Jane Borges

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Journalist & Author, India

Jane Borges is a Mumbai-based journalist. She writes on books, heritage and urban planning for Sunday mid-day, the weekend edition of mid-day newspaper. Her debut novel, Bombay Balchão was published in November 2019. The book was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar and Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival award. In 2011, she co-authored Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Stories of Women from the Ganglands with S. Hussain Zaidi, shortlisted for The Economist Crossword Book award, which is now being adapted for screen.

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Poee and Pao

19th November
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm

An insider’s view of two catholic neighbourhoods in Mumbai
Jane Borges, Lindsay Pereira
Chair : Malishka Mendonsa

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Jane Borges, Lindsay Pereira, Malishka Mendonsa

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