This article will look at the ways in which gendered work is being transformed in contemporary India by focussing on Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana. Since the mid-1990s, after India opened its doors to multinational agencies, new forms of gendered labour have manifested. One of the ramifications of this gendered process is the feminisation of labour that enabled the participation of more women in the work force, engaging in activities that were low-paid. The basis of feminisation is that certain jobs require fewer skills or particular kinds of skills, for which women are thought to be suitable. This also has implications for the low bargaining power of women workers. The feminisation of the labour force in HITEC city, Hyderabad is a consequence of the changing labour markets with globalisation, offshore factories, migration and other changes in the workplace.

A city is a place that consists of several diverse categories of individuals surviving together. In such a setting, the creation of cooperation and equal opportunity of competence is expected in order to excel or progress towards a level of sustenance and development. However, if the level of equal access to spaces and resources are not validly applied to all individuals, then that city requires a change of lens and perspective. Building an inclusive city involving all its inhabitants is a crucial starting point. Re-imagining a city from the lens of the silenced requires an active step towards remaking the manifesto of constructing spaces. Through the perspective of a feminist lens and the theory of “Right to the City,” this chapter seeks to explore an attempt to re-make the city of New Kolkata.

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