{"product_id":"becoming-bangalore-stories-that-shaped-a-hometown","title":"Becoming Bangalore: Stories That Shaped a Hometown","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a city uniquely itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs it its geography, history, location?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs it its leaders, aspirations, demographics?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr is it a palpable spirit, wrought of a combination of all these, that seeps into the soil over centuries, and charges the air, infecting residents and visitors alike?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo decades of exploring her hometown – and reading, writing and talking about it – has convinced Roopa Pai that the last is true: cities are neither born nor made, they become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of evocative essays, she trawls the city's history to tease out bits of the Bangalore jigsaw – a scientist's quest for excellence, a maharani's foresight, an entrepreneur's vision, a chief minister's ambition, a writer's pride in his language, and more – in an effort to trace the genesis of the liberal soul of the metropolis and its ability to offer inclusive, creative, laid-back spaces amid its frenetic growth. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic that reveals how a little sixteenth-century settlement on a hill became India's most charismatic city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44790944235699,"sku":"9789357316217","price":419.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478092069789357316217.jpg?v=1762849053","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/becoming-bangalore-stories-that-shaped-a-hometown","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}