Tag: URBAN

Food isn’t just about nutrients for humans. Food brings joy through its tastes and flavours. Food connects us to those around us, to nature and our own unique cultures and experiences.

Gurugram is counted among the worst polluted cities in the world. In 2018, it was declared the worst polluted in an international survey.

Mumbai and Delhi are not just India’s top two megacities in terms of population but also in terms of the solid waste generated every day.

CHOKED IN NEGLIGENCE From Ghatkopar and Chembur slums many residents have been shifted to the lanes in Mahul where pollutant-toxicity contaminates air and water. A silent protest staged by the residents is waiting to get the attention of the Maharashtra government.

Segregated ‘ghettos’ alienate and separate people while cosmopolitan spaces build the social fabric. A walk through the Valmiki Colony in the heart of Delhi reminds us of the manner in which the interplay of class, caste and modernity influence the realm of education. Manish Singh

HEALTH Large scale rural to urban migration in the nation has implied that while the metropolitan centres have flourished and developed, the rural regions remain under the veil of poverty and ignorance. The poor health infrastructure in regions inhabited by the Scheduled Tribes in particular points to the unsustainable pattern of development and the need for inclusive care.

POLITICS From artists, activists, film directors to students and the media- everybody seems to be debating the dangers to political dissent in India and it implications for the sustainability of democracy. A young scholar takes a journey of interrogating and reconceptualising dissent in our times. Sukanya Khar

VIEWPOINT | In this brief note, the author has argued that the constant attack on the dissenters and the spirit of critical intellectual tradition is reminding us of an authoritarian regime. 

ARCHITECT/ Mumbai is on the brink of crisis annually as the monsoons hit the city. Overpowering concrete structures, unprecedented constructions and the lack of collective will need to be blamed for the situation. Is the rest of the nation prepared to learn a lesson?

MATTER OF CONCERN| Pedestrians are an unwelcome lot in the busy, vehicle-dominated landscape of the urban cities. But when the urban loses all sense of the importance of a contemplative walk, when the honking of cars dominate the soft sounds of falling footsteps- we surely cannot be far from disastrous implications for both nature and humanity. Meenakshi Kumar