Jitendra Dixit: BOMBAY AFTER AYODHYA

Cover: 9789356294110 | BOMBAY AFTER AYODHYA | Jitendra Dixit | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2022

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The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 was followed by riots across India. Mumbai had always been susceptible to communal violence but the violence in December 1992 and then again in January 1993 was unprecedented. Two months later in March serial blasts rocked the city killing over 250 and injuring 700. Communal str...

Über den Autor

Jitendra Dixit grew up in Mumbai and has reported from the city for much of the three decades he writes about in this book. This is a deeply felt biography of a city, which has transformed from a city of mills to one of malls, where the number of skyscrapers has multiplied along with their height, where local trains have become longer and yet remained overcrowded. It is the city of Bollywood, yet constraints of producing films in the city have led filmmakers to move out. Its iconic festivals, such as Ganesh Utsav and Govinda, once primarily celebrated by the poor and the middle class, have become commercialized.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9789356294110
ISBN-10:	9356294119
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dixit, Jitendra
Hersteller:	HarperCollins India
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Jitendra Dixit
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.01.2022
Gewicht:	0,505 kg