[IMC Bombay] The Story So Far: Insanity, Hemp, and the Making of Bombay
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<div align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"> <font
size=3D"+1"><b>Bay of Bombay</b></font></font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">Requests your
presence</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">At the opening
night of</font><br>
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size=3D"+3"><b>THE STORY SO FAR=B7</b></font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><i>A Tale Of
Insanity, Hemp and the Making of Bombay</i></font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">A serial
reading</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">by</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">Rohit
Gupta</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><b> </b><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><b>In Episode
One</b>: "<b>Auto Da F=8E"</b></font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">The year is
1534. A mysterious botanist-physician called Dr. Garcia da Orta
embarks on a six month voyage to Goa from Portugal. Is this the man
who would begin the 450-year journey of a magical city? Will he take
his dark and dangerous secret to the grave? And what is doing
with all that marijuana ?!</font><br>
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Date:</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><i>Thursday,
September 19, 2002</i></font><br>
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Time:</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><i>8:00
PM</i></font><br>
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Venue:</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><i>Bay of
Bombay,</i> 520, Kalbadevi Road, Near Metro Cinema</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><b>About the
author:</b><br>
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</b><font face=3D"Times New Roman">Rohit Gupta writes a notorious column
for Mid-Day on Thursdays, the strangest day of the Gregorian week. His
collection of short fiction "Play-On Edward & Other Stories"
was launched in July 2002 to polite critical acclaim. Prior to this,
he won the E-Author 1.0 Award for his first book "The Oyster
Club", which became the first e-novel out of India.</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">" Rohit
Gupta's style hits you like a warehouse fire, big and visceral. His
words leap off the page, animated by uncontainable energy - you don't
read a Gupta story so much as you plunge through it."</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><i>- James R.
Norton, Mid-East Editor of The Christian Science
Monitor</i></font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><b>Kindly
Note</b>:</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">To meet the
expenses involved in such an event, we had to keep a cover charge of
Rs. 200, which entitles the patron to one drink and snacks. All
subsequent drinks on this night are at a special rate of Rs.
100.</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">For more
information please call Godfrey at (022) 2056173</font><br>
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<blockquote align=3D"center"><a href=3D"http://in.tv.yahoo.com/"><br>
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PS: My paperback "Play-On Edward & Other Stories"
can now be purchased online at <a
href=3D"http://www.oxfordbookstore.com">www.oxfordbookstore.com</a></div
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