Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.
Transport and Communication as Symbols of Modernity in India: A Cultural PerspectiveSeiten 107 - 128 Shraddha Bhatawadekar Download Kapitel (PDF)
Before take-off: waiting for India''s globalization at the Sahar International Airport in 1974Seiten 129 - 136 Yves-Marie Rault-Chodankar Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Taj Mahal Hotel, Imperial, Sun''n''Sand, Oberoi, and others: the Indian chapter of the 20th-century grand hotelSeiten 137 - 148 Éléonore Muhidine Download Kapitel (PDF)
Image, recto, verso, context. Approaching Deltiology as a methodSeiten 149 - 176 Ben Kaden Download Kapitel (PDF)
Framing Fragments The Image, Modernity, and ArchitectureSeiten 177 - 186 Saptarshi Sanyal Download Kapitel (PDF)
