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MumbaiNaama: Only Voter Turnouts Don't Decide That Mumbai Is Not A Political City

As a broad trend, urban voter turnouts have been lower than in rural areas for decades. This has been labelled, rather lazily, as urban apathy

24.05.2024 30

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: When Will Women’s Issues Be Politically Relevant?

The propensity to merely use women as props in the election season, as pawns against rival parties or leaders, is disgusting and shameful

10.05.2024 50

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MumbaiNaama: When Breaching Code Of Conduct Meant Penalties

This seems another India altogether in which a powerful political leader could be hauled up for his vile and provocative religion-based utterances...

26.04.2024 8

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: SC Shows The Way On Climate Change And Human Rights

The thrust of urban planning itself will have to change. Cities and states will now have to take their climate action plans more seriously than before

11.04.2024 10

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MumbaiNaama: Has Mumbai Missed The Growth-And-Jobs Bus?

Can Mumbai’s economic growth and job or work opportunities be taken for granted?

01.04.2024 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: The Renaming Rush – What Does It Mean, Whom Does It Benefit?

Slice it any which way, renaming cities or localities or institutions is about reconstructing the place identity that flows from a confluence of...

15.03.2024 30

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: The Dark Comedy About Gokhale Bridge, Blame Game, And BMC's Accountability

After the misalignment, the Gokhale Bridge has turned into a national meme. People’s humour is a shield for anger and disbelief. How else can you...

01.03.2024 7

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

Analysis: Mumbai Pays A Heavy Price For The BMC’s Continuing Muddle On Hawkers

Despite street vending being one of the oldest forms of retail activity and Mumbai having the largest number of hawkers and mobile vendors, the...

16.02.2024 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: Why Mahalaxmi Racecourse Matters To Mumbai

Large open spaces should not be sparse, a rarity, in a city as congested as Mumbai. Yet, they are few and far between

02.02.2024 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: MTHL beyond the hype – a showpiece for the elite that disregards ecology

Nothing brings out the crafty packaging of large infrastructure projects as much as the MTHL does

19.01.2024 10

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Big Projects Ought To Create Seamless Unit, Writes Smruti Koppikar

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, rechristened Atal Setu by the Modi dispensation, is a seamless bridge that links the city with Navi Mumbai and beyond....

13.01.2024 10

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MumbaiNaama: Devoid of people’s voice in the BMC, the city suffers

The elected representatives or corporators, however inefficient and given to corrupt practices they may be, are the voice of the people in the civic...

05.01.2024 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

Mumbai’s public transport users deserve a better deal

Seamless, safe and reliable multi-modal transport with walkable pavements is still a dream for millions of commuters in Mumbai

22.12.2023 9

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

Mumbai Naama: The People & Politics Of The Dharavi Redevelopment Project

It is not that the people of Dharavi do not want redevelopment; they do, badly. But they are unaware of what this project means, and there is angst.

08.12.2023 8

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

FPJ Analysis: Little To Cheer About At The Climate High Table

We, in mega cities around the world that both contribute massively to climate change and suffer its worst impact, should pay close attention. Mumbai...

23.11.2023 10

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Smruti Koppikar

Mumbai Naama: BMC Must Address How Burgeoning Private Vehicles In Mumbai Contribute To Bad Air

Efficient, reliable and safe public transport is the only sustainable antidote to an alarming rise in private vehicles

10.11.2023 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

Mumbai Naama: Hazy Air, Clear And Loud Alarm Bells; But Who’s Listening?

The time to wake up and chart out the plan is now, if Mumbai has to have a chance at clean air in the near future. Gimmicks like anti-smog guns are...

27.10.2023 6

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

Understanding Women In Mumbai’s Workforce Through Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin

Goldin’s work should resonate in India where women’s workforce participation has seen a decline in recent decades as work moved from the formal to...

13.10.2023 7

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Smruti Koppikar

Mumbai Naama: Politicians And Law Do Not Have Answers To Mumbai's Housing Discrimination

Law cannot resolve people’s bias and prejudice, it does not address their predisposition towards or against another community, and it does not offer...

29.09.2023 10

Free Press Journal

Smruti Koppikar

MumbaiNaama: G20 On Climate & Cities, A Missed Opportunity

It is true that the G20 Summit is not the only forum to put down commitments, but the group comprises countries which saw major rises in per capita...

15.09.2023 10

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Smruti Koppikar

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