Vandana Vasudevan

Vasudevan studies urban spaces, mobility and gender and has authored ‘Urban Villager: Life in an Indian Satellite Town’

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My son just cleared Class XII. But do Board exams even matter today?Subscriber Only

July 16, 2025 12:20 IST

The exam holds great importance only for the tiny slice of well-heeled Indians who are planning to go abroad for their undergraduate studies because the universities in the West use it as an indicator of academic calibre. For the vast majority aiming to study in India, the XII marksheet, once a revered document, is now just another ID proof

Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Not just Saif Ali Khan, the humble auto is every Indian’s lifelineSubscriber Only

February 13, 2025 15:11 IST

Despite fancy solutions ranging from feeder buses to electric scooters being discussed in many a seminar, on the ground, it is the informal network of rickshaws and autos that greet passengers alighting at a metro station and drop them at their homes

Thu, Feb 13, 2025

As India globalised, companies quickly adopted American corporate culture staples like 12-hour workdays.

In death of young woman in Pune, a wake-up call for India IncSubscriber Only

September 19, 2024 17:46 IST

It must rethink organisational culture that valourises a brutal work ethic at the cost of health and quality of life

Thu, Sep 19, 2024

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Not so great wallsSubscriber Only

February 17, 2017 00:24 IST

Gated communities don’t make cities safer — only offer a bubble

Fri, Feb 17, 2017