| Description |
1 online resource (627 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; praise; bio; title page; copyright; dedication; epigraph; maps; note to the reader; landscape; one; two; three; four; five; six; seven; eight; nine; ten; eleven; twelve; thirteen; miniature; fourteen; fifteen; sixteen; seventeen; abstract; acknowledgments; notes; permissions |
| Summary |
Capital is a compelling biography of a critically important megacity, and the effects of sudden and all-consuming capitalist transformation. At the turn of the twenty-first century acclaimed novelist Rana Dasgupta arrived in the Indian capital with a single suitcase. He had no intention of staying for long. But the city beguiled him - he fell in love and in hate with it - and, fourteen years later, Delhi has become his home. Capital tells the story of Delhi's journey from walled city to world city. It is a story of extreme wealth and power, of land grabs and a city |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Manners and customs
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Delhi (India)
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Delhi (India) -- Social life and customs
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India -- Delhi
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781921961496 |
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192196149X |
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