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Delhi Sam Miller

Delhi By Sam Miller

Delhi by Sam Miller


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Summary

Presents a portrait of Delhi, one of the world's largest cities. This book shows what Delhi means to its residents, and of what kind of city it is becoming.

Delhi Summary

Delhi by Sam Miller

Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity is an extraordinary portrait of one of the world's largest cities. Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as being 'India's dreamtown - and its purgatory'. He treads the city streets, making his way through Delhi and its suburbs, visiting its less celebrated destinations. Miller's quest is the here and now, the unexpected, the ignored and the eccentric. All the obvious ports of call - the ancient monuments, the imperial buildings and the celebrities of modern Delhi - make only passing appearances. Through his encounters with Delhi's people - from a professor of astrophysics to a crematorium attendant, from ragpickers to members of the Police Brass Band - Miller creates a richly entertaining portrait of what Delhi means to its residents, and of what kind of city it is becoming. Miller is, like so many of the people he meets, a migrant in one of the world's fastest growing cities - and the modern Delhi he depicts is one whose future concerns us all. Miller possesses an intense curiosity; he has an infallible eye for life's diversities, for all the marvellous and sublime moments that illuminate people's lives. This is a generous, original, humorous portrait of a great city; one which unerringly locates the humanity beneath the mundane, the unsung and the unfamiliar.

About Sam Miller

Sam Miller was born in London in 1962. In the early 1990s he was a BBC correspondent in Delhi. He returned to Delhi in 2002 and has lived there ever since, running media projects for the BBC World Service Trust.

Additional information

GOR003190777
9780224086103
0224086103
Delhi by Sam Miller
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
20090604
304
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