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This paper is an effort to de-construct the two opposite ideas of hope and despair in Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi and Khushwant Singh's Delhi. The comparative points of view regarding Delhi by Singh and Ali serve to construct the ideological, political and ontological framing of Delhi. The paper explores the significance of Delhi as a symbol of political energy which distributes power or snatches it as an active agent of power-history. The paper exhibits the socio-political, economic and communal structures portrayed by Ali and Singh. The study is an effort to detect the system of representation in the metaphor of Delhi in the context of power-resistance and failure of the struggle against the Raj. The paper tries to show that both Ali and Singh see Delhi with a difference of outlook and literary approach to manifest hope and despair.

This paper revisits the City Profile for Delhi, the first article ever published in Cities in 1983 (Datta, 1983). Thirty years later and following the centennial anniversary year of Delhi's establishment as the capital of India in 2012, this article makes a wide-ranging survey of Delhi in the administrative, socio-economic and environmental arenas. By tracing the history of urban planning in the city to the present and examining the issues facing Delhi, we then critically examine its institutional arrangements with respect to the outcomes of recent developments that have occurred in the city. These aspects are then evaluated in the context of the future development of the city; a city which still faces numerous local challenges but also houses the government of an emerging superpower that will play an increasing role both regionally and globally.

This paper revisits the City Profile for Delhi, the first article ever published in Cities in 1983 (Datta, 1983). Thirty years later and following the centennial anniversary year of Delhi's establishment as the capital of India in 2012, this article makes a wide-ranging survey of Delhi in the administrative, socio-economic and environmental arenas. By tracing the history of urban planning in the city to the present and examining the issues facing Delhi, we then critically examine its institutional arrangements with respect to the outcomes of recent developments that have occurred in the city. These aspects are then evaluated in the context of the future development of the city; a city which still faces numerous local challenges but also houses the government of an emerging superpower that will play an increasing role both regionally and globally. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Cover -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- 1 Was den Expat bei der Ankunft erwartet -- Ralf Breidenstein landet in Delhi -- 1.1 Extreme Arbeitsteilung und die Ordnung der Gesellschaft -- 1.2 Standort Delhi -- Breidenstein erkundet die Stadt -- 1.3 Delhis besondere Rolle -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link -- 2 Wie die ersten Arbeitstage verlaufen -- Breidenstein nimmt die Arbeit auf… -- 2.1 Das multikulturelle Büro -- 2.2 Paternalismus -- …und muss auch noch den Nachmittag überstehen -- 2.3 Hierarchien -- 2.4 Arbeitsethik(en) -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link -- 3 Welche Überraschungen der Expat erlebt -- Nachwuchskräfte verblüffen den neuen Chef -- 3.1 Das Bildungssystem -- Breidenstein trifft auf Frauen-Power… -- 3.2 Frauen - ein Kürzestbriefing -- …und wird von einem Mitarbeiter bitter enttäuscht -- 3.3 Kontextorientierung -- Ein neuer Geschäftskontakt stellt sich vor -- 3.4 Delhi und der schöne Schein -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link -- 4 Wie der Expat sich häuslich niederlässt -- Eine Maklerin hilft bei der Wohnungssuche -- 4.1 Delhis Wohnviertel -- Breidenstein sucht Anschluss -- 4.2 Clubs für Freizeit und Netzwerk -- Der Expat muss auf's Amt -- 4.3 Von Behörden und Beamten -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link -- 5 Wenn der Kulturschock kommt -- Ein Ziehsohn will Karriere machen -- 5.1 Job-Hopping in Indien -- Breidenstein reißt der Geduldsfaden -- 5.2 Emotionalität -- Schlimmer geht's immer - der Kulturschock lässt grüßen -- 5.3 Kulturschock -- 5.4 Hausangestellte - ein Kürzestbriefing -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link -- 6 Wie Normalität einkehrt -- Breidenstein findet so langsam den Dreh -- 6.1 Change Management -- Ein Expat hat Gäste und fühlt sich zu Hause -- 6.2 Vertrauen schaffen -- Literaturtipps -- Der schnelle Link.

THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT VIOLENCE IN INDIA, INCLUDING COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, SIKH MILITANCY IN PUNJAB, AND THE SRILANKAN CONFLICT. HE SEARCHES FOR CAUSES OF THE VIOLENCE IN POLITICAL DECAY, SOCIAL DISCONTENT, FRAGMENTATION, AND EXTERNAL EMNITY.