The contemporary city of Guwahati—a home to more than a million people, is a sediment and a labyrinth of unique historical processes. How do we comprehend this complex city? Most urban scholarship and theory on Indian cities has emerged from a continued focus on the mega-cities [Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or New Delhi] in the mainland, while the emerging cities in north-east region have escaped the scholarly gaze. This inertia has resulted in a p
