Mumbai Taximen

"In a world that strives to be contactless, Tarini Bedi shows how driving can be an intensely corporeal experience. This ethnography of the Mumbai taxi trade shows that operating a taxi involves so much more than shuttling passengers from point A to B. The work can include maintaining old cars, securing access to space, managing officialdom, sensing the street and managing complex community dynamics. In an important corrective to automobility literature that emphasizes the way driving disconnects and alienates, this captivating book shows how driving can be a way of dwelling in the city."—Jonathan S. Anjaria, author of The Slow Boil: Street Food, Rights, and Public Space in Mumbai