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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts to “revitalise”…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are allowed to raise their voice, whose voices are…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters from the public as well as governments. In…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also taking on public perception and prejudices about their…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts to “revitalise” rivers, these projects have largely followed a standardised template, set…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are allowed to raise their voice, whose voices are heard, which protesters influence policies are determined by the prevailing…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters from the public as well as governments. In Delhi, Jantar Mantar is now the designated protest site –…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also taking on public perception and prejudices about their identity. The law has intensified the oppressive conditions that trans…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts to “revitalise” rivers, these projects have largely followed a standardised template, set…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are allowed to raise their voice, whose voices are heard, which protesters influence policies are determined by the prevailing…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters from the public as well as governments. In Delhi, Jantar Mantar is now the designated protest site –…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also taking on public perception and prejudices about their identity. The law has intensified the oppressive conditions that trans…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts to “revitalise” rivers, these projects have largely followed a standardised template, set…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are allowed to raise their voice, whose voices are…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters from the public as well as governments. In…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also taking on public perception and prejudices about their…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also…

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Mumbai-Thane on ecology
protection march

Across Mumbai and Thane, individuals and groups have been coming together to resist ecological damage by the authorities in the name of…

New battle in Panipat as refinery workers rise

Nearly 30,000 workers of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited refinery in Panipat, among India’s largest refineries, went on a sit-in protest in…

Persistent ecological assault turns susegad Goans into
angry protesters

Goans have seen their fields and orchards turned into commercial areas. The amendment Section 39A in the Town and Country Planning Act…

An open letter to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, is grappling with waste management -- a crisis visible in every overflowing drain, every littered riverbank, and…

‘There comes a tipping point when people say enough
is enough’

In the past few years, Dehradun went from being a salubrious hill city to having summer temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, floods…

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,…

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Let’s transform Kolkata into a care-based feminist city

Clean air and water in Thrissur. Breaking barriers in Chennai

Dehradun, we dream a future without air purifiers and ailments

Saving Tinsukia from its quest for ‘development’

What if the Musi River could lead the development of Hyderabad?

‘Rivers are not meant to die because of our mistakes’

The Musi was, and is, Hyderabad’s heritage
and culture

‘We want the Musi cleaned but without displacing the people’

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Mumbai protests for ecology intensify but disconnected

Across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, people’s protests to protect mangroves, wetlands, forests, and other fragile ecosystems have multiplied as infrastructure projects gather momentum. Despite sustained efforts through demonstrations,…

Determined voices continue to fight for rights, land, ecology

Against all odds, average Indians are pushing back against projects that threaten their livelihoods and environment, or raise their voice to demand…

Millions are protesting but boycotts are key to change policies

Despite the large numbers who marched at the “No Kings” marches in 2025, research indicates that massive turnouts may not be enough…

Halla bol: Why protests are intrinsic to city-making

Resistance and protests are increasingly framed as undesirable, even anti-national. Yet, they have always defined the character of cities. Protests seem to…

Mumbai-Thane on ecology
protection march

Across Mumbai and Thane, individuals and groups have been coming together to resist ecological damage by the authorities in the name of…

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Mumbai protests for ecology intensify but disconnected

Across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, people’s protests to protect mangroves, wetlands, forests, and other fragile ecosystems have multiplied as infrastructure projects gather momentum. Despite…

Determined voices continue to fight for rights, land, ecology

Against all odds, average Indians are pushing back against projects that threaten their livelihoods and environment, or raise their voice to demand…

Millions are protesting but boycotts are key to change policies

Despite the large numbers who marched at the “No Kings” marches in 2025, research indicates that massive turnouts may not be enough…

Halla bol: Why protests are intrinsic to city-making

Resistance and protests are increasingly framed as undesirable, even anti-national. Yet, they have always defined the character of cities. Protests seem to…

Mumbai-Thane on ecology
protection march

Across Mumbai and Thane, individuals and groups have been coming together to resist ecological damage by the authorities in the name of…

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Let’s transform Kolkata into a care-based feminist city

In its bid to ‘develop’ into a modern metropolis, the city’s everyday rhythms are fading. Kolkata must hold on to its essence – embrace of all people, streets as expressions of protests, neighbourhood addas and baithaks all a testimony to…

Clean air and water in Thrissur. Breaking barriers in Chennai

Drawing a circle from Thrissur to Chennai, Mumbai, and back to Thrissur, this multi-city letter weighs in to reminisce what used to…

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,…

‘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…

Masonry - Page 5

Mumbai-Thane on ecology
protection march

Across Mumbai and Thane, individuals and groups have been coming together to resist ecological damage by the authorities in the name of…

New battle in Panipat as refinery workers rise

Nearly 30,000 workers of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited refinery in Panipat, among India’s largest refineries, went on a sit-in protest in…

Persistent ecological assault turns susegad Goans into
angry protesters

Goans have seen their fields and orchards turned into commercial areas. The amendment Section 39A in the Town and Country Planning Act…

An open letter to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, is grappling with waste management -- a crisis visible in every overflowing drain, every littered riverbank, and…

‘There comes a tipping point when people say enough
is enough’

In the past few years, Dehradun went from being a salubrious hill city to having summer temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, floods…

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,…

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Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and…

People vs people: How to read protests and fissures

Protests have been happening but all protests are not equal; some seem more legitimate, have more impact, than others. Which people are…

How India’s cities are making protests invisible

Across Indian cities, protests are being confined to designated sites with strict rules, making them easy to be ignored and disengaging protesters…

Why must trans people prove themselves to the
city, every day?

Despite the nation-wide protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, it became the law. But protesters were also…

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What if the Musi River could lead the development of Hyderabad?

‘Rivers are not meant to die because of our mistakes’

The Musi was, and is, Hyderabad’s heritage
and culture

‘We want the Musi cleaned but without displacing the people’

The Musi – then and now

Delhi owes the Yamuna an ecologically-sound river-led city plan

‘The Yamuna is a living and breathing thing. We are systematically killing it’

The Yamuna: Memoir of
a dying river

‘The government got votes from here, now claims the settlement is illegal’

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Mumbai-Thane on ecology
protection march

Across Mumbai and Thane, individuals and groups have been coming together to resist ecological damage by the authorities in the name of…

New battle in Panipat as refinery workers rise

Nearly 30,000 workers of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited refinery in Panipat, among India’s largest refineries, went on a sit-in protest in…

Persistent ecological assault turns susegad Goans into
angry protesters

Goans have seen their fields and orchards turned into commercial areas. The amendment Section 39A in the Town and Country Planning Act…

An open letter to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, is grappling with waste management -- a crisis visible in every overflowing drain, every littered riverbank, and…

‘There comes a tipping point when people say enough
is enough’

In the past few years, Dehradun went from being a salubrious hill city to having summer temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, floods…

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,…

Masonry - Full Width - 4 Columns - Page 5

Let’s transform Kolkata into a care-based feminist city

Clean air and water in Thrissur. Breaking barriers in Chennai

Dehradun, we dream a future without air purifiers and ailments

Saving Tinsukia from its quest for ‘development’

What if the Musi River could lead the development of Hyderabad?

‘Rivers are not meant to die because of our mistakes’

The Musi was, and is, Hyderabad’s heritage
and culture

‘We want the Musi cleaned but without displacing the people’