Urban Life in India

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Accelerating urbanization is powerfully affecting the transformation of Indian society. In numerical terms, Indiaâ€™s urban population is second largest in the world after China, and is higher than the total urban population of all countries put together barring China, USA and Russia. Urban centres present tremendous opportunities for all people, including the poor. Cities are important vehicles for social and economic transformation in India. The prominent features of urbanization in India have been the increase in population, growth of slums, swelling labour force and its marginalisation, and increasing pressure on the urban space and infrastructural services. Congestion, noise, traffic jams, air pollution, and major shortages of key necessities characterize urban life. Very major city of India faces the same proliferating housing, transformation, sewerage, electric power, water supplies, schools, and hospitals. The present publication provides a portrayal of urban life in India. It deals with the means and mechanism through which people in urban India cope with their lives. The book will be highly informative to anthropologists, sociologists, human geographers and town planners.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sanjay Prakash Sharma

Sanjay Prakash Sharma was born in 27-07-1972 (Twenty Seventh July Nineteen seventy Two) in a small village of Distt. Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got his Pry. Edn. From Delhi Municipal School and passed his Senior Sec. Class from C.B.S.E. in 1989. He did his Diploma in Edn. From S.C.E.R.T. B.A. from Ch. Charan Singh University. He did B.Ed. from M.D. University, Rohtak and M.Ed. from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. Sanjay Prakash Sharma has written a series of books on moral education, Titled â€œSarvodaya Naitik Shiksha Ki Aurâ€ for Primary Education and Elementary Education. These books are text books in various schools of Delhi Govt. Sanjay Prakash Sharma has written many Articles in News Papers Weekly and fortnightly magazines. He has delivered many lectures in Television Programmes sponsored by UNESCO. Presently, Sanjay Prakash is involve in many seminars and workshops organized by reputed organization. He was Training coordinator for Computer Training of teachers of Dte. of Education Govt. of N.C.T. Delhi.