Koskimaki, LeahUpadhya, Carol2018-09-212018-09-212017Koskimaki, L. & Upadhya, C. (2017). Introduction: reconsidering the region in India: mobilities, actors and development politics. Journal of South Asian Development, 12(2): 89–111.0973-1741http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973174117712826http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4073In this introduction to a special issue on ‘Reconsidering the Region in India’, we aim to develop a synthetic and theoretically nuanced account of the multifarious ways in which the idea of region has been imbricated in diverse spatial, political, cultural and socio-economic configurations. We draw from various bodies of anthropological, geographic and historical literature to elaborate on three themes that we believe are central to understanding contemporary processes of region-making in India: trans-regional mobilities and connections; the actors who produce and perform regional imaginaries; and changing regional politics of development.enThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973174117712826RegionalismMobilitiesDevelopment politicsIndian regionsArticle