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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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
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What explains reports of infighting within the BJP during the elections?
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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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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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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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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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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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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, as it happened: MCFC win second Cup title
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe