Urban Futures
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Words and sights: What do Delhi’s present landscapes hold for its future?
Architecture has always served political regimes to mark their presence in the spaces and psyches of people.
Sarover Zaidi
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As Covid-19 puts India’s largest cities under strain, municipalities must rethink finance strategies
Land-based financing tools, property taxation reforms and capital market-based solutions could help cash-strapped municipalities gain fiscal autonomy.
Aparna Raj C & Manav K
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Urban farmers are learning to grow food without soil or natural light
The potential to grow food in small spaces, under any environmental conditions, are offers big advantages.
Silvio Caputo, The Conversation
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Mumbai citizens cheer order to dump development plan but ask how it can be fixed in 4 months
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis took the decision at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, after weeks of citizens lambasting the draft plan for its numerous errors.
Aarefa Johari
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As government decides future of Mumbai and its docklands, citizen voices go unheard
Committee tasked with suggesting how to redevelop the 1,800-acre stretch considered the public’s suggestions but then consigned them to the ‘afterword of its report’.
Smruti Koppikar
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Exclusive: A peek at government plan to redevelop Mumbai's 1,800-acre docklands
Committee recommends that 60% of the land be utilised for public amenities and open spaces, while 40% will be allocated commercial and residential use.
Smruti Koppikar
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival