The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructure

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Title Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Part I: Crowded The Train to Dwarka Mandi House Vanita The Image of the City Metro Bhawan Space and Matter Red Line Resident Welfare Okhla Station Naipaul on the Metro Nukkad Natak Mumbai Urban Hazards Ramlila Maidan From Badarpur Yellow Line Drishti A Developed Country Social Space Seelampur Station Pressure Cooker Blue Line Delhi-6 Bus Rapid Transit The Bicycle Fixer Part II: Expanding A Road’s Geography The Gangway Spontaneous Urbanism Nehru Place Rupali Chief Minister City of Malls Violet Line Metal and Plastic Appropriate Architecture Chawri Bazar Ajay and Gita Ring Road Grievance and Governance Morning Commute Orange Line The Play about the Metro Aspirational Planning Renu and Shiv Layers and Sediment Green Line Cycle Rickshaw-wala Metro Mob The Techno-cosmopolitan The Politics of Speed Part III: Visible World Class Strike Bus Infrastructure by Example Magenta Line Radhika Posture Integration The Photo That Went Viral Voids and Solids Beauty Salon Suicide Multiple Choice Jahnavi Café Coffee Day Looks Street Survey Aasif E-rickshaws Love Marriage and a Head Injury Fare Hike At Home in Dakshinpuri Dilli Haat Pink Line City Park Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index