Borderland City in New India: frontier to Gateway

Cover
Table of Contents
		List of Maps and Images
		Map 1.1 Manipur and surrounding states and territories
		Image 1.1 Shanker Talkies, Lamphelpat
		Image 2.1 Central Imphal facing north
		Image 2.2 Multi-storey houses alongside partially completed houses, Uripok Khumanthem Leikai
		Image 2.3 Manhunt billboard, LIC Point
		Image 3.1 State Police at Thangal Bazaar
		Image 3.2 Bir Tikendrajit Flyover with the Ima Keithel behind
		Image 3.3 PLA Memorial at Cheiraoching
		Image 4.1 Advertisement for 23rd Century, Salam Leikai
		Image 5.1 Billboard featuring Mary Kom, Khoyathong
		Image 5.2 Local clothes shop, New Checkon
		Image 6.1 Shija Hospital, Langol
		Image 6.2 Baptist church under construction, Langol
		Image 7.1 School under construction, Sangaiprou
		Image 7.2 Advertisement for a secondary school, DM campus
		Image 8.1 Start of the rally, Haobam Marak Lourembam Leikai
		Acknowledgments
	1	Introduction
		Disturbed City, Sensitive Space
		Frontiers to Corridors
		Approaching Imphal
		Structure of the Book
		Terminology and Place Names
	Part 1 – Disturbed City, Sensitive Space
		2	Belonging
			Small City, Growing City
			Plurality and Polarity
			Neighbourhoods
			Alternative Places
			Conclusion
		3	Control
			Spatial Control in Imphal
				The Armed Forces
				Civilian Government
				Non-state Actors
			Contesting and Co-opting Memory
				Resistance and Nationalism
				Insurgent Memorials
			Conclusion
		4	Exclusion
			Ethnic Politics
				Mao Gate
				Sadar Hills
				Belonging and the Blockades
			Indigenous Politics
			Conclusion
	Part 2 – Liberalising the Frontier
		5	Gateway City
			New India and Its Frontier
			Indigenising Indian Capital
			Gateway Livelihoods
			Closing the Gate
			Conclusion
		6	Health City
			Building a Health City
			The Decaying Public System
			Accidental Liberalisation?
			Reshaping the Urban Frontier
			Conclusion
		7	Education City
			Sangaiprou
			Schools versus Paddy
			Recruiting in Imphal
			Conclusion
		8	Conclusion
		Acronyms
		Glossary of Non-English Terms
		References
		Index