Images of Delhi: A Literary and Humanistic Geography of Post-independence India

Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 Humanistic Study of Urban Images
	Literary Contributions to Geography
	Exploration of Imaginative Literature by Geographers
	Philosophical Framework
	Evocation of Urban Images
	Conceptual Framework
		Conceptual Framework Facet One
		Conceptual Framework Facet Two
	Notes
	References
2 Delhi: Evolution of an Urban Region
	Delhi: Mughal Period
	Delhi: During the First Independence Movement
	Delhi: During Colonial Times
	Delhi: Post-Independence Period
	Notes
	References
3 Images of Delhi in Indo-Anglian and Hindi Literary Works
	Indo-Anglian Authors (Indian Writers Whose Works Are Primarily in the English Language)
	Hindi Authors (Indian Writers Whose Works Are Originally in the Hindi Language)
	Notes
	References
4 Delhi: As an Idea
	Post-Independence Delhi: A Mixed Emotional Response
	Idea of Delhi Among Expatriate Literature
	Naipaul’s Dark and Wounded Delhi
	Buckhory’s Sacred Call of Delhi
	Mehta’s Tranquil Delhi
	Santha Rama Rau’s Delhi: The Home
	Recapturing Expatriate Experiential Dimension of Delhi
	Notes
	References
5 Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad) and Adjacent Regions
	Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad): The Traditional City
		Subzi Mandi
		Qutub Road Bridge
	Civil Lines: An Area of Bungalows and Gardens
	Katra: Traditional Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad) Business-Cum-Residential Area
	Chandni Chowk: The Moonlit Square
	Refugee Colonies: Experiences of Refugees from West Pakistan
	G. B. Road and Chaori Bazaar: Red Light Districts of Delhi
	The Many Facets of Old Delhi: Shajehanabad
	Notes
	References
6 New Delhi and Neighboring Colonies
	New Delhi: Symbol of Power, Sprawling Suburbs, and Westernized World
	The World of Nouveau-Riche Colonies
	The Office World of New Delhi: The Domain of Bureaucracy
	J. J. Colonies, Slums, and Pavement Life of New Delhi
	Connaught Place: The Center of the City
	The World of Government Employees’ Colonies
	Seva Nagar: City of Serving People
		New Delhi’s Kaleidoscopic Vision
	Notes
	References
7 Four Authors and Their Perceptions of Delhi
	Abstract
	“No Matter; Delhi Is, After All, My Delhi!”—Manohar Shyam Joshi
	“Dedicated to the City of Delhi”—Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
	Delhi and Moscow—(1945)
	Delhi, by “An Unknown Indian”: Nirad C. Chaudhuri
	Indigent World of Delhi of Uday Prakash
	References
8 Epilogue
	Abstract
	Literary Geography and Me
	Empowerment of Place
	Literature and Media as a Catalyst
	Possible Future Research Dimensions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index