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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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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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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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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