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The city reveals its quieter cycles beyond kilometres built and capital leveraged If only we cared to look closely and recognise its
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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, Sati mounds, dhobi ghats, slums, and held immense cultural and historical significance. Bathukamma, the flower festival, was celebrated…
‘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…
The Musi – then and now
Cover photo: Musi River at Hyderabad/ Wikimedia Commons