Abstract

Migration has emerged as one of the defining socio-economic and cultural phenomena of the twenty-first century fundamentally transforming urban landscapes across the globe. Rapid urbanization economic restructuring globalization and regional disparities have intensified both internal and international migration flows leading to increasingly diverse urban populations. This research paper examines the complex interrelationship between migration identity formation and cultural integration within urban spaces with particular emphasis on developing societies such as India. The study argues that migration is not merely a demographic movement but a multidimensional social process that reshapes individual and collective identities reconfigures power relations and challenges existing cultural frameworks within cities. Urban centers function simultaneously as sites of opportunity and spaces of contestation where migrants negotiate belonging adapt to dominant cultural norms and contribute to hybr