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Delhi like the dhau: A city of co-existence and kinship

The city reveals its quieter cycles beyond kilometres built and capital leveraged, if only we cared to look closely, recognise its biodiversity, restore native ecologies, and invest in nature-based solutions beyond token gestures. There’s birdsong as layered chorus, seasonal blooming…
By Nidhi Batra1 day ago
  • Letter to the City
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Mumbai, our city, is being snatched from us

Through the decades of 1970-80s and till the mid-90s, Bombay was the arena for associations, unions, collectives and movements for people’s rights,…
By PK Das1 day ago
  • Letter to the City
  • Natural Environment
  • Pollution

Dehradun, we dream a future without air purifiers and ailments

Two summers ago, when the temperature of Dehradun touched 47 degrees Celsius, many realised the price of sacrificing trees for development and…
By Ranjona Banerji1 day ago
  • Letter to the City
  • Natural Environment
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Saving Tinsukia from its quest for ‘development’

An old British town that grew alongside modest industries has shown enough furious momentum to be considered for India’s Smart Cities Mission…
By Ashok Kumar Karmakar1 day ago
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  • Rivers & Waterbodies
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What if the Musi River could lead the development of Hyderabad?

The Musi, the pride of the city during the Nizam era, is a channel of filth, its banks encroached upon, its waters…
By Smruti Koppikar and Shobha SurinFebruary 20, 2026
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‘Rivers are not meant to die because of our mistakes’

The Musi could have been the defining characteristic of Hyderabad, the cyber city, as it was in history when it filled over…
By Team QoCFebruary 20, 2026
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  • Rivers & Waterbodies
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The Musi was, and is, Hyderabad’s heritage
and culture

The story of the Musi is woven with that of the city. It, historically, had a riverfront with grand palaces, shamshaan ghats,…
By Mohammed Sibghatullah KhanFebruary 20, 2026
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‘We want the Musi cleaned but without displacing the people’

Once a lifeline of the city of Hyderabad, the Musi was home to thousands of people – mostly economically backward -- living along its banks. The increasing pollution threatened their well-being; the demolitions, their very existence. While the unauthorised constructions…
By Shobha SurinFebruary 20, 2026
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The Musi – then and now

  Cover photo: Musi River at Hyderabad/ Wikimedia Commons
By Team QoCFebruary 20, 2026
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Delhi owes the Yamuna an ecologically-sound river-led city plan

The deterioration and shrinking of the Yamuna in Delhi have worsened over the decades despite thousands of crores spent. Constructions on its…
By Ankita Dhar KarmakarFebruary 6, 2026

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