The port city of ours has been a destination for artistes since the 19th century, informs Dr Tejaswini Niranjana, a distinguished scholar and visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Today, she will unravel, share and narrate the many histories embedded in Girgaum as far as Hindustani music goes. Complementing her in thought will be filmmaker Surabhi Sharma who has featured music in her films such as Bidesia in Bambai, and architect Kaiwan Mehta, managing editor of Domus India.

Sites, sights and ornaments from the Bhuleshwar, Kalbadevi Road and Girgaum area — some of the localities crucial to the Mumbai-Music project. pic courtesy/Kaiwan Mehta’s Alice in Bhuleshwar archive

Dr Niranjana shares about the idea’s origins, “Surabhi and I are long-time collaborators and have worked together on another music project before this (see her film Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean; and my book Mobilising India: Women, Migration and Music between India and Trinidad).