Subject(s): Urbanization in India. -- Sociology, Urban in India. -- Cities and towns in India. -- Contemporary urban process -- Colonial bungalow -- Cultural use of space -- Dualistic labour system -- Reforms, restructuring and the third world city -- Indian metropolis -- Structural inequalities in north India -- Capital, state and petty trading in Calcutta -- Urban Working poor and labour -- Dilapidation and slum formulation -- Town planning , Public health -- Urban space, state, politics and collective action -- Bombay and Mumbai: identities, politics and populism -- Economy and civic authority -- Urban conquest of outer Delhi -- City conflict and communal politics -- Role in city growth -- Urban culture -- Folk culture in Calcutta -- Public culture in Bombay -- Consuming culture of Tamil Nadu -- language, gesture and cinematic city : Bombay