Mumbai has always been a city of reinvention, shifting, expanding, and finding new ways to contain its restless energy. But in today’s time, it is transforming at a new and unsettling pace. In Mumbai: A Million Islands, Author and Founder Editor The Wire, Sidharth Bhatia offers a powerful exploration of a city being reshaped by development, where the drive to build upward often pushes entire communities outward.

Through vivid accounts of shifting neighbourhoods, disappearing spaces, and emerging inequalities, the author captures not just the city’s altering skyline but also its sense of connection and belonging. What was once a city defined by its spirit of coexistence now reveals a mosaic of increasingly apart social, spatial, and economic islands. The book launch will feature a conversation between Sidharth and the Editor, Scroll.in Naresh Fernandes. Together, they will reflect on how Mumbai’s changing landscape tells a deeper story of power, identity, and memory, and what it means to imagine a shared future in a city of so many divides.

Join us for a thought-provoking dialogue on the past, present, and future of the city.