On January 7, 2022, anthropologist Tarini Bedi (University of Illinois at Chicago) presented a lecture via Zoom on “Indian Automobility and Auto-Space in Urban India: Whose Road is it Anyway?” Drawn from her recent book Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India (University of Washington Press), Bedi’s talk explored “Indian automobility” through the lens of labor, spatial politics, and the lived experiences of taxi drivers in Mumbai.
Watch Prof. Bedi’s talk: