TY  - GEN
AU  - Chakravorty, Sanjoy Ed.
TI  - Colossus : the anatomy of Delhi
SN  - 9781108832243
U1  - 306.095456 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - ‎Cambridge University Press
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - India--Delhi
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic history
N1  - Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: What Is Delhi?  by Sanjoy Chakravorty  1
PART I State of the Metropolis: Overview  27
1. Geography and Demography: Mapping the Metropolis by 33
Shrobona Karkun
2. Assets and Spatial Inequality  59
Neelanjan Sircar
3. Housing and Settlements: Invisible Planning, Visible Exclusions  88
Patrick Heller, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Shahana Sheikh, and Subhadra Banda
4. Services: Spatial Inequality of Basic Infrastructure  120
Shamindra Nath Roy
5. Migration: Persisting Inequalities and Spatial Disadvantage  147
Khushdeep Kaur Malhotra
6. Energy: Electrifying the Capital 170
Radhika Khosla
7. Crime: Victimization in New Delhi-Insights from New Data 188
Milan Vaishnav and Matthew Lillehaugen
PART 2 Social and Political Change: Overview 215
8. Religion, Caste, Class, Politics: How Urbanization Affects Social Interactions and Political Behaviors 221
Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur
9. Marriage: When, to Whom, and How People Get Married  251
MeganN Reed
10. Education: Understanding the Gender Gap in Education and Employment 273
Deepaboli Chattejee, Babu L al, and Rimjhim Saxena
11. Spatial Politics: Sociality, Transparency, and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon 290
Sanjay Srivastava
12. Politicians and Netas: The Politics of Grievance and Political Intermediation 311
Neelanjan Sircar
13. Political Parties: The Emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Changing Contours of the Party System 335
Adnan Farooqui
14. Pollution: Vitiated Air and Thinking about Delhi's Environment 362
Awadhendra Sharan
Statistical Appendix 383
Notes on Contributors 396
Index 400
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