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

What do young Mumbaikars have to say about their family's rootedness to villages on the Konkan?

Many families live in between two households: one in the village and another in the city. 

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.