Book Review: A Matter of Rats - A short biography of Patna, by Amitava Kumar



�Rats have burrowed under the railway tracks in Patna. As citizens of a literal underworld, I imagine the rats inhabiting a spreading web of small safe houses and getaway streets. We could choose to call it a city under the city, or if that is too sophisticated a description for one of the two entities, then let�s just call it a dense warren of subterranean burrows.�

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