ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shows the life of rhythm, flux, and movement in the shaping of space and spatiality that could be geographically read as a rural-urban corridor. She maps such movement, not from one discrete space to another space, but through spaces that are animated constantly through a range of movements of rhythms. The author also shows a hinterland geography that is historically attuned to the violent workings of capital and brings physical environment alive in a daily argument with capital. Urban nodes of Howrah – typically Andul, Amta, Bagnan, Uluberia towns – voice rural life and concerns, as also pace, concern, and urgency typical of urban spaces. With varying rhythms of movement and stillness – the highway-speed as well as the stationary trains of Shalimar – spaces orient themselves to each other, along with bodies that they carry.
