urbanisation
The death of a book bazaar
Delhi’s beautification drive comes at the cost of a historic Sunday book market.
Kanupriya Dhingra | Feb 05, 2020
Out of place, out of time
Dhaka and Bangladesh are evolving on dramatically different courses.
Zafar Sobhan | Mar 26, 2019
Between the people and the polis
Southasia’s mega-cities and the urban future.
Arif Hasan | Nov 25, 2014
Where will we live?
Arif Hasan speaks on the 'World-Class City' concept, and its repercussions on urban planning for Asian cities.
Arif Hasan | Oct 18, 2012
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In Mizoram, a refugee crisis highlights Mizo tribal affinities and hostility
Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too
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In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man
Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply
When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm
With a focus on agricultural policy since the 1990s, 'Distress in the Fields' demonstrates how neoliberal interventions sowed the seeds of the crisis faced by farmers today
