Delhi's Meatscapes

Zarin Ahmad is an Affiliated Research Fellow at the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi. She is a New India Foundation Fellow and received her doctorate in South Asian Studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has previously worked on refugees and Muslim minorities in Sri Lanka in the context of the war.

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgement Introduction: Meatscapes and Muslim Butchers1. Taarikh e Quresh: History of the Biradri2. Bonds of Cohesion: Community Life in Delhi3. From the Farm to the Abattoir: Actors, Networks, Spaces4. Roadside Vendors and Glitzy Malls: Delhi's Diverse Meatscapes5. Messy Meat, Messier Politics: Relocating the Abattoir6. Negotiating Occupation, Stigma, and Sensitivity: Qureshis as Agents of Change Glossary References Index About the Author

'Zarin Ahmad's book is not only an in-depth ethnography of the Qureshis (Muslim community of butchers) of Delhi showing all the facets of their life, at the family level, in the urban space and in the local economy: it is also a study of the marginalization of Muslims in an Indian megalopolis, and even more interestingly of the place of meat in a Hindu-dominated city. The 'beef ban' introduced by some BJP governments after 2014 makes it even more topical.' -Christophe Jaffrelot, senior research fellow, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, France'This is a model work of scholarship: richly researched, closely argued, and lucidly written. It effortlessly crosses geographical and disciplinary boundaries to narrate the interlinked histories of a community, the Qureshis; a commodity, meat; a city, Delhi; and a country, India. The book should attract a wide readership within and outside the academy.' -Ramachandra Guha, historian, Bengaluru, India