Borderland City in New India

By Duncan McDuie-Ra

Subjects: Urban communities, Capitalism, India, politics and government, India

Description: Borderland Cities in New India explores contemporary urban life in two cities in India?s Northeast borderland at a time of dramatic change. Social and economic transformation from India?s embrace of neoliberalism and globalisation, often referred to as ?new? India, has become a popular subject for academic analysis in the last decade. This is epitomised by focus on so-called ?mega-cities?, reflecting a general trend in scholarship on other parts of Asia. However, far less attention has been afforded to borderland regions and to the provincial cities of ?new? India. Using ethnographic material, this book focuses on two cities in India?s Northeast borderland: Aizawl and Imphal. Both cities have been profoundly affected by armed conflict, militarism, displacement, and inter-ethnic tensions.