Dr. B R Ambedkar had urged Dalits to quit living in villages and move over to cities. He described that process of migration as “new life movement” for Dalits. Ambedkar famous quote on villages when he had reasoned, “The love of the intellectual Indian for the village community is of course infinite,if not pathetic. What is a village but a sink of localism, a den of ignorance, narrow mindedness and communalism”.
People migrate from place to place in order to lead a better life and improve their social and economic conditions. People migrated only due to non-availability of jobs. In my survey, I found that the main migrants belong to socio-economically backward communities' especially Scheduled Castes.
This book gives an idea about the minority migrants from Konkan. The city of Mumbai has helped the migrants, “minority community” to understand their past and march towards the future. This study will highlight the problems and status of the migrant communities and their participation in the social movement.