By M Mohsin Alam Bhat on June 12th 2020
Caste and religion crisscross the geographies of our cities. Housing discrimination, systemic and deeply interwoven with market processes, is perhaps the most constant reminder of the divisions and discriminations that citizens face.
By Darshini Mahadevia on June 7th 2020
A commentary on the government’s proposed affordable rental housing solutions for migrant workers
By Sama Khan on May 22nd 2020
BLC dominates and only a handful of states show variations in the the verticals adopted under PMAY
By Shubhagato Dasgupta, Neha Agarwal and Tanvi Tomar on April 28th 2020
The Swachh Bharat Mission won’t work in Covid times unless it is equipped with wastewater management, better infrastructure and protects sanitation workers better.
By Anindita Mukherjee on April 27th 2020
Practising social distancing and staying home to fight the coronavirus is not possible for migrant workers without housing security.
By Shubhagato Dasgupta, Anindita Mukherjee and Neha Agarwal on April 16th 2020
Water and sanitation concerns of Indian slums need to be addressed in the fight against coronavirus, otherwise it can have a nationwide impact.
By Mukta Naik and Manish on January 26th 2020
Despite electoral promises, the complications inherent in processes of regularisation persist despite fresh legislation. Grounded processes of documentation are required.
By Karen Coelho on January 1st 2016
The creation of mass ghettos of urban poverty in the middle of ecologically fragile lands exposes the fraudulence of both the environmental and the socio-legal rationale of resettlement in Chennai.