Trickster City

Trickster City... That's what my new book is called.
An apt name or the city that it talks about. DELHI. The city
where I have began to get to know slowly. Its not a city its
an URBAN VILLAGE.

Cover

The book is a compilation of writings, essays, by twelve
authors who write for the sarai-cybermohalla.
http://www.sarai.net/practices/cybermohalla

Cover Jacket

The book chronicles the difficult period of loss of home and
livelihood in the city through urban eviction, encounters with
the agencies of the state, love stories gone awry, the fragility
of relationships, and the sustained effort to build life in
anticipation of beauty and pleasure.

The authors draw from experiences, events and biographies, part
fictive, part documentary, to inscribe an image of the city that is
rarely available. The book is layered and jumbled with incidents,
experiences, emotions and the constant question in the minds of
the people weather they know this city or even belong to this city.
So is the cover... a jumbled up image with may things which are
not known to the tourists. The other side of Delhi which is a complete
contrast to the image that we usually see.

This is another illustration option that I had tried and liked.