MUMBAI: Mountstuart Elphinstone ... nodding off amidst dog-eared piles of files and books. The Asiatic Society and Library, formed in 1804 and housed in the Town Hall building, is celebrating ...

MUMBAI: The 200-year-old Asiatic Society of Mumbai appears bent with age as it limps towards its bicentenary celebrations in November. MUMBAI: The 200-year-old Asiatic Society of Mumbai appears ...

On World Book Day, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s library, one of Mumbai’s oldest and biggest reading rooms and repository of rare books and other treasures, says it is transforming itself ...

Among them were books on travel and marine life, art catalogues ... City dwellers are well aware of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai and its large library and due to that it has been a very popular ...

Jashn-e-dastaan-e-Mumbai, the annual cultural festival ... all culminating in a poetic tribute on the steps of the Asiatic Library at Horniman Circle. Curated by architect, poet and professor ...

The restoration of the central hall is part of the second phase of the entire project, which began in 2009. The first phase included the restoration of the library and the durbar hall. It is grand ...

Wikimedia Commons One of Mumbai’s most popular landmarks, the Asiatic Library has features in several movies. With a stunning collection of books, scrolls, coins, manuscripts, magazines and ...

A new wing of the Conservation Laboratory of the historic library at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is set to be inaugurated by the Rotary Club of Bombay on Tuesday. The laboratory is established ...