I was born in a dusty clinic in Satara, a remote village in Maharashtra Even as I type these opening words I find them unexciting. But where else do I start? It is difficult this, trying to tell the story of a life even if it's my own. But do I really want to write about my early childhood, all my memories of which are indistinguishable from the cliched village and small- town reminiscences one always reads about?
No, I don't think I want to do that. Bombay-it is Bombay which has shaped me into what I am now and it's the story of Bombay I want to tell. And when I think about Bombay the person who comes to mind is Anjali and so I shall begin my narrative with her.