MASTER PLANS AND PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION AMONG MUSLIMS IN DELHI

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the rate of riots and tensions resulting from religion-and caste-related hate crimes in the national capital territory of Delhi, India, and its surrounding towns (See Muzaffarnagar Riots, 2013; Dadri Lynching, 2015; Hindustan Times, 2013). These hate crimes, however, are merely a symptom of a broader pattern of otherization that is deeply rooted in Islamophobia, 2 casteism, 3 and xeno-phobia, which are reflected in housing discrimination and are becoming prominent in Indian cities. Although some newspapers, such as The Hindu,