In India, there is an exodus taking place - from villages to bigger towns and cities. Lack of employment opportunities, failure of continuity in crop produce, oppressive agrarian customs, unfair policies of the government towards farmers of the "backward" castes, traditional means of livelihood becoming more defunct...these are but some of the many reasons which have forced millions to desert the land and the work they know and explore different avenues for earning a living. Migration statistics show over sixty percent of all moves occurring at the (rural to rural) intra-district level. However, the steep increase in rural to urban migration in the past four decades is also staggering. Over 200 million people now live in the crowded cities of India.