Chandigarh Lifescape: Brief Social History of a Planned City

The first social history of the planned city of Chandigarh. Tells the story of Chandigarh from the point of view of the people. Preface ....................................................................................... 11 The impulse to make Chandigarh .............................................. 15 The immediate historical context ............................................... 19 Resistance to the idea of Chandigarh ......................................... 22 Saving what?..............................................................................31 A glimpse into village life.......................................................... 31 Compensating the villagers ........................................................ 41 Exercising new skills ................................................................. 50 The growing city ........................................................................ 58 A brief foray into census reports................................................ 58 Building and populating Chandigarh ......................................... 66 Problems of living...................................................................... 73 To conclude................................................................................ 84 An exegesis from contemporary times....................................... 84 Select bibliography .................................................................... 93 Index .......................................................................................... 95 Table 1: Scattering oustees ........................................................ 49 Table 2: Sex Ratio, Population, its growth and Literacy.........60