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Cities

154 articles · 2003–2025

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  1. The imperative of liveable cities

    Report · Cities · Government · 11 March 2025

  2. The need to spatialise human rights in urban India

    Report · Cities · Government · 4 July 2022

  3. Shaping our streets for people

    Report · Cities · Climate · Maharashtra · 20 November 2021

  4. Delhi Metro's finances hit hard by limited operations

    Report · Cities · Economy · 30 September 2021

  5. The people and their plans for cities

    Report · Cities · Government · 4 September 2021

  6. Higher funding alone doesn't improve urban services

    Report · Cities · Government · 16 August 2021

  7. History, as remembered by the people

    Report · Cities · History · Delhi · 6 August 2021

  8. Citizens demand real participation in governance

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 9 July 2021

  9. Ground-up planning in Ranchi's slums

    Report · Adivasis · Cities · Jharkhand · 27 June 2021

  10. Disaster response must be decentralised, humanised

    Report · Cities · Government · 5 June 2021

  11. Bird's eye view of city planning is full of blur

    Report · Cities · Government · 19 April 2021

  12. Recognising the right to the city

    Report · Cities · Housing · 8 April 2021

  13. Cities must look to nature for relief from heat

    Report · Cities · Climate · 30 March 2021

  14. The way forward for Mumbai Metro's new lines

    Report · Cities · Economy · Maharashtra · 24 March 2021

  15. RICH food for better cities

    Report · Cities · Food Security · 17 March 2021

  16. A new law needed for active mobility

    Report · Cities · Economy · 1 March 2021

  17. Are India's metros growing or sprawling?

    Report · Cities · Government · 15 December 2020

  18. The city in question

    Report · Art · Cities · 29 May 2019

  19. The gender gap in pedalling

    Report · Cities · Culture · 19 January 2019

  20. Ahmedabad's TP schemes: Lessons for equity

    Report · Cities · Government · 5 September 2018

  21. What is a Smart City?

    Report · Cities · Government · 5 February 2018

  22. Mumbai after the 2005 deluge

    Opinion · Cities · Environment · 5 August 2017

  23. Financing urban development

    Report · Cities · Government · 5 July 2017

  24. How democracy really works

    Review · Cities · 17 November 2016

  25. When cities go under

    Report · Cities · Environment · 19 August 2016

  26. There's more than meets the Mumbai Eye

    Report · Cities · Environment · 5 July 2016

  27. With road rationing, Delhi fights air pollution

    Report · Cities · Environment · 9 January 2016

  28. How ‘smart’ is Ahmedabad?

    Report · Cities · Government · Gujarat · 30 June 2015

  29. What will it take to make our cities environment-smart?

    Report · Cities · Economy · 11 April 2015

  30. Commercial real estate set to be brought under new law

    Report · Cities · Laws · 9 April 2015

  31. Why Fadnavis mustn't be soft on motorists

    Opinion · Cities · Transport · Maharashtra · 17 March 2015

  32. Who will benefit from the ‘Manhattanisation’ of Mumbai?

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 20 February 2015

  33. Those brooms may not be enough to clean our waste!

    Report · Cities · Government · 11 December 2014

  34. Who decides where your city ends?

    Report · Cities · Economy · 29 November 2014

  35. Are there smarter ways to run our cities?

    Report · Cities · Economy · 24 November 2014

  36. What’s in a name, really?

    Report · Cities · Government · 18 November 2014

  37. What will it take to make our cities really smart?

    Report · Cities · Economy · 13 October 2014

  38. Can Mumbai become a global city?

    Report · Cities · Government · 27 September 2014

  39. Urbanisation challenge: What will drive the funds?

    Report · Cities · Economy · 7 September 2014

  40. Is the lack of human resources choking your city?

    Report · Cities · Government · 23 August 2014

  41. What our cities are crying out for

    Report · Cities · Government · 4 August 2014

  42. Mumbai in the dock

    Report · Cities · Economy · 23 July 2014

  43. Will passengers bear the burden of Mumbai Metro?

    Report · Cities · Economy · Maharashtra · 2 June 2014

  44. Voices Modi and Kejriwal must listen to, beyond the noise

    Report · Cities · Elections · Uttar Pradesh · 9 May 2014

  45. Planning for a climate-resilient city

    Report · Cities · Environment · 2 April 2014

  46. Our streets are meant for walking: Gil Penalosa

    Report · Cities · Environment · 18 March 2014

  47. What future for the cities within our cities?

    Report · Cities · Poverty · 25 January 2014

  48. Delhi's cry: No more dead men walking

    Report · Cities · Economy · Delhi · 30 December 2013

  49. Spaced out in Mumbai

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 28 December 2013

  50. Can new technologies tackle urban waste?

    Report · Cities · Environment · 30 November 2013

  51. Building towns to save our cities

    Opinion · Cities · Government · 24 October 2013

  52. Delhi, through women's eyes

    Report · Cities · Gender Violence · Delhi · 28 June 2013

  53. What makes world class cities?

    Opinion · Cities · Karnataka · 14 May 2013

  54. Delhi is designed for rape

    Opinion · Cities · Delhi · 5 January 2013

  55. Making CMPs more useful

    Report · Cities · Economy · 28 March 2012

  56. Is Mumbai growing anymore?

    Report · Cities · Government · 22 February 2012

  57. Building the Transit Metropolis

    Report · Cities · Economy · 3 January 2012

  58. Moving in, staying out

    Report · Cities · Economy · 30 October 2011

  59. Reaching the unserved in cities

    Report · Cities · Health · 18 April 2011

  60. Pie in the planning sky

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 15 March 2011

  61. Planning for Mumbai

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 10 August 2010

  62. Cost-effective technology stalled by Pune government

    Report · Cities · Environment · Maharashtra · 31 May 2010

  63. Growing without a plan

    Opinion · Cities · Chhattisgarh · 8 December 2009

  64. Between a village and a town

    Opinion · Cities · Chhattisgarh · 10 November 2009

  65. Saved by the women

    Opinion · Cities · Women · Haryana · 1 October 2009

  66. Where history and prejudice collide

    Opinion · Cities · Uttar Pradesh · 1 September 2009

  67. A town full of surprises

    Report · Cities · Government · Rajasthan · 28 July 2009

  68. The spirits of Mumbai's cars

    Report · Cities · Economy · Maharashtra · 5 July 2009

  69. Privatisation of behaviour

    Opinion · Cities · 23 June 2009

  70. Sehore: Once vibrant, now in disarray

    Report · Cities · Government · Madhya Pradesh · 3 June 2009

  71. Madhubani: The old and the new

    Opinion · Cities · Bihar · 7 May 2009

  72. High-rise fantasies

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 31 January 2009

  73. Mumbai's eye in the sky

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 19 October 2008

  74. A run on the Yamuna banks

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 24 September 2008

  75. 'Street' fight in Bangalore

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 30 August 2008

  76. Old Port Trust lands on the dock

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 26 August 2008

  77. From Busway to BRT

    Report · Cities · Economy · Delhi · 1 July 2008

  78. Diary of the displaced

    Opinion · Cities · Displacement · Delhi · 7 June 2008

  79. Street-side story

    Report · Cities · Housing · 4 June 2008

  80. No future without a past

    Report · Cities · Government · 26 March 2008

  81. Getting the roll call wrong

    Report · Cities · Elections · Karnataka · 12 March 2008

  82. Managing global cities

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 27 December 2007

  83. Mumbai sinking

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 13 July 2007

  84. Privatisation turns murkier in K East ward

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 28 June 2007

  85. A model for sanitation for the urban poor

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 4 April 2007

  86. The great garbage rush

    Opinion · Cities · Housing · 27 February 2007

  87. Wells for the well-being

    Report · Cities · Environment · Karnataka · 4 December 2006

  88. Mumbaikers mobilise for civic polls

    Report · Cities · Elections · Maharashtra · 16 November 2006

  89. RG/PG - new twist to land grabs

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 27 October 2006

  90. A gigantic investment deficit

    Opinion · Cities · 14 October 2006

  91. Burning biomass is not green - II

    Opinion · Cities · Environment · 4 October 2006

  92. Mission not accomplish-able

    Report · Cities · Government · 29 July 2006

  93. Our best hope for urban India

    Report · Cities · Government · 29 July 2006

  94. Making motorists pay

    Report · Cities · Economy · Maharashtra · 23 June 2006

  95. Emphasis on mixed use needed

    Report · Cities · Government · 23 June 2006

  96. Monsoon worries once again

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 5 June 2006

  97. Walk on the road, legally

    Report · Cities · Environment · Maharashtra · 18 May 2006

  98. Pune's draft development plan under a cloud

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 7 April 2006

  99. Selling piped water or pipe dreams?

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 13 February 2006

  100. The sum of broken parts

    Editorial · Cities · Karnataka · 16 December 2005

  101. Envisioning a different city

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 2 November 2005

  102. Bangalore: Whither the future?

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 27 September 2005

  103. Delhi water project soaked in controversy

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 26 September 2005

  104. For the people, by diktat

    Report · Cities · Government · 5 September 2005

  105. It says about a city

    Opinion · Cities · Maharashtra · 12 August 2005

  106. A city's recipe for watery disaster

    Report · Cities · Government · Gujarat · 27 July 2005

  107. Breathing new life into ward committees

    Report · Cities · Government · 7 July 2005

  108. Mixed results for municipal water reforms

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 10 June 2005

  109. Chennai sucking up rural water

    Report · Cities · Environment · Tamil Nadu · 25 April 2005

  110. RTI finding : Cities subsidising the rich

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 17 March 2005

  111. Making utilities accountable

    Report · Cities · Government · 7 March 2005

  112. A credible low-income housing policy

    Opinion · Cities · 24 February 2005

  113. Forget Shanghai, remember Mumbai

    Opinion · Cities · Maharashtra · 22 February 2005

  114. Lessons in urbanisation

    Opinion · Cities · 20 February 2005

  115. The brave new city?

    Report · Cities · Environment · 25 January 2005

  116. Mumbai's tragedy

    Opinion · Cities · 24 January 2005

  117. Urban services: Too many cooks

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 17 January 2005

  118. A classroom for leaders

    Report · Cities · Government · Tamil Nadu · 1 December 2004

  119. Local water: battle of scales

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 November 2004

  120. Assertive citizenship taking root

    Report · Cities · Right To Info · 28 September 2004

  121. Taken for a taxing ride?

    Report · Cities · Government · Kerala · 1 September 2004

  122. Revamping municipal delivery systems

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 1 August 2004

  123. Delivering change

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 July 2004

  124. Municipalities overruling the SC

    Report · Cities · Environment · 1 July 2004

  125. Municipal budgets and poverty

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 June 2004

  126. The silent revolution

    Report · Cities · Gender and Leadership · 1 May 2004

  127. A new property map for Karnataka

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 March 2004

  128. Land, law and planning

    Review · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 March 2004

  129. Government : simpler and cost-effective

    Opinion · Cities · Government · 1 January 2004

  130. A collective enterprise

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 December 2003

  131. The base of the pyramid

    Opinion · Cities · 1 November 2003

  132. Historic, unparalleled and more

    Report · Cities · Government · Andhra Pradesh · 1 October 2003

  133. A progressive law for local planning

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 October 2003

  134. Ending municipal water shortages

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 October 2003

  135. AP's largest signature campaign

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 September 2003

  136. K R Puram's local elections

    Report · Cities · Elections · Karnataka · 1 September 2003

  137. The transformation of Mendha-Lekha

    Report · Cities · Forests · Maharashtra · 1 September 2003

  138. Delhi's citizens acting en-masse

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 1 September 2003

  139. Public verification of electoral rolls

    Report · Cities · Elections · Rajasthan · 1 August 2003

  140. Can local democracy be enforced?

    Opinion · Cities · 1 August 2003

  141. Unmapped, yet visited

    Report · Cities · Economy · Delhi · 1 August 2003

  142. Seek and hide

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 1 August 2003

  143. Better accounting paying off

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 July 2003

  144. Testing your municipality's work

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 1 July 2003

  145. PROOF : The Citizen-Government bridge

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 June 2003

  146. Strengthening communities - A biz model

    Opinion · Cities · Government · 1 June 2003

  147. Fiscal deficits and decentralization - II

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 April 2003

  148. The grey in Haryali

    Opinion · Cities · Water · 1 April 2003

  149. More stories of Parivartan

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 1 April 2003

  150. Voting and the public good

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 April 2003

  151. Lady Courage

    Report · Cities · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 1 March 2003

  152. Democratising the Panchayats

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 February 2003

  153. Reinventing Rural Governance

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 January 2003

  154. Improving Accountability in Panchayati Raj

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 January 2003