TY  - GEN
AU  - Bjorkman, Lisa Ed.
TI  - Bombay brokers
SN  - 9781478011491
U1  - 305.800952 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Duke University Press
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Urban anthropology
KW  - India--Mumbai
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Islamic architecture
KW  - Islamic decoration and ornament
N1  - Contents
Acknowledgements      ix
Introduction Urban Ethnography in the Global Interregnum / Lisa Bjorkman   1
Part I Development / Rachel Sturman   47
1. Bunty Singh: Builder of Dreams / Lalitha Kamath   59
2. Imran: Housing Contractor / Tobias Baitsch          68
3. Dalpat: Manager of Services / Lisa Bjorkman      78
4. Mehmoodbhai: Toilet Operator / Prasad Khanolkar           87
5. Kaushal: Land Agglomerator / Llerena Guiu Searle   95
6. Janu: Sister-Supervisor of Migrant Construction Workers / Uday Chandra         101
Part II Property / Lisa Bjorkman              109
7. Dr. K: Middle-Class Social-worker / Yaffa Truelove      121
8. Ashok Ravat: Shivaji Park's Sentinel / Lalit Vachani        128
9. Shazia: Proof Maker / Sangeeta Banerji        137
10. Nirmala: Kamathipura's Gatekeeper 145
Ratoola Kundu
11. Farhad: 'Sue Maker' / Leilah Vevaina      154
Part III Business / Tarini Bedi   163
12. Ramita: Surrogacy Agent / Daisy Deomampo          175
13. Muhammad: Revalorizer of e-waste / Aneri Taskar          182
14. Deepak: Making Mumbai (in China) / Ka-Kin Cheuk        191
15. Lubaina: Framing 'Development' / Lubaina Rangwala      199
16. Shankar: Delivering Authenticity / Ken Kuroda         208
17. Manal-Muna: Cooking up Value / Tarini Bedi       216
18. Ramji: Business Energizer / Lisa Bjorkman          224
Part IV Difference / Anjali Arondekar     233
19. Bhimsen Gaikwad: Singer of Justice / Shailaja Paik     243
20. Sultan: Image Manager / David Strohl      253
21. Raj: Carting Cosmopolitanism / Maura Finkelstein      262
22. Laxmi: Dealer in Emotion / R. Swaminathan        270
23. Dharmsey: Assembler of Tradition / Edward Simpson         278
24. Dalvi: Speaker of Cities / Gautam Pemmaraju          286
Part V Publics / Lisa Björkman and Michael Collins           297
25. Shashi: Dot Connector / Rohan Shivkumar         307
26. Anil Prakash: Amplifier of Cinema-Industrial Connection / Kathryn Hardy     315
27. Gauravpant Mishra: Crowd-Maker / Sarthak Bagchi     322
28. Srinivasan: Kingmaker / Simon Chauchard         329
29. Madhu: Door Opener / Bhushan Koregaonkar        337
30. Poornima: Designing Relations / Ajay Gandhi           347
Part VI Truth / Lisa Bjorkman         355
31. Rajani Pandit: Detector of Truths / Srimati Basu             367
32. Afzal Taximan: Rumour Navigator / Sahana Udupa       378
33. Pawan: Prison Master / Atreyee Sen    384
34. Sujit: Master Communicator / Annelies Kusters      391
35. Chadda: Report Maker / Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte      401
36. Prakash: Data Entrepreneur / Amita Bhide     405
Conclusion Other Places, Other Times       414
Lisa Mitchell        
Glossary     425
About the Contributors       437
Index     441

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