Malini Ranganathan et al., "Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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The Middle Class Anti-Corruption Positionalities and Mobilizations
I think that's so important to pay attention to how slum dwellers to tell the story of corruption and its corruption as the system, like the system itself is corrupt. And you know, from there you take us to a very different site which is the key icon of respectable middle class way of life, the multi-storey apartment building. So I would love for you to speak about the kinds of tensions and contradictions within the middle class anti corruption movement in India. What were some of the things that you came across during your research that really surprised you?
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