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Delhi and CWG2010: The Games Behind the Games

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2010

Kalyani Menon-Sen
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If Shanghai has the World Expo 2010, Delhi has the Commonwealth Games 2010.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , August 2010 , pp. 677 - 681
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2010

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References

1 Commonwealth Games Federation, “The Report of the Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission for the 2010 Commonwealth Games,” October 7, 2003, http://www.thecgf.com/media/games/2010/2010_eval_report.pdf (accessed May 5, 2010).

2 See Deshpande, Rajeev and Singh, Mahendra, “Rising Cost: Games to Get Rs 700cr More,” Times of India, March 19, 2010Google Scholar, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/Rising-cost-Games-to-get-Rs-700cr-more/articleshow/5699610.cms (accessed May 5, 2010).

3 “Flyover” is the commonly used Indian term for elevated roads.

4 Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, quoted in Outlook magazine, April 12, 2010, http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264891 (accessed May 5, 2010).

5 “Delhi: From Walled City to World City” was the tagline of a public campaign by the Times of India, Delhi's largest newspaper group in 2004, aimed at “rebranding” the city.

6 Interview with Sheila Dixit, chief minister of Delhi, Outlook magazine, April 12, 2010.

7 Menon-Sen, Kalyani, “Better to Have Died than Live Like This: Women and Evictions in Delhi,” Economic and Political Weekly, May 20, 2006.Google Scholar

8 Menon-Sen, Kalyani and Bhan, Gautam, Swept Off the Map: Surviving Evictions and Resettlement in Delhi (New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2008).Google Scholar

9 See, e.g., posts on the Corrupshun blog, http://www.corrupshun.com/corruption/india/2010/02/23/commonwealth-games-kalmadi-fires-officer-appointed-by-pmo/ (accessed May 5, 2010).

10 Hindi, “shanty towns.”

11 See, e.g., http://ibnlive.in.com/news/forbes-india-delhi-hides-beggars-ahead-of-2010-games/103369-3.html (accessed May 5, 2010).

12 Gupta, Dipankar, Mistaken Modernity: India between Worlds (New Delhi: HarperCollins India, 2000)Google Scholar.