Professor Imtiaz Ahmad's book titled ‘Caste and Social Stratification among Muslims in India’, published in 1973 is a pioneering work through which he questioned the idea that Muslims are a monolithic and homogenous community.
Although slums are looked upon as a blot on the aesthetics of city life, it needs to be remembered that the existence of slums is a testament to the failure of the state to provide the urban poor with affordable housing.
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