‘Goa has successful ecological movements but we should not have to keep doing this’
From a languid destination for vacations, Goa has turned into a hotspot for tourism projects, real estate development, and large investments. Village…
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‘Waste pickers are treated like step-children but the formal sector can’t work without them’
Most of Bengaluru’s waste used to be dumped in the villages nearby and waste pickers invisibilised despite their critical role. Hasiru Dala…
‘Keep environmental justice at the core, not mere environmentalism’
India’s economic growth model, which is based on passing costs to the poor and marginalised while the benefits are for another class…
‘Resistance is needed for government to perform its basic duties’
Eminent environmentalist Ravi Chopra resigned from the Supreme Court-appointed high-powered committee to supervise the Char Dham road-widening project in 2022 as an…
‘The Delhi metro is inclusive but also not equitable’
The metro in New Delhi was a game changer for women, making travel accessible, faster, and safer. Greater ridership by women is…
‘Urban planning tends to be driven by money, not natural ecosystem’
Once known as a salubrious city with abundant green, Pune has transformed into a crowded and chaotic city grappling with rapid urbanisation,…
‘We need to design and plan better cities for diverse groups of women’
Women’s lives have rarely been at the heart of planning and design of cities. Even when they have been, city making has…
‘Move people back into trains and buses, it’s affordable and it’s climate action’
As cities in India see a rise in private transport, the modal share of public transport has declined. This varies from city…
‘Cities are valued as places of commerce and not well-being, so trees are seen as dispensable’
In an age when cities are building more malls, parking lots, offices, schools and colleges, there seems to be hardly any room…
‘Redevelopment created houses as commodities for transaction, forgot about people’s lives and equity’
Mumbai has resembled a construction site for the past many years with redevelopment on virtually every other street. Together with large infrastructure…