Migrants’ Narratives on Urban Governance: A Case from Kolkata, a City of the Global South

The paper aims to reveal the politics of urban governance and associated impact on lives disenfranchised migrants. It critically explores structure nature practices involved in cycle settlement, eviction, resistance resettlement. case Nonadanga, located at margin Kolkata, India, was explored for this purpose. An ethnographic methodology comprising observation, semi-structured interviews oral history adopted research. Twelve squatter dwellers four experts working Nonadanga Kolkata were interviewed A three-step data analysis a narrative approach, thematic network validation adopted. critical review inclusive practices, together with survey findings, demonstrates that migrants live condition calls “partial rights”, which is manifestation dialectics inclusiveness practiced by derived from interaction between migrants’ agency. By analyzing past development trends, outlines possible future scenarios living conditions discusses their achieving targeted Sustainable Development Goal 11 cities 2030.