Content: Front Matter Pages i-xvii Introduction: Towards Understanding the Social Dynamics of the Urban N. Jayaram Pages 1-14 Revisiting the City: The Relevance of Urban Sociology Today N. Jayaram Pages 15-32 Global Flows or Rural–Urban Connections? Temporality, Public Spaces and Heterotopias in Globalising Mumbai D. Parthasarathy Pages 33-59 Globalisation, Group Autonomy and Political Space: Negotiating Globalised Interests in Bengaluru Narendar Pani Pages 61-79 Directed Decentralisation: Analysing the Experience of Decentralisation via JNNURM in Maharashtra Amita Bhide Pages 81-97 Crime in Calcutta: From Childhood in a Colonial Metropolis to Adulthood in a Globalised Megalopolis Sumanta Banerjee Pages 99-113 Underworld and the Police in Mumbai Abdul Shaban Pages 115-134 “Jab Babri Masjid Shaheed Huyi”: Memories of Violence and Its Spatial Remnants in Mumbai Qudsiya Contractor Pages 135-151 From Clients to Citizens: Lessons from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia for Delhi Manisha Priyam Pages 153-173 Slums and Planning in Urban India: A Case Study of Amritsar City Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, B. S. Sekhon Pages 175-192 “Mounting Pressures, Crumbling Queen”: Dynamics of Urbanisation in the Mountains Satish K. Sharma Pages 193-202 Crosscurrents: State-Level Politicians’ Conflicting Views of Urban India James Manor Pages 203-215