Bombay Brokers collect thirty-six character profiles of men and women whose knowledge and labor-which is often seen as morally suspect-are essential for navigating everyday life in Bombay, one of the world's most complex, dynamic, and populous cities.
Bombay Brokers collect thirty-six character profiles of men and women whose knowledge and labor-which is often seen as morally suspect-are essential for navigating everyday life in Bombay, one of the world's most complex, dynamic, and populous cities.
Lisa Björkman is Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, and author of Pipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai, also published by Duke University Press, and Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories.
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Acknowledgments viii Introduction. Ethnography in the Global Interregnum / Lisa Björkman 1 Part I. Development / Rachel Sturman 47 1. Bunty: Singh Builder of Dreams / Lalitha Kamath 59 2. Imran: Housing Contractor / Tobias Baitsch 68 3. Dalpat: Manager of Services / Lisa Björkman 78 4. Mehmoodbhai: Toilet Operator / Prasad Khanolkar 87 5. Kaushal: Land Agglomerator / Llerena Guiu Searle 95 6. Janu: Sister-Supervisor of Migrant Construction Workers / Uday Chandra 101 Part II. Property. Lisa Björkman 109 7. Dr. K: Middle-Class Social Worker / Yaffa Truelove 121 8. Ashok Ravat: Shivaji Park's Sentinel / Lalit Vachani 128 9. Shazia: Proof Maker / Sangeeta Banerji 137 10. Nirmala: Kamathipura's Gatekeeper / Ratoola Kunda 145 11. Farhad: "Sue Maker" / Leilah Vevaina 154 Part III. Business / Tarini Bedi 163 12. Ramita: Surrogacy Agent / Daisy Deomampo 175 13. Muhammad: Revalorizer of E-Waste / Aneri Taskar 182 14. Deepak: Making Mumbai (in China) / Ka-Kin Cheuk 191 15. Lubaina: Framing "Development" / Lubaina Rangwala 199 16. Shankar: Delivering Authenticity / Ken Kuroda 208 17. Manal-Muna: Cooking Up Value / Tarini Bedi 216 18. Ramji: Business Energizer / Lisa Björkman 224 Part IV. Difference / Anjali Arondekar 233 19. Bhimsen Gaikwad: Singer of Justice / Shailaja Paik 243 20. Sultan: Image Manager / David J. Strohl 253 21. Raj: Carting Cosmopolitanism / Maura Finkelstein 262 22. Laxmi: Dealer in Emotion / R. Swaminathan 270 23. Dharamsey: Assembler of Tradition / Edward Simpson 278 24. Dalvi: Speaker of Cities / Gautam Pemmaraju 286 Part V. Publics / Lisa Björkman and Michael Collins 297 25. Shashi: Dot Connector / Rohan Shivkumar 307 26. Anil Prakash: Amplifier of Cinema-Industrial Connections / Kathryn Hardy 315 27. Gauravpant Mishra: Crowd Maker / Sarthak Bagchi 322 28. Srinivasan: Kingmaker / Simon Chauchard 329 29. Madhu: Door Opener / Bhushan Korgaonkar 337 30. Poornima: Designing Relations / Ajay Gandhi 347 Part VI. Truth / Lisa Björkman 355 31. Rajani Pandit: Detector of "Truths" / Srimati Basu 367 32. Afzal Taximan: Rumor Navigator / Sahana Udupa 378 33. Pawan: Prison Master / Atreyee Sen 384 34. Sujit: Master Communicator / Annelies Kusters 391 35. Chadda: Report Maker / Prasad Shetty & Rupali Gupte 401 36. Prakash: Data Entrepreneur / Amita Bhide 405 Conclusion. Other Places, Other Times / Lisa Mitchell 414 Glossary 425 About the Contributors 437 Index 441
