1943. Guilds of traders return to India, armed with the most beautiful tapestries,sacks stuffed with whole spices, suitcases bursting with books, and minds full ofrumination and Rumi. One of these men was Mr Merchant. Mr Merchant is a half Parsi half Bohri man who grew up in cosmopolitan Bombay. The clubs, the colonial influences and his travels for work and meandering for pleasur make up the majority of his life. He worked with a trading house based out of Horniman Circle in Fort.