Sahu, Dr. D. K.Yeptho, Anati K.2019-03-132019-03-132019http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810098268Ph. D.ThesisAbstract Migration of people has increased at an alarming rate and it has become an inevitable phenomenon across the globe. Among these, the trends of migration of people from the northeast states to metro cities in India have become an everyday mode. Many people from the northeast migrate to Bangalore to seek for job opportunities. One major challenging aspect face by the northeast migrants is discrimination based on ethnic appearance, coupled with various challenges related to work; non-payment of salary, insecurity, harassment, and various other vulnerable situations that affect migrants‟ life. Amidst these alarming situations, hospitality in welcoming all people is of much importance in considering migration. This thesis makes use of Social Analysis as a methodological tool of investigation to identify the issues, causes and factors leading to migration in Bangalore. The study also employs experience and action-reflection as a starting point for praxis that is both transformative and liberating. Taking into account the complexity of the northeast migrant‟s experiences and increasing acts of racism and hostility, the biblical concept of hospitality and its implication on loving and extending hospitality to the strangers is very significant when one consider applying to the northeast migrating people who are considered as „strangers‟ or „others.‟ At the same time, reciprocal in hospitality between migrating and receiving community is crucial. This thesis argues that hospitality needs to be understood within the wider concept of God‟s gracious hospitality. God‟s hospitality embodied in Jesus‟ love and welcome for all people then envisions a new community based upon the values of mutuality, acceptance and reciprocal partnership. Thus, by affirming and engaging in such inclusiveness, reciprocal hospitality can become truly life affirming initiatives for all people in the face of migration.ennullThesis