Speaks to discussions on land and development in India and the global South
The Amaravati ‘new city’ project exemplifies a model of development seen across much of the global South, as well as the hegemonic vision of India’s future that is promoted by the current regime and India’s capitalist class.
The disruptions and conflicts engendered by the project, and its ultimate collapse, illustrate the dispossessions and disruptions that are often engendered by this paradigm of development.