Becoming Bangalore

Becoming Bangalore

Author:

Roopa Pai

Publisher:

Hachette India

Language:

English

Category:

Travelogues

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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 – and reading, writing and talking about it – 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 – 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 – 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.

ISBN: 9789357316217

Pages: 320

Avg Reading Time: 11 hrs

Age : 18+

Country of Origin: IN

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