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Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
By (author) Rana Dasgupta
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WINNER OF THE WINDHAM CAMPBELL PRIZE 2025 WINNER OF THE PRIX ÉMILE GUIMET DE LITTÉRATURE ASIATIQUE 2017 WINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER 2016 In Capital, Rana Dasgupta reveals the red-hot city which erupted from Delhi's economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s. Slums were bulldozed, luxury shopping malls erected in their place. The outer transformation, stern and abrupt, reached beyond mortar and into minds. Hundreds of thousands streamed in from rural hinterlands, and the city brimmed with possibility. In this prescient account of the exultation and disparity that would emerge from India's globalisation, Rana Dasgupta shows us a city's rebirth - for better and worse - through the eyes of its people. Capital is a history, a warning and a looking glass. It is book for our times.
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Publisher | Canongate Books
Published date | 12 Feb 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 480
Dimensions | 204 x 135 x 29mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 378g
ISBN | 978-1-8372-6359-2
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BISAC | social science / human geography
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