Mancherji Joshi Five Gardens

This guide to Mancherji Joshi Five Gardens in Mumbai starts in 1896, when plague swept the old city and the colonial administration decided the crowded center could not be saved, only abandoned. It follows Mancherji Edalji Joshi, a Parsi municipal employee, as he used his post to secure land for Zoroastrian families in the new Dadar-Sion grid drawn up in 1899, negotiating under British rule for a neighborhood his community had never had. You'll hear how that plan grew into the largest Zoroastrian enclave in the world, with five gardens woven through its heart. Look around at the tree-lined avenues Joshi's negotiations made possible.