Today is January 14th, 2013. I am about to get on a plane for Delhi, and share some notes I scrawled in Delhi 5 years ago
(POSTSCRIPTS 2013 IN ITAL)

Oct 2007

Notes for Andrew MacNair – Zapp Article Proposal – “Against the Suburb”  – (an argument for india)

NEED statistics on car ownership (everyone was getting ready for the boom)  (how delhi is typical and how is delhi unique)

ordinary people in india are well aware that the suburb means REMOVAL AGENCIES  mass evictions police — “india poised” “our time is now” “go in for the kill”

demolitions and cosmetic surgery: in the 21st century, it is not uncommon for public persons to “go under the knife” – that is, to undergo one or several reconstructive operations – before a public appearance / from the goings on in delhi this past year – as the debutante capital prepares for the 2010 commonwealth games – it seems that cities, too, “go under the knife.”

NEED FACTS AND STATISTICS ON DEMOLITIONS IN 2006:
(the demolition of krisna mandir in lahore has a wikipedia page, but the demolition of nangla in delhi does not)