One of the normative promises of Indian urbanization is the potential breaking down of the
rigidities that characterize traditional caste hierarchies in an agrarian regime. The cross-section snapshot presented in this paper suggests that the degree of residential segregation
is uncorrelated with levels of urbanization. It reports high levels of segregation across a diverse
set of urban centres that include semi-urban settlements to arguably India’s most globalized
metropolis of over ten million residents, Bengaluru. Read the full article here:
Source: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
People Involved: Naveen Bharathi, Deepak Malghan, Andaleeb Rahman