Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Map 1 27
5. The Train to Dwarka 31
6. Mandi House 33
7. Vanita 35
8. The Image of the City 37
9. Metro Bhawan 40
10. Space and Matter 43
11. Red Line 43
12. Resident Welfare 45
13. Okhla Station 49
14. Naipaul on the Metro 51
15. Nukkad Natak 52
16. Mumbai 55
17. Urban Hazards 55
18. Ramlila Maidan 57
19. From Badarpur 60
20. Yellow Line 61
21. Drishti 63
22. A Developed Country 65
23. Social Space 69
24. Seelampur Station 69
25. Pressure Cooker 72
26. Blue Line 73
27. Delhi-6 76
28. Bus Rapid Transit 77
29. The Bicycle Fixer 79
30. Map 2 84
31. A Road’s Geography 87
32. The Gangway 88
33. Spontaneous Urbanism 91
34. Nehru Place 94
35. Rupali 94
36. Chief Minister 98
37. City of Malls 102
38. Violet Line 103
39. Metal and Plastic 106
40. Metal and Plastic 106
41. Chawri Bazar 110
42. Ajay and Gita 112
43. Ring Road 115
44. Grievance and Governance 116
45. Morning Commute 119
46. Orange Line 122
47. The Play about the Metro 122
48. Aspirational Planning 125
49. Renu and Shiv 129
50. Layers and Sediment 132
51. Green Line 132
52. Cycle Rickshaw-wala 136
53. Metro Mob 138
54. The Techno-cosmopolitan 140
55. The Politics of Speed 143
56. Map 3 147
57. World Class 151
58. Strike 152
59. Bus 156
60. Infrastructure by Example 156
61. Magenta Line 159
62. Radhika 161
63. Posture 163
64. Integration 164
65. The Photo That Went Viral 167
66. Voids and Solids 170
67. Beauty Salon 170
68. Suicide 172
69. Multiple Choice 175
70. Jahnavi 177
71. Café Coffee Day 179
72. Looks 182
73. Street Survey 182
74. Aasif 184
75. E-rickshaws 185
76. Love Marriage and a Head Injury 188
77. Fare Hike 190
78. At Home in Dakshinpuri 193
79. Dilli Haat 195
80. Pink Line 197
81. City Park 200
82. Epilogue 203
83. Acknowledgments 211
84. Notes 215
85. Bibliography 235
86. Index 245