¶ When Sanjay Kaul jokes that the sprawling development south of New Delhi is like the United States, he means that there isn’t much in the way of res publica on offer. “You’re on your own.” It is hard to read about the political dysfunction that has prevented the construction of water supplies, sewage systems, and public transport in Gurgaon, a town that’s run directly by its state (or not), without any municipal government, without seeing the realization of a right-wing and libertarian dream for the American future.

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