{"product_id":"the-indian-metropolis-grade-by-feroze-varun-gandhi","title":"The Indian Metropolis (Grade B)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA monumental work that shows how economic vitality can go hand-in-hand with creating vibrant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecities offering a haven for cultural and intellectual expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor most urban Indians, the past few years have been unsettling-we have seen neighbourhoods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elocked down for months during a pandemic, increasing the daily challenges of earning a living as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewell as of access to good healthcare and education. Inflation has ravaged the land with spiralling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eprices of food, rent and transport. Our cities are hard to live in; lacking basic amenities, while being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eunaesthetic and discordant with our civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAs economic growth takes priority, questions about liveability and meaningful employment arise,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ealong with concerns about the deteriorating law and order. In blindly and poorly aping Western\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emodels, our cities homogenize, losing their character, their identity and their soul. Meanwhile,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eclimate change is no longer a mythical or distant possibility but a distinct and immediate reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA typical city must now cope with extreme temperatures, both flooding and water shortages and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eabysmal air quality. These can no longer be treated as threats but as certainties to be planned for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Indian Metropolis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseeks to begin a national conversation on these issues and suggests ways to turn our cities into enabling, energizing environments geared towards enhancing the daily life of the average city dweller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NEW BOOK WORLD","offers":[{"title":"Hard back","offer_id":49499528003824,"sku":null,"price":1125.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0402\/4048\/files\/25492343485518.jpg?v=1775281696","url":"https:\/\/newbookworld.com\/products\/the-indian-metropolis-grade-by-feroze-varun-gandhi","provider":"NEW BOOK WORLD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}