Land of Trouble
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
Photographed by Sumit K. Yadav
We were riding in an auto at around 8.30 am. In a journey of about 20 minutes,...
In Southwest Delhi, Fields Have Been Underwater for the Last Two Decades
In Raota, a village in southwest Delhi, a blue wooden canoe floats. Four feet below the canoe is this year’s kharif paddy crop, now...
All Park and No Play
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore | This article is the first instalment of Vaishnavi’s series ‘Ecology and the City’, which explores how complications in urban...
What’s wrong with the EIA 2020?
Research by Charith Reddy & Isha Malaviya
Edited & Presented by Sumit Krishna Yadav
The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 has garnered a host...
The Endless Battles of Children with Breathing Difficulties in Bengaluru
The voices of patients and caregivers ring loud and clear: worsening air quality in parts of the city is directly affecting the quality of life that our children can enjoy.
Reimagining Public Spaces for the Urban Poor Post COVID-19
For the poor and socially marginalized groups already living on the edge in India's cities, the pandemic has dealt a severe blow, isolating them physically, socially and economically. Access to public spaces can transform the lives they lead.
Making the Best Out of Waste
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
Two children are occupied with a game of gilli danda, in the far end of Multani Mohalla. Their game would not...
Understanding the Economic Consequences of Air Pollution
Researched by Siddhant Sachdeva
Written by Gauri Bansal
The question of the environment, as a constant debate between ethics and economics, has forced people to think...
Damaged, Desolate & Dirty: What Rehabilitation Looks Like for Khori’s Residents
Rehabilitation for those citizens evicted from Khori Gaon still remains a distant dream.
Finding Delhi’s “Encroachers”: The Lal Dora Investigation
Aside from low-income "encroachers" of common land, there are much larger players in Delhi who must also share the blame of worsening Delhi’s land scarcity.
