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A requiem for New Delhi

Nature Cities volume 1, page 391 (2024)Cite this article

Co-opting our cities for short-term ends can leave them brutalized and breathless. Theatre practitioner and performance-studies scholar Gargi Bharadwaj considers New Delhi’s key events from 2023 and the redemptive power of live performance to revive us.

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Bharadwaj, G. A requiem for New Delhi. Nat Cities 1, 391 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00062-4

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