GENERATION IN TRANSITION (2000-2004)
As a result of economic reforms and increasing freedoms, India’s cities are taking on a new shape. Traditional boundaries in the realm of religion, gender and identity are blurring, particularly among the fast-growing middle class. Anay Mann – himself from the middle class – recorded what these changes mean for young people in New Delhi and Mumbai, cities with populations equal to that of The Netherlands. There he found a generation that is searching for a new identity under confusing circumstances. For instance, their lifestyle is influenced just as much by Western media as it is by the traditionally focused Bollywood.
