Tikender Singh

Stop Emasculating Cities

The XVIth Finance Commission (FC) has been constituted, and currently we are in the middle of the XVth FC recommendations.…

3 months ago

Asia requires inclusive, compassionate urbanisation

Asia is now predominantly urban. The UN statistics of 2022 state that nearly 2.7 billion people, which is roughly 54…

1 year ago

Future Cities Love, Compassion, & Sustainability must be the guiding Principles

The city development trajectory in India is at crossroads. The paradigm shift in city development that was envisaged in the…

1 year ago

Alternatives for Secure Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

The effort to keep atmospheric temperature not more than1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial levels is not heading very progressively.…

2 years ago

Alternatives for Secure Adaptation & Mitigation Strategies

“Oh that house? It’s in the sea now- there!”, a story on the Pari website describes the engulfing of a…

2 years ago

Imperatives of constituting 2nd National Commission on Urbanisation

WILL the year 2021 be a secure future for all of us living in the cities? This question haunts many…

3 years ago

How close are we to the SDGs

The five Ps, that is, people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership were conceived as the goals and targets under the…

4 years ago

Just blue sky cannot be the roof

Almost one per cent of urban population in India is homeless. As winter has already arrived, what are governments at…

4 years ago

Can technology serve the purpose?

October 31st is United Nations World Cities Day and the theme for this year was “Changing the world: innovations and…

4 years ago

Floods in Indian Cities

Indian cities like Mumbai and Kochi experience floods annually during monsoons. And, every year loss of life and property is…

5 years ago