'A thoughtful, well-crafted book. Shrewd, tough, topical and anecdotal, its style is almost symbolic of the city Shah captures so joyously and creatively'

INDIA TODAY

'A riveting picture of a city'

THE INDEPENDENT

'No book on the city of Ahmedabad has been written with such elegance and evocativeness'

THE WIRE

'Shah has the poetic gift of discovering metaphors'

MINT

'Combines solid research with literary grace ... Both a political and an intellectual journey ... elegantly crafted and gripping'

U R ANANTHAMURTHY

'In this richly researched and elegantly written book, Amrita Shah explores the paradoxes of Ahmedabad: a city that is at once nativist and cosmopolitan, caring and hedonistic, austere and exhibitionist. This fine study should serve as a model for other works on the rapidly changing cityscapes of twenty-first century India.'

RAMACHANDRA GUHA