Stepsons of the Ganga

A fascinating account of the men who ply the emblematic boats of Banaras and embody its very essence

COVID-19: 4 factors to test how vulnerable slums in 4 big cities are

Govt of India thinks novel coronavirus will be a part of life. That makes it imperative to account for limitations before forming policy

Gujarat announces Rs 13-crore scheme for state's poor

Garbage: Your Problem

Several non-gonernmental organisations are showing the way to handle this problem

Access to drinking water, power has improved in slum areas, says slum census report

63.5 per cent slum dwellers in Indian cities have mobile phone connections, but only 19 per cent have toilets

Court questions sealing relief law

Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development

Lured, used and discarded

Fifteen people hospitalised after unethical drug trial in Hyderabad

No apartments

Our little understood urban dystopia

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Shanghai-ed

Making Mumbai global hub

Kolkata evicts ecological refugees

Seven hundred squatters occupying prime land rendered homeless; activists demanding their rehabilitation branded Maoists

Aaj Ka Roadshow

Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …

There's nothing august about Mumbai

July 26, 2005: It began raining at 11 am. In the next 24 hours, India's most populous city received 944 mm of rainfall. The resultant flood …

Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality

Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better

Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

A look at world urban population

COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas

Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …

Urban growth model needs reality check

Welfare schemes benefited only a quarter of urban slums: NSSO

Over 30 per cent urban slums across India have no toilets or drainage facilities, in spite of funds being made available under JNNURM and other …

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

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