Bombay Brokers 1478011491, 9781478011491
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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Urban Ethnography in The Global Interregnum / Lisa Björkman
Part I. Development / Rachel Sturman
1. Bunty Singh: Builder of Dreams / Lalitha Kamath
2. Imran: Housing Contractor / Tobias Baitsch
3. Dalpat: Manager of Services / Lisa Björkman
4. Mehmoodbhai: Toilet Operator / Prasad Khanolkar
5. Kaushal: Land Agglomerator / Llerena Guiu Searle
6. Janu: Sister-Supervisor of Migrant Construction Workers / Uday Chandra
Part II. Property / Lisa Björkman
7. Dr. K: Middle-Class Social Worker / Yaffa Truelove
8. Ashok Ravat: Shivaji Park’s Sentinel / Lalit Vachani
9. Shazia: Proof Maker / Sangeeta Banerji
10. Nirmala: Kamathipura’s Gatekeeper / Ratoola Kundu
11. Farhad: “Sue Maker” / Leilah Vevaina
Part III. Business / Tarini Bedi
12. Ramita: Surrogacy Agent / Daisy Deomampo
13. Muhammad: Revalorizer of E-Waste / Aneri Taskar
14. Deepak: Making Mumbai (In China) / Ka-Kin Cheuk
15. Lubaina: Framing “Development” / Lubaina Rangwala
16. Shankar: Delivering Authenticity / Ken Kuroda
17. Manal-Muna: Cooking Up Value / Tarini Bedi
18. Ramji: Business Energizer / Lisa Björkman
Part IV. Difference / Anjali Arondekar
19. Bhimsen Gaikwad: Singer of Justice / Shailaja Paik
20. Sultan: Image Manager / David J. Strohl
21. Raj: Carting Cosmopolitanism / Maura Finkelstein
22. Laxmi: Dealer in Emotion / R. Swaminathan
23. Dharamsey: Assembler of Tradition / Edward Simpson
24. Dalvi: Speaker of Cities / Gautam Pemmaraju
Part V. Publics / Lisa Björkman & Michael Collins
25. Shashi: Dot Connector / Rohan Shivkumar
26. Anil Prakash: Amplifier of Cinema-Industrial Connections / Kathryn Hardy
27. Gauravpant Mishra: Crowd Maker / Sarthak Bagchi
28. Srinivasan: Kingmaker / Simon Chauchard
29. Madhu: Door Opener / Bhushan Korgaonkar
30. Poornima: Designing Relations / Ajay Gandhi
Part VI. Truth / Lisa Björkman
31. Rajani Pandit: Detector of “Truths” / Srimati Basu
32. Afzal Taximan: Rumor Navigator / Sahana Udupa
33. Pawan: Prison Master / Atreyee Sen
34. Sujit: Master Communicator / Annelies Kusters
35. Chadda: Report Maker / Prasad Shetty & Rupali Gupte
36. Prakash: Data Entrepreneur / Amita Bhide
Conclusion. Other Places, Other Times / Lisa Mitchell
Glossary
About the Contributors
Index
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Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Urban Ethnography in The Global Interregnum / Lisa Björkman
Part I. Development / Rachel Sturman
1. Bunty Singh: Builder of Dreams / Lalitha Kamath
2. Imran: Housing Contractor / Tobias Baitsch
3. Dalpat: Manager of Services / Lisa Björkman
4. Mehmoodbhai: Toilet Operator / Prasad Khanolkar
5. Kaushal: Land Agglomerator / Llerena Guiu Searle
6. Janu: Sister-Supervisor of Migrant Construction Workers / Uday Chandra
Part II. Property / Lisa Björkman
7. Dr. K: Middle-Class Social Worker / Yaffa Truelove
8. Ashok Ravat: Shivaji Park’s Sentinel / Lalit Vachani
9. Shazia: Proof Maker / Sangeeta Banerji
10. Nirmala: Kamathipura’s Gatekeeper / Ratoola Kundu
11. Farhad: “Sue Maker” / Leilah Vevaina
Part III. Business / Tarini Bedi
12. Ramita: Surrogacy Agent / Daisy Deomampo
13. Muhammad: Revalorizer of E-Waste / Aneri Taskar
14. Deepak: Making Mumbai (In China) / Ka-Kin Cheuk
15. Lubaina: Framing “Development” / Lubaina Rangwala
16. Shankar: Delivering Authenticity / Ken Kuroda
17. Manal-Muna: Cooking Up Value / Tarini Bedi
18. Ramji: Business Energizer / Lisa Björkman
Part IV. Difference / Anjali Arondekar
19. Bhimsen Gaikwad: Singer of Justice / Shailaja Paik
20. Sultan: Image Manager / David J. Strohl
21. Raj: Carting Cosmopolitanism / Maura Finkelstein
22. Laxmi: Dealer in Emotion / R. Swaminathan
23. Dharamsey: Assembler of Tradition / Edward Simpson
24. Dalvi: Speaker of Cities / Gautam Pemmaraju
Part V. Publics / Lisa Björkman & Michael Collins
25. Shashi: Dot Connector / Rohan Shivkumar
26. Anil Prakash: Amplifier of Cinema-Industrial Connections / Kathryn Hardy
27. Gauravpant Mishra: Crowd Maker / Sarthak Bagchi
28. Srinivasan: Kingmaker / Simon Chauchard
29. Madhu: Door Opener / Bhushan Korgaonkar
30. Poornima: Designing Relations / Ajay Gandhi
Part VI. Truth / Lisa Björkman
31. Rajani Pandit: Detector of “Truths” / Srimati Basu
32. Afzal Taximan: Rumor Navigator / Sahana Udupa
33. Pawan: Prison Master / Atreyee Sen
34. Sujit: Master Communicator / Annelies Kusters
35. Chadda: Report Maker / Prasad Shetty & Rupali Gupte
36. Prakash: Data Entrepreneur / Amita Bhide
Conclusion. Other Places, Other Times / Lisa Mitchell
Glossary
About the Contributors
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
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