The 1890s changed New York. The 1980s changed Singapore. Can the 2020s change Mumbai?

  • Kailash Babar
  • THE ECONOMIC TIMESUpdated: Apr 26, 2026, 20:10 IST IST
Every once in a while, a decade arrives that quietly but decisively resets the trajectory of a city. For New York, it was the 1890s, when bridges, subways and skyscrapers stitched together a modern metropolis. For Singapore, the 1980s marked its transformation from a port city into a global hub. Dubai’s reinvention began in the 1990s; Shanghai’s in the noughties.
For Mumbai, that decade may well be the 2020s.
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