1. Wild, evocative names

Malabar Hill. The Hanging Gardens. The Queen’s Necklace.Elephanta Island. Juhu Beach. Language practically springs fromthe ground in Bombay. Five major tongues (English, Hindi,Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu) and countless dialects interminglewith crazy results, so that certain place-names no longer meananything, they just sound good. (Breach Candy?)

The British, who built a