"This volume is sure to provide a useful set of framings and background for scholars, policy-makers and activists to make sense of fragmented and undemocratic governance in India's cities.„ (Urban Studies, 1 May 2015)
“Each chapter is a brilliant incursion into one facet of„The Indian City“ as presented in this book. Togetherthe authors give us a refracted account of that complex conditionthat is a city. The chapters regularly seem to be in conversationwith each other, an unusual achievement for a collection.„
--Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, and authorof Territory, Authority, Rights
“Global flows have created deep contestations and hybridconditions in Indian cities that are often incomprehensible toplanners and policy makers. This book offers a nuanced andscholarly reading of this complex landscape through examining'potent samples' at all scales across a range of Indiancities. An extremely well timed book, given the intellectual voidin the debate on contemporary Indian Cities."
--Rahul Mehrotra, Architect and Professor of Urban Design, Harvard University