This is valid question on the minds of millions of migrants who have settled in cities like Mumbai or Bangalore. They left their roots behind to find a foothold in life, a profession to excel in, maybe make a home away from home. They get up early in the mornings to commute in loaded buses and trains to reach their offices and again they commute back in the evenings only to begin another day all over again. They need the city as much as the city needs them. These millions who have flocked to the cities play an important part in the economic and commercial success of any country. Be it Bombay or Bangalore or Singapore or Shangai or Beijing, they cannot do without skilled personnel to run their huge turnover businesses or their transport or their schools and colleges or their small trades.

As human beings evolved, human dwellings have evolved from life in caves to today’s modern cities. Modern cities are big with multitudes of people always on the move. The main character of city is the cultural and occupational plurality. As the political parties argue and attack the so called ‘outsiders’, they forget that human beings have forever migrated in search of food and dwelling and have made settlements on other lands and grown roots and shoots there. No one will be able to trace original settlers in big cities like Mumbai or Bangalore.

Modern societies are evolving to be urban centric. In the modern open market economy driven globalised world, population will be all the more forced to move towards cities with immense job and business opportunities. Apart from developing infrastructure and providing basic housing for this huge migrant population, the government should ensure there are no clashes with the local community. The modern cities hold hope for many and these cities have changed fortunes of likes of Ambani family or Bachchan family. A citizen of this country has right to choose any profession or a place to dwell in any part of the country. One can extend horizon a bit further and choose to dwell anywhere on this planet. Earth belongs to all human beings. Politicians must stop abusing migrant citizens.