Rifah-e Aam Club, Lucknow: Public sphere and public space in urban India

摘要: Abstract Public space comes under threat, is contested as much shared, an arena for power and hegemony, leaving little hope interaction across social divides. At the same time, each reincarnation of our fragmented public sphere necessarily builds on historical precedent, inadvertently inscribing with fresh it expands scope term’s original promise. Over this process creates iconic infrastructure such Rifah-e Aam Club, “Club good” in Lucknow, North India. From initial stirrings associational culture British colonialism through key moments national movement down to today’s goonda raj, or rule thugs, unruly came host most unlikely republic letters, reuniting a time that often seems irredeemably fragmented. It when buildings like acquire life their own cities realise creative