Urban Spaces
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More than interesting buildings, it is a city’s public spaces that affect the lives of people
Everyone benefits from public space and infrastructure being seen as public goods, not commodities.
Haim Yacobi, The Conversation
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Mumbai’s Sunday Streets initiative could help residents reimagine safer, accessible public spaces
Such programmes create a sense of belonging for citizens and act as powerful tools to facilitate discussions about safer mobility and better public spaces.
Akhila Suri & Tanushree Venkatraman
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The Central Vista project worsens the urban conditions that make Delhi brutally unsafe for women
It repeats the mistakes of colonial and post-independence planners, entrenching design that begets violence against women.
Amritha Ballal
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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London’s fire-breathing demon and Beijing’s ghostly night bus: Where do urban legends come from?
They create hidden geographies in our cities and enrich our experience of them.
Karl Bell, The Conversation
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Putting women on the map: Feminist cartographers are filling in urban design data gaps
Women mappers tend to add services such as hospitals, toilets and domestic violence shelters, often overlooked by men.
Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Yona Friedman (1923-2020): The man who combined architecture and mathematics to map ‘utopian cities’
The architect’s conception of the Spatial City is arguably his most foundational work.
Theodora Vardouli, The Conversation
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Migrants looking for a better life in Indian cities continue to be shadowed by caste bias
From division of labour, housing and access to public facilities – caste determines everything.
Priyansha Singh, IndiaSpend.com & Chitra Rawat, IndiaSpend.com
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Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai are among the least inclusive cities in the world
Not only are they lagging behind cities in developed countries but they are also trailing behind major cities in other emerging markets.
Sanaya Chandar, qz.com
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Moving Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta will only worsen the country’s problems
The relocation will increase the risk of fires in Borneo, the site of the new capital, without solving Jakarta’s environmental problems.
Luca Tacconi, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Across the world, privately owned cities have everything – except accountability
A privatised city is easier to build because it removes power from people and communities and centralises it into the hands of one person or corporation.
Samira Shackle
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HDFC spikes: Mumbai’s tony Pali Hill also uses hostile design to deter workers, hawkers from sitting
Metal barbs outside the bank’s Fort branch to keep away homeless people weren’t an exception. India’s elite use many strategies to fend off the marginalised.
Vidyadhar Date
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Paris in Mumbai: A photo series highlights the absurdity of India’s elite residential projects
Arthur Crestani’s project captures the contradictions of India’s urban life, juxtaposing unaffordable luxury real estate with glimpses of everyday life.
Maria Thomas, qz.com
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate