{"product_id":"1bm4g3cvknqw","title":"Becoming Bangalore : Stories that Shaped a Hometown by Roopa Pai [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat makes a city uniquely itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it its geography, history, location?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it its leaders, aspirations, demographics?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327845839098,"sku":"1BM4G3CVKNQW","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/1BM4G3CVKNQW.jpg?v=1737819110","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/1bm4g3cvknqw","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}