Gautam Bhan: 1 book
In the Public's Interest
Evictions, Citizenship, and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book studies the recent legacy of basti “evictions” in Delhi—mass clearings of some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods—as a way to understand how the urban poor are disenfranchised in the name of “public interest” and, in the case of Delhi, by the very courts meant to empower and...
