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Earth Day. Heritage Day. So, why not Citizens’ Day?

Our sutradhaars Lady Flora and Sir PM suggest that the city should have a day dedicated to citizens everywhere, so they get a platform to voice their...

22.04.2024 20

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Is mental healthcare on their minds?

If state and national budgets are any indicator, one is concerned whether our newly elected policy makers will show a mindsets shift when it comes to...

16.04.2024 9

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Billionaire Club, are you listening?

Shortly after the announcement that their home city is the new billionaire capital in Asia, our sutradhaars slipped into total shock. They resurface...

09.04.2024 20

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Work in progress. For a better tomorrow?

Our sutradhaars seem to be running out of patience as far as the infrastructural mess of half-done projects and hare-brained ideas being planned for...

18.03.2024 20

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What women want: The Bombay Edit

The hyped International Women’s Day is a one-day affair of flowers and gifts, but when it comes to benefits and conveniences, the average woman is...

11.03.2024 30

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Designs on the city, one plan at a time

Some were British, while a majority were Indian architects. What stood out was the single-minded focus to ensure resident-friendly, progressive sites...

05.03.2024 10

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Trained to survive

Our sutradhaars, Sir PM and Lady Flora, discuss the episode where the former and his friend tried to seek an audience with a visiting Union minister...

26.02.2024 10

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More power to the city’s Irani cafes

A freewheeling discussion to celebrate the Irani café in one of its outposts in Girgaum led to an expectedly nostalgic morning and offered...

20.02.2024 10

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Reality check about realty ads

Advertisements of flashy new townships can throw up quite a few unpleasant surprises for unsuspecting buyers. Ask local residents for the real story...

12.02.2024 9

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Open spaces and all that talk

Our sutradhaars, Lady Flora and Sir PM, discuss the future of the racecourse and also what to make of a possible Central Park File...

05.02.2024 30

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Black-and-yellow riders in the storm

Our sutradhaars hail the dying but once-integral community of kaali-peeli taxiwallahs who negotiate the city and it suburbs minus any tech support ...

23.01.2024 8

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Better public transport, please?

Our sutradhaars weigh in on the new Trans-Harbour Link bridge and if it matters to the average Bombaywallah, whose plight is yet to turn for the...

16.01.2024 10

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Keep the cultural vibe all year through

The near-negligible winter is when the city is bursting at its seams with festivals and cultural dos of every kind. Our sutradhaars wonder why it...

09.01.2024 10

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Wishing and hoping...

Our sutradhaars are having their last midnight walk of the year. And only one thing is on their mind—the overall health and well-being of their...

02.01.2024 10

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Burra Din with the babalog

Before Riverdale, there was McCluskieganj, Kharagpore and countless other charming, real-life Anglo Indian settlements that were part of the...

26.12.2023 6

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Hopeful pessimism for 2024?

Our sutradhaars discuss the health of the city as it huffs and puffs its way into a new year, with newer, tougher challenges to combat ...

19.12.2023 20

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Putting the lit into literature

The recently concluded Bangalore Literature Festival was a timely reminder of how focusing on books, at the end of the day, matters the most and will...

11.12.2023 10

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When heritage could have made headlines

The just concluded Heritage Week was a missed opportunity for city’s stakeholders to create a combined heritage-backed itinerary that could have...

28.11.2023 9

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A level playing field

Still reeling from the excitement generated from the just-concluded Cricket World Cup, our sutradhaars hope that girls’ and womens’ cricket gets...

21.11.2023 10

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Maximum city, minimum effort?

As the smoggy city welcomes Diwali, our sutradhaars wonder if its lawmakers even got a reality check and if citizens must now get more vocal and...

13.11.2023 9

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Talk the walk

Delhi’s walking tour and heritage trail groups are a robust community that is on the ball with continuous and innovative attractions. Our...

07.11.2023 10

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More literature fests for the city, please

On a high after attending a recent literature festival in the city, our sutradhaars wish that their favourite place be the setting for more events...

31.10.2023 7

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Hazy state of mind

The unbelievably high levels of air pollution in the city have got our sutradhaars concerned, and also asking some tough questions to civic...

23.10.2023 9

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Dreams of Olympic proportions

Our sutradhars, Sir PM and Lady Flora are pleased with the country’s fine show at the recent Asian Games but wonder if India is prepared to host an...

16.10.2023 9

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No flutter, and hardly flattering

Given its environmentally sensitive location, the ‘planned’ business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex scores poorly when it comes to green open...

09.10.2023 20

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Open or shut door policy?

The debate over whether access into heritage landmarks is a good idea or not, can become a Catch-22 scenario, especially when the focus is on many of...

02.10.2023 10

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Putting the utility tag on restored heritage spaces

A recently-held children’s literature festival in a heritage building in Gamdevi shone a light on a successful template where preservation and...

26.09.2023 20

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We’ll have one cosmopolitan, please!

This September, the city is witnessing a heady coming-together of festivities across communities; it’s just the kind of vibe that has perked up our...

19.09.2023 7

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G20 done, let’s now focus on our H50

Our sutradhaars were forced to host an urgent meeting after calls from their compatriots in Delhi regarding better upkeep of heritage sites that had...

11.09.2023 2

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