1st Edition
Beyond Kolkata Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
304 Pages
by
Routledge India
304 Pages
by
Routledge India
304 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called New Town, Megacity or Jyoti Basu Nagar, in Rajarhat near Kolkata. Conceived by the West Bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision of urban planners of creating a hi-tech town beyond an unruly, crowded Kolkata, and feeding the... Read more
List of Plates. List of Maps and Tables. List of Abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Where is Rajarhat? 2. Destruction of a World 3. Losers and Gainers 4. Urban Legends of Consent 5. Logistics and Nightmares 6. New Town, New Labour 7. The Global and National Histories of Rajarhat 8. Politics of the Multitude 9. Concluding Reflections. Glossary. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index
Biography
Ishita Dey is a member of the Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, and doctoral scholar, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India.
Ranabir Samaddar is Director, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India.
Suhit K. Sen is Senior Researcher, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India.
