Open AccessMUMBAI
Author(s) -
Camilla Rosengaard
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
antropologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2596-5425
pISSN - 0906-3021
DOI - 10.7146/ta.v0i47.107119
Subject(s) - underclass , middle class , geography , economy , socioeconomics , history , sociology , political science , economics , anthropology , law
The last ten years of growth in the Indian
economy has nurtured dreams of the ‘good
life’ among both the rich and the poor in
the city of Mumbai (Bombay). The city
and the home are important scenes in
which the realizations of this metropolis’
16 million inhabitants are played out.
Whilst the middle classes, to an ever growing
extent, realize dreams of the good
life, inspired by the tranquil suburban life
of the Western middle-class, the underclass
must employ other life strategies in
their attempt to turn dreams into reality.