{"product_id":"cubbon-park-the-green-heart-of-bengaluru-paperback","title":"Cubbon Park the Green Heart of Bengaluru - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoopa Pai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 150 years ago, in 1870, a public park was inaugurated in Bangalore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned by British engineer Richard Sankey, it spread over 100 acres and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eencompassed features typical to the city-granite outcrops, lush greenery, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewide avenues and government buildings. Originally named Meade's Park, it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas been known to generations of Bangaloreans as Cubbon Park-sanctuary, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elung space, thoroughfare, battlefield, picnic spot, repository of urban\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebiodiversity, and public park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the first of its kind about Cubbon Park, author, columnist and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrue-blue Bangalorean Roopa Pai, attempts to decode the enduring appeal of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Park. Historical sketches trace the story of not just Cubbon Park, but that of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMysore state and the city itself. Her conversations with Bangaloreans of today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshow the Park in all its contested glory, even as she writes about the open music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espaces it once hosted and its diverse flora and fauna, the powerful lurking at its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efringes, waiting to gobble it up, and the citizen activists who tirelessly protect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart-warming and meticulously researched, Cubbon Park is an enduring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esnapshot of a precious green space that is as much an idea as a physical entity, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas fragile as it is powerful, as divisive and as it is unifying, and always central\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the city's imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622623342899,"sku":"9789354472343","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RWFKQklHbGlYa3pSdWZiM0NvMjhPZz09.webp?v=1761973011","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/cubbon-park-the-green-heart-of-bengaluru-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}