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Photo Essay
May 1, 2026

Town Plaza Marsh and Forest (Remembering the Birds Amidst Fast Growing Urban Sprawl)

Author’s Note: In the fast-changing world, one in many places having urban sprawl uncreative and uniform, taking over green spaces and wildlife habitats, it is sometimes healthy and soulful to pause and reflect upon something like birds. They are in their flying moments anyhow, emancipated from all this trouble. I saw the other day a […]

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Photo Essay
May 1, 2026

Bridges 

Author’s Note for Readers: The landscape photos of bridges aren’t necessarily the exact bridges written about. They are rather an impressionistic portrayal of bridges I have seen in general, through photos I have taken on my travels and liked.  Perhaps the first bridge I remember was the one in the ravine where the temperature of […]

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Climate and Resilience , Housing
February 27, 2026

“The Factory in a Garden”: George Cadbury and the Garden Ethos in Today’s Urban Crisis

Introduction: An Industrialist Ahead of His Time In 1893, George Cadbury relocated his chocolate factory from central Birmingham to a semi-rural site that would become Bournville. His vision was radical for its time: a “factory in a garden” — where industrial production coexisted with green space, decent housing, recreation grounds and social amenities. Cadbury’s experiment […]

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Health
February 26, 2026

Reclaiming Utopian Urbanism: Lessons from Owen, Cadbury and Garnier for Contemporary Planning

Introduction: When Planning Had Moral Courage Urban planning today is deeply technical. We debate density thresholds, infrastructure deficits and mobility efficiency. Yet nineteenth- and early twentieth-century urban reformers framed the city not merely as a logistical challenge, but as a moral project. The experiments of Robert Owen, George Cadbury and Tony Garnier were not naïve […]

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Photo Essay
January 7, 2026

The Mexican Coastline

I bought a rosary. But I should have bought two then. It held up so well and was made of beautiful and colourful stones. I looked around and the sun was another sun, a poet’s sun, for it was more mystical and magical. Shallow was the water in that area, clean, and warm, and you […]

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Governance , Health
November 10, 2025

Tackling Delhi’s Air Pollution Crisis: Integrating Local and Global Insights

Delhi’s air pollution crisis is emblematic of urban environmental challenges worldwide, characterized by dangerously high concentrations of particulate matter and persistent exposure to toxic air, especially during winter months. In October 2025, Delhi recorded AQI levels firmly in the “Very Unhealthy” to “Hazardous” category, sparking renewed scientific and policy debates on mitigation strategies (AQI.in, 2025; […]

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Governance
October 20, 2025

Designing Infrastructure for Happiness: Building Cities that Feel as Good as They Function

As India’s cities race toward modernization, the conversation around infrastructure often centers on visible progress—flyovers, metros, bridges, and smart grids. Yet, beneath these tangible achievements lies a quieter but equally vital foundation: the infrastructure of happiness. If the first generation of urban plans focused on connectivity and utility, the next must focus on emotional ecology—building […]

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Health , News/Stories
October 11, 2025

From Happy Neighbourhoods to Happy Cities: Embedding Happiness in India’s Urban Master Plans

Introduction In recent years, the importance of happiness and well-being has increasingly been recognized in the context of urban development and public policy. Traditional metrics of progress, such as GDP and infrastructure indices, often fail to capture the psychological and social dimensions of urban life. India, currently undergoing rapid urbanisation, is at a critical juncture […]

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Photo Essay
September 14, 2025

Metropolitan Malaise

By Brian Michael Barbeito Most of the sociologists or criminologists might agree, or people with plain old ‘horse sense,’ that overpopulation is the biggest problem when it occurs, the issue that contributes to the other phenomena such as crime, pollution, illness, poverty, the rise of unfairness in the distribution of needed resources. Well in today’s […]

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News/Stories , Transportation
July 10, 2025

The Daily Commute and Its Psychological Toll: Unpacking the Mental Health Consequences

In contemporary urban environments, daily commuting has evolved into an essential yet psychologically taxing routine. Urban mobility systems, while enabling economic productivity and spatial connectivity, often impose significant mental health burdens on commuters. Extended travel times, overcrowded transit systems, traffic congestion, unpredictability, and noise pollution collectively contribute to heightened stress, anxiety, and reduced well-being. The […]

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