Comments on: The Oblique Strategies of Trickster City http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/the-oblique-strategies-of-trickster-city/ media | politics | dissent Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aman Sethi http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/the-oblique-strategies-of-trickster-city/#comment-10290 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:20:45 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=4134#comment-10290 Yes! As a matter of fact I did – thank you for the reminder – its called “Swept off the map” by Gautam Bhan in association with Jagori and is published by Yoda books – If you are based in Delhi, you could pick up the book at their bookstore – Yodakin in Hauz khaz village.

Akshardam was an interesting case as I think they just went ahead with the construction and presented the court with a fait accompli – which is also what happened in the case of the vasant vihar malls (i think) – you could go back and look at the press coverage at the time – which of course comes in several flavours.

Tehelka also did a wonderful piece on the Judge (now retired) who gave the judgement on the malls – again, I cant quite place his name – but his sons were major real estate developers with stakes in a number of projects (i think including the malls). am travelling at present, but I may be able to dig out the references for you in the next week or so.

]]> By: Garima Jain http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/the-oblique-strategies-of-trickster-city/#comment-10289 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:27:29 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=4134#comment-10289 I just read your comment, and was wondering if you eventually got any resources on the Yamuna Displacements. I would imagine Akshardham being a private project, government would have very less involvement with acquisition if at all. I don’t know much about this, but I’m most curious to know more. I’d love to discuss more, if you are interested.

]]> By: Aman Sethi http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/the-oblique-strategies-of-trickster-city/#comment-9462 Wed, 05 May 2010 09:29:32 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=4134#comment-9462 Trickster focuses a great deal on the lived experience of settlement and displacement. For more data driven information, I would suggest a book published by Yoda Books and Jagori – I think its called “swept away” – will try and get you the precise reference.

I recommend you buy both :)

]]> By: neeraj paasvaan http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/the-oblique-strategies-of-trickster-city/#comment-9453 Tue, 04 May 2010 12:40:58 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=4134#comment-9453 comprehensive and precise review. I’d grab the book soon. hope there are also some details about displacements during Akshardham temple construction at Yamuna bank.

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