The first scene shows the Bombay slums, and it's almost like Brigadoon with saris.

BBC: Bombay Dreams

Some reached Iraq with the help of Nepalese agents operating illegally while others first went to the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai ), from where they headed to Iraq.

BBC: Jit Bahadur Khadka

South Africa won the first of the two-Test series in Bombay in just three days.

BBC: India's home record under threat

At a small but compact class in a northern suburb of Mumbai (Bombay) about 20 of the 5, 000 dabbawallahs have gathered for the first class.

BBC: Mumbai tiffin carriers become multi-skilled

To build the Oberoi Sheraton (now known as the Trident) in 1972, the first rival to the opulent Taj hotel, he reclaimed land under water in the Bay of Bombay.

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