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Cities

Watch: These miniature versions of real Polish cities are made of gingerbread

Scroll Staff
· Dec 26, 2022 · 12:54 pm
A new book traces the shared roots of Cubbon Park and Bengaluru, and what the future holds for them

Roopa Pai
· Oct 05, 2022 · 08:30 am
How Calcutta’s first modern drains were built by The Lottery Committee in the early 1800s

Ranabir Ray Choudhury
· Aug 24, 2022 · 08:30 am
Climate change: How can India’s concretised, dangerously hot cities be cooled down sustainably?

OP Agarwal Jaya Dhindaw Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
· Jun 22, 2022 · 11:30 am
‘Delhi, In Thy Name’: An unusual history of India’s capital is revealed by its neighbourhoods

Kanupriya Dhingra
· Mar 05, 2022 · 08:30 am
How the state pushes people’s protests into designated spaces to prevent them from being effective

Mamta Mantri Anoop Kumar
· Jan 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
Watch: Women of fishing community of Kolis protest against construction of Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Scroll Staff
· Nov 08, 2021 · 03:10 pm
Before the pandemic and (maybe) after: A catalogue of what cities lose

Parimal Bhattacharya
· Jul 25, 2021 · 05:30 pm
‘A for Prayagraj’: This biography of Allahabad is a modern story of an old city

Udbhav Agarwal
· Jul 23, 2021 · 10:03 am
Watch: Massive 3D cat perched on a ledge appears to gaze at passers-by in busy Tokyo area

Scroll Staff
· Jul 13, 2021 · 04:30 pm
Caught on camera: The moments a 12-storey building collapsed in Surfside, Florida

Scroll Staff
· Jun 25, 2021 · 12:26 pm
Watch: Massive Shenzen skyscraper starts to shake for unknown reasons, causing panic

Scroll Staff
· May 19, 2021 · 09:40 am
Caught on camera: Tiger with collar spotted prowling around a Texas front yard

Scroll Staff
· May 10, 2021 · 08:14 pm
‘Why Loiter?’ Ten years have passed since the seminal book on women alone in cities was published

Anandi Mishra
· May 03, 2021 · 08:30 am
Watch: Cars skid and spin, people slip and cannot walk, on this icy street in Kiev, Ukraine

Scroll Staff
· Dec 12, 2020 · 06:35 pm
Buzzkill: The air pollution in Indian cities is causing behavioural and genetic changes in wild bees

Mohit M Rao
· Sep 24, 2020 · 07:30 pm
London’s fire-breathing demon and Beijing’s ghostly night bus: Where do urban legends come from?

Karl Bell, The Conversation
· Aug 01, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Watch: Chandni Chowk’s walking-friendly makeover in Delhi has a new fan—the German ambassador

Scroll Staff
· Jul 31, 2020 · 04:05 pm
Animals on the roads: Wild boars in Haifa, Israel, add to the list of cities claimed by non-humans

Scroll Staff
· Apr 19, 2020 · 08:58 am
How smart urban planning can help you stay in shape

John Rennie Short, The Conversation
· Feb 28, 2020 · 11:30 pm