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[email protected]. i Gated Communities in Gurgaon: Caste and Class on the Urban Frontier Senior Project Submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College by Armaan Alkazi Annandale-on-Hudson, New York May 2015 ii Acknowledgements My Parents, My Friends, My Advisor, Radha. iii Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…………………1 Caste Aside………………………………………………………………………………………15 The Frontier……….……………………………………………………………………………..32 Domestic Servitude, Class Interest and Class……….………………………...…………………48 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….....70 1 1 Introduction Arriving I have been travelling to Gurgaon since I was 10 years old.