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Can I read Delhi Metropolitan : the making of an unlikely city on EtoBox?
Delhi Metropolitan : the making of an unlikely city by Ranjana Sengupta is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Delhi Metropolitan : the making of an unlikely city about?
" My understanding of this ferocious, restless, relentless metropolis is that each of us who lives in this city carries a unique, if virtual, Delhi inside our heads.' " Independence, four million refugees from Pakistan and the overwhelming presence of visible and invisible power that flows from New Delhi being the capital have transformed it from the unruffled imperial town it once was to the fearsome metropolis it is today. And yet, says Ranjana Sengupta, this largely unloved city deserves to be loved. Delhi is home to the most diverse population of any city in the country. The unceasing influx of migrants has unleashed new urban architectures of opulence and deprivation. Different groups have set up their own, different universes, and these manage to coexist, not unhappily. And somewhere between the futurist Gurgaon skyline and the proliferating slums, alongside the march of the Metro and the refurbishment of Khan Market, lie Delhi's unsung sagasthe memories, the passions and the unspoken expectation that the city will change lives. Sengupta illustrates how Delhi is essentially the creation of refugees of all kinds, from those fleeing plundered homes within and across the border
Who reads Delhi Metropolitan : the making of an unlikely city?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ranjana Sengupta
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789386057808
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14