Introduction: Dashing, daring and the seduction of political persona
"Just doing dashing" in uncertain places
Performance, dashing, image
The poetics and politics of the dashing ladies
Political machinations, electoral campaigns and the texture of politics
The public event : political spectacle and public sites of dashing
Intimate politics and alliance-building
Women, urban wisdom and the illicit politics of housing in Mumbai
Politics and the relations of domesticity
The gendered politics of the Malkin in Pune City.