https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/our-cities-are-replicating-rural-inequality-patterns-101687184160587.html

Public services are much less likely to be found in areas with high numbers of marginalised members, our studies found.

The neighbourhoods we are born in shape our aspirations and opportunities for life. Whether a person grows up with access to clean water and electricity, or to quality schools and healthcare, is largely determined by their neighbourhood. India’s policy-makers are used to thinking in aggregate terms — states, districts, and political constituencies. But for citizens, the neighbourhood is where life is lived. It is where social interactions take place, children go to school, and first jobs are found.

We found India’s cities segregated on the basis of both caste and religion, sometimes about as much as racial segregation in the United States (US).(Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)