Jahnavi Jayanth is a globetrotting student and dancer, deeply passionate about social engineering and writing. She spends her days dancing, as she puts it, between her undergraduate degree and working in the social sector.
At a time when narratives of mistrust, exclusion and discrimination in our cities are all too common, the author finds an urban street festival across the globe that explicitly encourages intermingling of its diverse citizens, prompting each to know more about ‘the other’.
Do you really belong in the city where you live? What makes one a true Bengalurean, or a true Mumbaikar? In a journey across global cities, Jahnavi Jayanth finds that often the attitudes and factors that thwart inclusiveness are innate and similar.
