{"id":553,"date":"2009-12-22T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/12\/echoes-of-the-raj.html"},"modified":"2009-12-22T21:15:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:15:31","slug":"echoes-of-the-raj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/12\/echoes-of-the-raj.html","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of the Raj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/abde\/4202239728\/\" title=\"Building by abde, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4202239728_30d3a517cc.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Building\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The architecture of Mumbai is chaos incarnate, with slums and skyscrapers alongside. But there are also magnificent examples of British-era style that stand out and remind the observer of a different time, when a city named Bombay was the center of the mercantile world under an empire and queen.<\/p>\n<p>(see more of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/abde\/sets\/72157623040387226\/\">my photos here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The architecture of Mumbai is chaos incarnate, with slums and skyscrapers alongside. But there are also magnificent examples of British-era style that stand out and remind the observer of a different time, when a city named Bombay was the center of the mercantile world under an empire and queen. 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