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#VolunteersSpeak: Learning from transport service providers Learning and DevelopmentYouth Work

#VolunteersSpeak: Learning from transport service providers

A glimpse into India’s trucking backbone—stories of struggle, resilience, and the collective push for dignity,…

Aaryan RajJune 18, 2019

#ComplexCity: Mumbai in Transition GovernanceHabitatLearning and DevelopmentNarrative Change

#ComplexCity: Mumbai in Transition

Through panels and protest, Equipolis 2.0 mapped Mumbai’s transitions—what’s lost, what’s possible, and who gets…

YUVAJune 11, 2019

Without an overhaul, smart cities won’t fulfil urban needs GovernanceHabitatMedia CoverageParliamentary Watch ReportPublications

Without an overhaul, smart cities won’t fulfil urban needs

Explore how India's Smart Cities Mission struggles with fund utilisation, coordination gaps, and lack of…

YUVAMay 30, 2019

What happens when a midsummer night’s dream turns into reality? Child RightsNarrative Change

What happens when a midsummer night’s dream turns into reality?

Jess Lair, an author, once said, ‘Children are not things to be molded, but are…

Khushi DesaiMay 29, 2019

How the PM’s affordable housing scheme went from promising to dysfunctional GovernanceHabitatNarrative ChangeParliamentary Watch ReportPublications

How the PM’s affordable housing scheme went from promising to dysfunctional

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana was once a promising decentralised scheme expected to solve India’s…

YUVAMay 18, 2019

Analysing the Government’s Urban Agenda GovernanceHabitatParliamentary Watch ReportPublications

Analysing the Government’s Urban Agenda

Riding the wave of optimism post the general elections of 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party…

Shaguna KanwarMay 6, 2019

The dark side of development Narrative ChangeYUVA

The dark side of development

Forced evictions and the case of Patna Photgraph from a training session of the Zero Eviction Caravan…

Pranav SujayApril 17, 2019

#ComplexCity: Representation and Reality Narrative Change

#ComplexCity: Representation and Reality

The Living Mumbai Film Festival 2019 Living Mumbai Film Festival at SNEHA Centre, Dharavi Do the films…

Surya KarthikMarch 27, 2019

In conversation with Lysa John Learning and DevelopmentYUVA

In conversation with Lysa John

Lysa John is Secretary-General of the CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation. She has worked…

YUVAMarch 8, 2019

The Zero Eviction Caravan GovernanceHabitat

The Zero Eviction Caravan

A national campaign on Right to Adequate Housing Scenes from the Zero Eviction Caravan from Navi…

Ankit JhaMarch 4, 2019