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SUMMARY:A Talk on 'Global Geopolitics & the Making of Bombay' by Ms Sifra Lentin
DESCRIPTION:Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies (CSSAS) invites you to a sessio
 n on "Global Geopolitics & the Making of Bombay" by Ms Sifra Lentin, Bo
 mbay History Fellow, Gateway House, Mumbai.\n
Speaker: Sifra Lentin is Fell
 ow, Bombay History Studies, Gateway House, Mumbai. Sifra’s scholarship and 
 research interests revolve around Bombay's History and its International Li
 nkages, Jews in Bombay and Karachi, and  India’s Jewish Heritage.\n
About t
 he Theme:\n
Bombay (today's Mumbai) since Indian independence has diminishe
 d in its financial stature. It was once an international city (albeit in a 
 colonial world) hosting foreign banks, diplomats, foreign trading communiti
 es and truly global corporations at the turn of the 20th century. It was al
 so the capital city of a Presidency that once administered overseas Sind an
 d Aden. \n
 This lecture details some early struggles of the city and how e
 vents transpired into making it Urbs Prima in Indis or the foremost city ea
 st of the Suez Canal at a time when Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New
  York were in their infancy.\n
\n
Zoom registration link for attendees: htt
 ps://flameuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h5zOeICHTLWX9fPkprsl2Q\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="font-weight: 400;">Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies (C
 SSAS) invites you to a session on "<strong>Global Geopolitics &amp; the Mak
 ing of Bombay</strong>" by Ms Sifra Lentin, Bombay History Fellow, Gateway 
 House, Mumbai.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><span>Speaker: </spa
 n></strong><span>Sifra Lentin is Fellow, Bombay History Studies, Gateway Ho
 use, Mumbai. Sifra’s scholarship and research interests revolve around Bomb
 ay's History and <em>its International Linkages, Jews in Bombay and </em>Ka
 rachi, and  <em>India’s Jewish Heritage</em>.</span></p><p style="font-weig
 ht: 400;"><strong>About the Theme</strong>:</p><p>Bombay (today's Mumbai) s
 ince Indian independence has diminished in its financial stature. It was on
 ce an international city (albeit in a colonial world) hosting foreign banks
 , diplomats, foreign trading communities and truly global corporations at t
 he turn of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. It was also the capital city of a P
 residency that once administered overseas Sind and Aden. </p><p><span> </sp
 an>This lecture details some early struggles of the city and how events tra
 nspired into making it<span> </span><em>Urbs Prima in Indis</em><span> </sp
 an>or the foremost city east of the Suez Canal at a time when Singapore, Ho
 ng Kong, Shanghai, and New York were in their infancy.</p><p></p><p><b><u>Z
 oom registration link for attendees:</u> </b><a href="https://flameuniversi
 ty.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h5zOeICHTLWX9fPkprsl2Q" target="_blank" data
 -saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://flameuniversity.zoom
 .us/webinar/register/WN_h5zOeICHTLWX9fPkprsl2Q&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=164
 8274828333000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IdTpiC5bND0zsCmbEaRFe" rel="noopener">https://
 <wbr />flameuniversity.zoom.us/<wbr />webinar/register/WN_<wbr />h5zOeICHTL
 WX9fPkprsl2Q</a></p>
DTSTAMP:20260411T163517
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20220331T141500
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