Contents: List of Photographs List of maps List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Where does the city begin? – ONE Begaluru/Bangalore : the presence of the past – TWO Remembered and imagined cities – THREE Conceiving the city : master planning and informal power – FOUR The map is not the territory : law and the production of space – FIVE Past perfect : architecture and public life – SIX Language and the right to the city – SEVEN Battles for Bangalore : re-territorializing the city – EIGHT The "body politic" : gender and the practice of power – CONCLUSION Is "Singapore" Bangalore's destiny? Notes Selected Bibliography Index