Table Topics: DiverCities. Gentrification, Social Mobility and Public Spaces (Qudsiya Contractor )

Qudsiya Kontraktor (photo: private) Gentrification in Indian cities has been used variously by scholars to describe an array of urban transformations from slum demolitions to land privatization; from labour market induced displacement to the overall restructuring of cities. The post-colonial Indian city has followed its own trajectory into the spatial fix of capitalism that has shaped urban transformations, Mumbai being a good illustration. However, these transformations have not just been ou..