Discuss major themes in the study of urban history of modern India.
Rapid urbanization in India in the last 25 years has led scholars to focus on cities. Key parameters of urbanization are being debated anew: migration, employment and infrastructure which include housing, water, electricity, health, transport. Environment is another matter of growing concern: especially its close links with industry and atmospheric pollution. But can a mere study of urbanization help us to grapple with the nature of cities? What makes urban spaces distinctive? How does one explore urbanity, the way people feel at home in the city?
major themes in the study of urban history of modern India are -
INTRODUCTION: The starting point would be cities and towns on which significant monographs exist, to take stock of recent research. We need to refer to the work on cities and towns (urbanization) done till the 1990s. Are scholars today addressing some of the themes of the books that were written till then, or have other more immediate and pressing concerns become dominant? Has exclusive focus on urban development under colonial government led to a neglect of other urban issues, especially in cities other than those established by the British?
URBAN INSTITUTIONS: Another theme worth exploring would be urban institutions. For a long time the focus was the municipality, but there
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