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.…

10 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…

2 years 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…

2 years 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.…

3 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…

3 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…

4 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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