bengaluru introduces the first live bicyle counter in the city
Build bicycle lanes and people will cycle, a global mantra of bicycle-friendly cities from Copenhagen in Denmark to Paris in...
urban india caught up in parking muddle
With low car ownership of 22 cars per 1000 inhabitants, India is expected to touch 35 cars per 1000 inhabitants...
public health: a far cry for rural india during covid19
Maya (name changed) a contractual labourer serving a family of four, travels more than five miles each day, sometimes in...
libraries as community spaces: my love story with the indian institute of world culture
In the words of Neil Gaiman, I believe that the future depends on libraries. This conviction comes from the fact...
urban planning in india need ‘rethinking’ & ‘retrofitting’ in covid19
COVID19 has come in our lives as a blizzard unaware. In the last six months of the year 2020, we...
india’s ‘indigenous peoples’ in urgent need of climate justice
India is a large country with interspersed legacy and identity largely driven out of its people and their natural habitats....
an open letter to reimagine architectural education and practice in india
This article is an open letter to fellow architects, urban practitioners, designers, and thinkers. The urban environment is extremely important...
electric vehicle is new sustainability quotient in india
Change. It’s never pleasant and many would say that it has become a tendency for us to resist it. There...
four steps of building trust for inclusive-cities to fight covid
All of us are highly impressed with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership in steering her country through the...
the aftermath of ‘new normal’ on city planning in india
Covid19, the noble coronavirus though only six months old, has impacted more than six million lives across the globe and...