As city becomes ‘unlivable furnace’, it is business as usual for axe brigade — 648 trees marked to be felled bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civi…

A lot of research now makes it clear it is the lack of planning (no trees, no water, no open green spaces) that is making Indian cities unlivable. Of course then climate change on top of all of this is hitting us harder than others.

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Excited to share an interview with Kannada writer Jayant Kaikini on citiesinfiction.com/jayantkaikini He talks about his hometown, Gokarna; writing as a way of creating new cities; how the arts connect us to the places we live in; and why we read and write. Apoorva Saini

Cradle of democracy 1,100 years ago---long before the Magna Carta---residents of Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu used to cast votes. Rajiv Gandhi visited it before initiating Panchayat Raj reforms. Business Standard Shine Jacob

Nandita Roy completed all procedures that the ECI had laid out in the SIR. But is now part of the 34 lakh whose names are ‘under adjudication’.  Here she writes about being Schrödinger’s voter m.thewire.in/article/govern… via @thewire_In

The first extract from the book was published over the weekend in Mint Lounge! You can read it here: livemint.com/mint-lounge/ar… How a BA graduate became an engineer on an H-1B visa in the United States It’s centred on a protagonist from Wild Wild East, Sreenivas

#India: 'A worker who spends one-sixth of his monthly income on cooking costs alone does not need to be radicalised to understand that his wage is insufficient.' - important editorial in The Hindu on the Noida labour unrest thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

चुनावों में कितना भी अर्ध सैनिक बल लगाकर मनोवैज्ञानिक दबाव बना लीजिए, पुलिस लगा कर दिखावा कर लीजिए, उनके परेड करते वीडियो से माहौल बना लीजिए लेकिन सच यह है कि ख़रीदने पर इस देश में पनीर शुद्ध ही होगा, इसकी गारंटी कोई नहीं दे सकता। हेराफेरी, मिलावट, ठगी मूल प्रवृत्ति का अंश बनता

I hope Govt of India will ask every state government to provide fish & eggs in the mid day meal and increase the protein intake of our children. Bengal politics doing wonder for protein cause in India!

"Height is one of the most basic indicators of nutrition as well as public health and is directly linked to a country’s standard of living. It also reflects social and economic factors such as income and caste."

El Niño forecasts will be clear by end of May. But in India, June is when Kharif sowing begins. Add the uncertainty in fertiliser supply due to the war on Iran & we get substantial risks to farmer livelihood & food security. States should be preparing risk management strategies

Is the necessity to destroy forests and cut trees some integral part of bureaucratic training? Like you can't get a PWD job unless you take an oath to cut as many trees as see? Or can't get into the IAS academy without a certificate that you have already cut X number of trees?

30 lakh voters (many mapped with passports) were deleted from electoral roll because of Supreme Court refusal to protect political rights due to admin delays. Lakhs of appeal. Tribunal only cleared 136 voters before voting day as ECI informed. 136 among 30 lakh voters!

My report from NOIDA accounting for price rise, if a worker earned Rs 10000 per month in 2015, then to keep pace with inflation, the worker would need to earn Rs 15,466 per month in 2026. Majority of workers dont earn even this much: themigrationstory.com/post/our-wages… in The Migration Story

imagine telling tolkein we keep cutting trees to grow airports

Vote for this super-cool title card, and for an era when makers always made an effort to be creative with the title font design...

still remember (and stand by) the chokehold pehla nasha had on entire generations and their love stories

hands down one of the coolest initiatives ever.