International Journal of Development in Social Sciences and Humanities

The sociological studies deal with the society and people’s interactions with the shifting trends in it. These keep emerging and transforming. The study of Indian society, with its interesting mix of class structure, and the changes brought by urbanisation has been an area of interest for many sociologists. How are cities imagined and by whom? How is the lifestyle in a megalopolis envisaged and who can afford? These are the questions that fascinate Christiane Brosius and are investigated in the book ‘India’s Middle Class: New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity’ using a case-study approach.