily Old Woman of Dongri
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2017
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Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Stories of Women from the Ganglands
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Maya, Judgement Night and Other Stories. 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology
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2014
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"Bombay Balchao is aptly named for its melange of characters and its setting - the Bombay from a time when India was on the cusp of independence. I could relate with all the characters that Jane so deftly and beautifully weaves throughout the story, a"
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“Time heals the broken. Sometimes, the healing is slow. Sometimes, it is slower. You cannot predict how long it will take before one forgets what it all felt like—heartbreak, the pain, the anguish, and that emptiness. Years could roll by, and you’d have done ten million different things to keep yourself from thinking, and yet, the mind would remember that moment when your life fell apart and crushed you whole.”
― Bombay Balchao
― Bombay Balchao
“try telling a lover that love is not good for him. If you get a smile in return for your unsolicited advice, be assured that even though you were heard by the tiniest germ that swam the air at that moment, the pair of ears that the advice was meant for had cut out the disturbing sound frequencies before you had even emitted them.”
― Bombay Balchao
― Bombay Balchao
“Each time you prepare the balchão masala, think of the person you want to feed it to. If it’s someone you dislike, you might end up being too liberal with your spices. If this person is somebody you love, you will be more careful, especially with your peppercorns and chillies. You don’t want to burn the tongue that has been kind to you,’ Lorna had advised in Konkani.”
― Bombay Balchão
― Bombay Balchão










































