Urban India

All the research that falls a little outside my main research interests, or that I created blog posts for once upon a time.

Immoral Times: Vigilantism in a South Indian City

As I write, the Indian state appears to be flexing its majoritarian muscles through the joint implementation of the Citizenship Amendment...

Link Work: Land and Housing Brokers in Mangaluru, India

Mediators who Move the City – When Relations Become Property In both academic and common parlance there’s plenty of movement-based...

Changing Landscapes

India’s urban – and rural-soon-to-be-urban – landscape is changing fast. So fast, it’s hard to get a grip on the changes. This is why I...

What’s in a name? Mangalore, Mangaluru, Kudla…

Juliet may have said to her lover Romeo, What’s in a name? that which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet but the love...

Planning the Smaller Indian City

Smaller cities in India should, but more often than not do not, follow the same planning processes as larger cities. This is explored in...