Why Mumbai has failed to become flood-ready
The city of dreams is wading through a flood of problems. The rain photos are the same every year —…
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Verse on water: Monsoon’s many languages
The monsoon lends itself to poetry and rhyme. But how to capture its majesty, its melancholy, its morbidity in a…
Saavan ka kya thikana? Bollywood rain songs fade out
For decades, mainstream Hindi cinema romanced the rain with songs. From the quintessential Pyar hua ikraar hua and semi-classical Barkha…
From monsoon magic to mayhem and what cities can do about it
There was a time when the monsoon brought a lot of joy and exhilaration in cities. The season was a…
