Ethnic Politics, Muslims and Space in Contemporary Mumbai

Shaban, Abdul

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“…Furthermore, about 61% of the Muslim population would need to move so as to create a uniform distribution of the population at the polling-booth level in the city. This shows the very high spatial segregation of Muslims in the city [48]. This observation raises even more questions about the social sustainability and the equitable development of Indian cities.…”

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“…Riots between communities, and especially between Muslims and Hindus, and occasionally between lower castes and upper caste Hindus, have become common phenomena in cities, and especially in megacities like Mumbai, Ahemdabad, Delhi, Kanpur, Surat, etc. Even the small and medium cities are affected by these divides and violence [47,48]. Cities like Ahmedabad have become extremely divided on the basis of religion after the Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 [49].…”

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India’s Urban System: Sustainability and Imbalanced Growth of Cities

2020

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This paper maps out the structure and relative dynamics of cities of various size classes in India. It aims to address their hierarchical distribution, by employing the rank-size rule, Gibrat's law, and a primacy index. The implications of urban concentrations for GDP, banking system, FDI, civic amenities, and various urban externalities (such as pollution and spatial exclusion) are also examined. It shows that India's urban system, though it follows the rank-size rule, is huge and top-heavy. It follows also Gibrat's law of proportionate growth. Although India's cities collectively account for less than one third of the total population, they command more than three fourths of the country's GDP. Megacities have become congested, clogged, polluted, and also show significant social polarization. There is a gridlock situation for the cities, inhibiting their potential for becoming effective economic and social change sites. The top-heavy character of India's urban system also adversely impacts the balanced regional development of the country.

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Section: Social Exclusion and Spatial Segregationmentioning

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2020

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“…The underbelly of the metropolis Mumbai is marked by institutional marginalisation and spatial segregation (Khan, 2007;Shaban, 2012). Over the years, the Muslim community along with other social groups such as the Dalits has been confined to specific areas in the city due to economic and social discrimination (ibid.).…”

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“…Like other similar working-class neighbourhoods in the city, Jogeshwari has historically had poor civic amenities (ibid. ; Shaban, 2012). The area was one among many hotspots during the Mumbai riots of 1992-1993, 1 which saw at least a thousand deaths mostly of Muslims (Khan, 2007).…”

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“…Growing up in a hostile environment in which they are referred to as the 'other', Muslim children often face discrimination in schools. Also, their self-image and life chances often seem to be shaped by the pressures from the majoritarian sentiment (Khan, 2007;Shaban, 2012). Under such circumstances, children need a mentor in whom they can trust and who understands their precarious conditions.…”

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Firoz Uncle

Murali

2017

Contemporary Education Dialogue

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This article focuses on the educational efforts of Syed Firoz Ashraf in the East Jogeshwari area of Mumbai and places his work in the context of the increasing communalisation of social life and education in a poor working class suburb in Mumbai city. Muslim community has been ghettoised in the metropolis to specific areas especially since the riots of 1992-93, increasing their vulnerability. For more than twenty years ‘Uncle’, as he is affectionately called, has been running after-school classes for children from the working class neighbourhoods of Jogeshwari and Juhu Lane. He has worked within the system to enhance opportunities for higher education for children, and to end the humiliation and indignity associated with educational failure. As Uncle says, there is hope as more and more children break out of the confines of their locality and step out into the world through higher education.

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Socio-spatial Segregation and Exclusion in Mumbai

Shaban

Aboli²

2021

The Urban Book Series

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Indian society is characterised by significant horizontal (religious, regional, linguistic) and vertical (income, occupation, caste) divisions. These socio-economic fragmentations significantly shape the production of space in cities. In fact, all major cities in the country are pervaded by socio-spatial divides, which often become sources of conflict, violence, exclusion and, also, solidarity. Mumbai is the industrial, commercial and financial capital of the country. Bollywood has, over the years, helped in carving out a distinct (pan) Indian identity for itself and the city, both within and outside India, and is a major rallying and unifying aspect for India. Among all its glitter, the city is also infamous for its underworld (originating from its excluded and marginalised neighbourhoods), slums and poor residential areas. The city is pervaded by socio-spatial fragmentation and is a divided city. This chapter shows that the highest level of segregation in Mumbai is based on religion (Muslims and Non-Muslims), followed by class, caste and tribe.

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Ethnic Politics, Muslims and Space in Contemporary Mumbai

Cited by 12 publications

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India’s Urban System: Sustainability and Imbalanced Growth of Cities

India’s Urban System: Sustainability and Imbalanced Growth of Cities

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