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...
The Ecological History of Delhi’s Ridge with Thomas Crowley
Interviewed by Aarathi Ganesan; Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal.
There are history books written on pretty much everything in India--be it kings, kingdoms, cultures, or even...
Out Of Breath: The Ghazipur Landfill (Part II)
Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty and Sumit Krishna Yadav.
In this second instalment of Out Of Breath: The Ghazipur Landfill. We take a look at how...
Cooling India’s Urban Poor Houses Down
Urban Poor settlements can be found in huge numbers across the country's metropolitan cities. Generally home to daily wage labourers and low-income families, these...
Out Of Breath: The Ghazipur Landfill (Part I)
Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty and Sumit Krishna Yadav.
The Ghazipur landfill has been operating as a garbage dumping ground since 1984. Standing at a height...
The Art of the New Wilderness
Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing photographic series China Recycling maps waste. In them, he provides a frightening visual reminder of a civilisation – human, that is...
Life in Traffic, Not Fantastic: Why Are Bengaluru’s Roads So Bad?
The poor condition of Bengaluru's roads are well-documented and have been groaned about since time immemorial. Roads are laid in the city only to be dug up again, leaving commuters stuck in traffic for hours on end. But why are Bengaluru's roads so bad? Who is responsible for them? And why is this such a persistent problem?
The 2020 Delhi Riots: The Anatomy of Violence in the City
In what already seems like a lifetime ago, Delhi was burning. This was before the country went into a lock down in an attempt...
Shrinking Commons Amidst Delhi’s Unplanned Urbanisation
Ram Kumar Roja, 76 years of age, is standing on a ground, bordered by a few trees and a wall. This one acre piece...
Delhi’s Master Plan Ignores the City’s Fishers, But This is Not a First
While Delhi's Master Plan 2041 proposes green belts and parks along the Yamuna, it excludes those dependent on its resources: like Delhi’s 2,500 fishers.
