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

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