'A thoughtful, well-crafted book. Shrewd, tough, topical and anecdotal, its style is almost symbolic of the city Shah captures so joyously and creatively' - INDIA TODAY

'A riveting picture of a city' - THE INDEPENDENT

'No book on the city of Ahmedabad has been written with such elegance and evocativeness' - THE WIRE

'Shah has the poetic gift of discovering metaphors' - MINT

'Combines solid research with literary grace ... Both a political and an intellectual journey ... elegantly crafted and gripping' - U R ANANTHAMURTHY

'In this richly researched and elegantly written book, Amrita Shah explores the paradoxes of Ahmedabad: a city that is at once nativist and cosmopolitan, caring and hedonistic, austere and exhibitionist. This fine study should serve as a model for other works on the rapidly changing cityscapes of twenty-first century India.' -- RAMACHANDRA GUHA

'This perceptive, sometimes bitterly funny, book portrays Ahmedabad uniquely, giving us the long view without ever lapsing into abstraction or diluting the immediacy of the present moment' -- AMIT CHAUDHURI

'Shah penetrates this unusual city as it hasn't been before' -- AAKAR PATEL