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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests’: US government report flags human rights abuses in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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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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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
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces