![]() | The Future of Bangalore’s Cosmopolitan Pasts: Civility and Difference in a Global City Subjects: Bangalore (India) -- History; Sociolinguistics -- India -- Bangalore; Cultural pluralism -- India -- Bangalore; Tamil (Indic people) -- India -- Bangalore -- Ethnic identity; Bangalore is often heralded as India's future--a city where global technologies converge with multinational capital to produce a cosmopolitan workforce and vibrant economic growth. In this narrative the city's main challenge revolves around its success: whether its physical infrastructure can support its burgeoning population. Most observers assume that Bangalore's emergence as a "global city" represents its more complete integration into the world economy and, by extension, a more inclusive and cosmopolitan outlook among its growing middle class. Andrew C. Willford is professor of anthropology at Cornell University. |
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