Events

This is the video for the first session, click here to access the YouTube video for Session 2.

The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is delighted to invite you to the book launch of:

Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi
edited by Neelanjan Sircar and Sanjoy Chakravorty

The book will be launched through a discussion with the editors and authors.

Session 1: Theories and Ideas (1.30-3 PM IST)
Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, CPR
Sanjoy Chakravorty, Professor, Temple University
Sanjay Srivastava, Professor, SOAS, University of London
Awadhendra Sharan, Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Session 2: Facts and Figures (3.30-5.00 PM IST)
Neelanjan Sircar, Senior Fellow, CPR
Shahana Sheikh, PhD Candidate, Yale University
Khusdeep Malhotra, Professor, Temple University
Shamindra Nath Roy, Associate Fellow, CPR

About the Book

Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi (Cambridge University Press) unpacks the complex realities and paradoxes of the National Capital Region (NCR). The key themes of social change, community and state, and inequality are investigated in chapters focusing on the material condition of the metropolis (housing, services, crime, pollution) and its social organization (marriage, migration, citizenship, identity). In this half-day conference, the two editors of the book and five of its twenty contributors discuss some of the significant issues and challenges of contemporary Delhi.

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