This paper deconstructs the discourse of globalization and modernity with which the name of Gurgaon has become synonymous. It attempts a contemporary visual narrative of an Indian suburban town in transition. This supplements the text and interrogates the possible meanings of modernity in contemporary India. The objective is to highlight the social multiplicities of a historical process glossed over by the media of globalization.
Prof. Anirudh Deshpande is Associate Professor at the Department of History, University of Delhi.
Currently he is serving as the fourth ICCR Visiting Professor of Indian Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Vienna.