TY - GEN AU - Sadana, Rashmi TI - Metronama : scenes from the Delhi metro SN - 9789392130090 U1 - 388.42095456 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Roli Books N1 - Contents Introduction xi Part I Crowded The Train to Dwarka 3 Mandi House 6 Vanita 9 The Image of the City 12 Metro Bhawan 16 Space and Matter 19 Red Line 20 Resident Welfare 23 Okhla Station 28 Naipaul on the Metro 30 Nukkad Natak 32 Mumbai 36 Urban Hazards 37 Ramlila Maidan 40 From Badarpur 44 Yellow ' 46 Drishti 49 A Developed Country 52 Social Space 56 Seelampur Station 57 Pressure Cooker 62 Blue Line 64 Delhi-6 67 Bus Rapid Transit 69 The Bicycle Fixer 72 Part II Expanding A Road's Geography 81 The Gangway 83 Spontaneous Urbanism 86 Nehru Place 90 Rupali 91 Chief Minister 96 City of Malls 101 Violet Line 103 Metal and Plastic 107 Appropriate Architecture 108 Chawri Bazar 113 Ajay and Gita 116 Ring Road 119 Grievance and Governance 121 Morning Commute 125 Orange Line 129 The Play about the Metro 130 Aspirational Planning 134 Renu and Shiv 138 Layers and Sediment 142 Green Line 143 Cycle Rickshaw-wala 147 Metro Mob 150 The Techno-cosmopolitan 153 The Politics of Speed 157 Part III Visible World Class 167 Strike 169 Bus 174 Infrastructure by Example 175 Magenta Line 179 Radhika 182 Posture 185 Integration 186 The Photo that Went Viral 190 Voids and Solids 194 Beauty Salon 195 Suicide 198 Multiple Choice 203 Jahnavi 205 Cafe Coffee Day 208 Looks 212 Street Survey 213 Aasif 216 E-rickshaws 218 Love Marriage and a Head Injury 221 Fare Hike 223 At Home in Dakshinpuri 227 Dilli Haat 231 Pink Line 234 City Park 238 Epilogue 243 Acknowledgements 252 Bibliography 255 ER -