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Experiencing Rural-Urban Transformation in Lahore Mohid Ahsan In conventional accounts of rural-urban transformation, both popular and academic, three major narratives can be traced. In one narrative, rural-urban transformation appears as a story of modernization – the coming of modernity and progress to the lives of otherwise destitute people residing in backward rural areas. In this

Sprawling Lahore’s Hidden Villages: Charrar pind and urban inequality     Lahore, Pakistan’s second most populous city, has seen unprecedented rates of spatial and population growth over the past few decades. Between 1998 and 2017, the city’s population has almost doubled to 11.1 million in 2017, compared to 6.3 million in 1998 (census). This massive

Tracing the stories of tribals in Mumbai for whom everyday customs and traditions have become means of representing one’s identities. On a bright March morning in Aarey, Manisha Dhinde is bustling around the 30 people seated in her compound, instructing and aiding them as they learn to make natural holi colours out of flowers, coal,