BECOMING BANGALORE
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Description
What makes a city uniquely itself?
Is it its geography, history, location?
Is it its leaders, aspirations, demographics?
Or is it a palpable spirit, wrought of a combination of all these, that seeps into the soil over centuries, and charges the air, infecting residents and visitors alike?
Two decades of exploring her hometown ndash; and reading, writing and talking about it ndash; has convinced Roopa Pai that the last is true: cities are neither born nor made, they become.
In this collection of evocative essays, she trawls the city`s history to tease out bits of the Bangalore jigsaw ndash; a scientist`s quest for excellence, a maharani`s foresight, an entrepreneur`s vision, a chief minister`s ambition, a writer`s pride in his language, and more ndash; in an effort to trace the genesis of the liberal soul of the metropolis and its ability to offer inclusive, creative, laid-back spaces amid its frenetic growth. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic that reveals how a little sixteenth-century settlement on a hill became India`s most charismatic city.
Additional information
| Weight | 390 g |
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| Dimensions | 19 × 15.5 × 2.8 cm |
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| ISBN | 9789357316217 |
