Special political zone: urban planning, spatial segregation and the infrastructure of violence in AhmedabadFootnote¹

1. Portions of this article have been presented at Sciences Po in Paris, at a colloquium titled ‘Who is a Citizen in India Today?’ in June 2010, and at a conference titled ‘Cities and Fundamentalism’ at UC Berkeley in 2007. My thanks to those who responded with helpful comments and suggestions during these presentations. I would also like to thank the people who have helped in my research and writing, including Binu Alex, Bharat Desai, Rubina Jasani, Brij Kothari, Anosh Malekar, Carin McCormick, Jagdish Parikh, Aakar Patel, Fr. Cedric Prakash, Amrita Shah, Mukul Sinha, Ashim Roy, Ajay Umat and Achyut Yagnik.

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