This paper conceptualises the cultural dynamics of daily commuting against the backdrop of agrarian change in three villages in Uttar Pradesh. In doing so, it brings about a linkage between power structure, politics and labour mobility. Although neither circular migration nor its understanding is new in the context of villages in India and the state of UP, this paper shows how subordinate groups have been able to renegotiate their identities promoted by ‘development’ to their advantage. [Migration and Development, Volume 1, Issue 2].
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