Mittal, Anjali

Spatial Embeddedness and Multi-scalar Production Networks: Urban Practice of Glass Bangle-making in Firozabad - Economic and Political Weekly 2025 - 41-49

Firozabad city1 in Uttar Pradesh is a non-metropolitan, mono-industrial artisanal cluster2 associated with a single material glass,3 located just 40 km from Agra. Among other glass products, it is the “glass bangle”-making that has given this cluster a unique identity of a place where glass bangles are exclusively produced in India, catering to both the domestic markets and countries in South Asia.


Glass Bangle-Making
Spatial Embeddedness
Urban Practice
Urban Affairs