Traveltalks visit to Bombay (Mumbai), important sea port and second largest city in India, touching on aspects of local custom and culture including Hinduism, caste system, markets, fishing, marriage, funerals and worldly horse race fans.
This travelogue begins with an appreciation of Bombay as a port city. Beyond the port and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is a teeming city, dominated by caste. The narrator casts a baleful eye on the treatment of hardworking Untouchables, especially the women. We watch a building's construction, see the byplay among castes at a market, and visit a fishing village where caste has less influence. The women clean and dry fish caught by men. Here Hinduism finds harmony in the relationships of couples. There are pressures for all to marry, and girls as young as ten are wives. We watch a funeral procession of a young bride. Then, we end at Bombay's race track, a grand melting pot for rich and poor.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>