Transcript of interview in the Hindustan Times.

Dry hard data on circulatory migration in India hides vibrant, lively stories. 

The biggest growth in urbanisation is not taking place in the metropolis but in small towns that are networked with villages.

The Konkan connection to Mumbai is only part of a larger universe in which the city’s force of gravity pulls together many other such regions.

Chiplun’s residents today speak of their connections with Mumbai against this history – which reveals a relationship that is really deep. Chiplun became a gateway for us not just into the Konkan region and its tryst with the railways – but a paradoxical gateway into Mumbai’s heart – back again.