How does urban violence co-opt the state? Laurent Gayer’s classic study of Karachi has some answers

‘Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for City’ maps the relationship between the citizenry and agents of violence.

Prerna Vij

· Nov 28, 2021 · 08:30 am

How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays)

The pandemic may have silenced the urban legends of the capital for a year, but there is enough and more in literature to look back on.

Ranjana Sengupta

· Feb 21, 2021 · 05:30 pm

A love for sweets and fascism: The history of Bombay’s iconic cake shop Monginis

The Italian founder of Monginis was a fan of Benito Mussolini.

Tania Bhattacharyya

· Apr 21, 2017 · 11:30 am

How do you visually capture Bengaluru without showing its landmarks? Hint: With zombies and murders

A new graphic novel on the city avoids the clichés.

Rohini Kejriwal

· Mar 16, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Is Dadar, Mumbai’s first planned suburb, becoming hipster cool? (And at what cost?)

The gentrification which began in the neighbourhood’s buildings has spread to its eateries.

Aakash Karkare

· Feb 20, 2017 · 12:08 pm

Was Ahmedabad’s founder Ahmed Shah a wise ruler or an ambitious tyrant?

An anthology of 55 stories of Ahmedabad and Amdavadis peels away the layers of the city.

Nisha Nair-Gupta

· Jan 19, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Deep in the Amazon jungle, Brazil’s ‘invisible cities’ are in crisis

We're used to debating the region's environment. But far-western Brazil has lots of urban problems too.

Luke Parry, André de Moraes, Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana and Patricia Torres, The Conversation

· Oct 31, 2016 · 11:30 pm

‘Every day was a party’: When a commune by the sea fed and housed film strugglers

For close to a decade, film personalities like Jahnu Barua and Om Puri shared space, alcohol and friendship at Ganga Vihar on Mumbai’s Marine Drive.

Rani Day Burra

· Sep 04, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Hauz Khas hipsters, Def Col dudes and other denizens immortalised by a Delhi artist

Priya Kuriyan has been posting sketches on her blog of Capital types she sees on the streets.

Mridula Chari

· Sep 09, 2014 · 05:30 am