L.P. Swain
The Indian towns and cities are multi-ethnic. They have attained the pluralistic status mainly through the process of migration. The migration of people from rural to tribal areas to urban areas led to the development of ethnic minorities. When an ethnic group migrates to any so-called urban centre, It may either assimilate into the dominant group or into the existing local population or retain their ethnic identity through the perpetuation of its socio-cultural ...