Malini Ranganathan et al., "Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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The Corruption of the World Class City
The stakes are nothing for life and death but that's what I think corruption and infrastructure most reveals. done properly then one rain monsoon rain can just finish the road and of course lead to all these fatal accidents not to mention health issues. The cover of our book features the Trump load that hours, which are these golden huge high rise towers in the former mill lands of lower parale in Mumbai. And they're mired in controversy as a journalist Angeli Kama did a really brilliant expose on the art of the political deal showing how the Trump organization has systematically basically aligned itself with some of the most notorious right wing politicians who have themselves are shady track records in India.
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