The writer is an architect, an urbanist and visiting professor of architecture in the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Views are personal
June 12,2020 01:47:03 AM
Should we not be moving away from an imperial design mindset to a democratic approach which ensures that public spaces are meant for the people and not for the government?
July 12,2018 00:10:29 AM
UGC has outlived its use, but so have councils that regulate professional education and practice. These, too, cry for reform.
April 24,2017 00:52:44 AM
A shift to their respective ministries will help professional education, skill development
March 08,2006 16:21:33 PM
We need to create sustainable institutions that can develop a cadre of human capital trained in all avenues of urban work
February 09,2006 00:00:00 AM
It is a sad commentary on the times we live in that various hues of politicians are trying to confuse issues concerning urban laws as applic...
January 20,2006 00:00:00 AM
The Delhi High Court’s observations on the issues confronting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — especially the latest Wed...
December 27,2005 00:00:00 AM
Last week’s activity with regard to the actions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on enforcing municipal laws in the city as direc...
August 20,2004 00:00:00 AM
The word ‘‘architecture’’ does not appear anywhere in the Constitution of India. Nor does the term ‘‘urban pla...
April 24,2004 00:00:00 AM
On our first morning in Lahore, Indrani and I were up earlier than our hosts — a family known to a friend of a friend in India. We did...
February 24,2004 00:00:00 AM
The skeletons of destroyed aircraft are still visible at Kabul airport. Mute reminders of the two decades of war which brought Afghanistan t...
