The vanishing names of Bombay

The number of people using names like Dadar TT and VT is reducing by the hour, and with it the city's heritage vanishes.

During a recent conversation with a bright 17-year old who moved to India’s large western metropolis in 2019, I was amused to hear that the only people in his school who used the word Bombay were his teachers. 26 years after the Shiv Sena renamed the city to Mumbai, it looks like the name is sticking with the younger generation. As a quintessential subu…