“A little bit of the sun in the outdoors won’t hurt,” the towering Dr Shaul Sapir greets me warmly at Flora Fountain, when I apologise for my five-minute delay. “I like soaking in the city,” he adds, as we saunter to a nearby café for our chat.

David and Goliathan contributons: Dr Shaul Sapir reads from his book at the David Sassoon Library in Mumbai.u00a0Pic/Atul Kamble