Do We Still Need Cities?

Technology has radically changed how we work, now it’s transforming where we live

The village of Tenkasi and home to 500 employees of software company Zoho (credit: Zoho)

When Sridhar Vembu waved goodbye to his family and left the small farming village where he was born, the teenager joined millions of others across India who were migrating to the country’s cities, seeking the education and jobs that could help them escape generations of grinding poverty.