September | 2020 | Citizen Matters, Mumbai

The Mumbai Factor: A tale of the city and its people

September 25, 2020 Doel Jaikishen and Vindhya Jyoti

Looking back at lockdown weeks, what stands out is how the city came together to support its own.

Real estate investments unattractive. But, prices still high

September 24, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Real estate investment is not making anyone rich in Mumbai anymore, nor have homes become affordable.

Prices high even as houses remain empty, unsold

September 23, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Most houses in Mumbai are priced very high, while at least half of Mumbai’s 1.9 million people live in decrepit and squalid conditions

Photo Essay: Mangroves and their ecosystems

September 22, 2020 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Amateur and professional photographers from nearly 70 countries photographed mangroves and their unique ecosystems.

Political will, citizen action key for Mumbai’s pedestrians

September 21, 2020 Rishi Aggarwal

Much has been said about urban design and footpaths. But, matters only seem to get worse with the increase in cars and their competing needs for the same road space.

Co-existing with leopards in our backyard

September 18, 2020 Hepzi Anthony

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the reduced human movement encouraged animals to step out more comfortably prompting more leopard spotting, increasing man-animal conflicts

More people fall prey to online scams during the lockdown

September 17, 2020 Jahanvi J

The pandemic has pushed our major parts of our lives online and the unintended consequence of it has been a subsequent increase in online scams and frauds.

Dragonflies swarm Mumbai’s mangroves

September 16, 2020 Gopal M S

Dragonflies have been found to migrate a few thousand kilometres, and Mumbai is lucky to be one of their destinations.

Mumbai, here’s what happened while news channels were busy with SSR

September 15, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Lots of important, relevant things happened in Mumbai when news media was huffing and puffing about the ‘SSR case’.
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How a Navi Mumbai citizens group fought for the flamingos

September 14, 2020 Surabhi Agarwal

Wetlands in Navi Mumbai are home to flamingos. The government wanted to turn it into a golf course. Citizens stepped in.

Not the virus, but delay in treating COVID-19 is fatal: Dr Rahul Ghule, 1Rupee Clinic

September 11, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

The clinics were started to tackle a completely different, but highly fatal problem – accidents on the city’s ubiquitous railway tracks. But Dr Ghule has expanded their role during the pandemic.

Woes of a 2020 graduate

September 10, 2020 Nivedha Kannan

The “Kabhi haan, Kabhi naa” mindset of the authorities has plagued several students into pits of doubt and despair for the last six months.

A film brings the trajectory of Bombay’s Parsis to life

September 9, 2020 Supriya Thanawala

Kekee Manzil, a house built by the ‘father of Indian modern art’ became a refuge to artists from all hues, religions and cultures.

Mapping floods: is Mumbai at the risk of being submerged?

September 8, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

One architecture school in Mumbai mapped the floods of its R-ward for a year. Their results were alarming

Mumbai’s big housing question: why do people refuse to vacate crumbling buildings?

September 7, 2020 Hepzi Anthony

Mumbai residents refuse to vacate crumbling buildings because they see little alternative in the country’s most expensive real estate market.