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HomeGENRE: Features

GENRE: Features

Anecdotal, illustrative narratives to interpret news and current trends creatively

People walking and sitting under a flyover turned into a public space under tactical urbanism
Infrastructure

How tactical urbanism is transforming Mumbai, bit by bit

June 27, 2022 Sabah Virani

With a series of small low-cost changes to the urbanscape, the BMC’s tactical urbanism drive seeks to improve the experience of life in the city.

medical teachers at strike in the JJ Hospital
Health

Strikes in government hospitals may be over, but demands of medical teachers unmet

May 27, 2022 Radha Puranik

In the backdrop of the state medical teachers’ strikes, doctors at JJ Hospital in Mumbai claim that their demands remain unfulfilled.

women and children in a slum in mumbai fill water for the day
Water Supply

BMC’s ‘Water For All’ policy promises greater access to water. Can it deliver?

May 16, 2022 Sabah Virani

The BMC’s new water policy promises legal water supply for all, including slum dwellers, the homeless and buildings without OCs. But some gaps remain.

a street vendor in mumbai ties a handkerchief around his head
Environment

Photos: Heat mitigation on the streets of Mumbai

May 5, 2022 Radha Puranik

As the heatwave in the country continues, street vendors in Mumbai adopt unique mitigation strategies to help them cope in difficult conditions.

A camera in the foreground and the focus puller in the background, checking his lens markings
Economy

Photos: The livelihoods of cine workers in Mumbai

April 18, 2022 Sabah Virani

The film industry thrives on daily-wage labour. Cine workers in Mumbai are slowly returning to sets, and with that may come a boost in their daily income.

Environment

Photos: A decline in birds in Navi Mumbai

April 11, 2022 Seema Tania

Frequent birder Seema Tania finds declining numbers in bird populations in Navi Mumbai, during her experience in the annual bird race.

The gold plated dome of the BMC building
Civic

Photos: Inside Mumbai’s iconic 129-year-old BMC building

March 29, 2022 Sabah Virani

Built in 1893, the grand BMC building is home to the corporation that governs the city. In 2021, it was made accessible to the public on weekends.

view of the inside of a garment factory unit in Dharavi
Economy

Mumbai unlocks, but garment workers in Dharavi struggle to revive themselves

March 23, 2022 Hepzi Anthony

Despite the suspension of COVID-19 restrictions, garment workers in Dharavi are struggling to find work and make ends meet.

a boy fishes in a mumbai creek
Environment

Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project will potentially cause damages: IPCC report

March 7, 2022 Saachi D'Souza

The 6th IPCC report outlines a climate emergency across the globe. For Mumbai, coastal degradation could fasten the pace of the crisis.

A pink house in the Vile Parle gaothan
Infrastructure

In photos: what’s left of a gaothan in Vile Parle

February 18, 2022 Sabah Virani

A snapshot in time of St Francis Pakhady, a gaothan in Vile Parle, one of the few remaining but vanishing remnants of Mumbai’s early inhabitants.

View of Bhendi Bazaar from the a newly developed building
Economy

Photo essay: The micro-economies of Bhendi Bazaar

December 16, 2021 Radha Puranik

A photo essay tracing the several micro-economies of Bhendi Bazaar, that make it what it is today and the impact of redevelopment on the community.

Outcaste Bombay by Juned Shaikh
Society

Talking caste in Bombay

October 27, 2021 Sabah Virani

An interview with author Juned Shaikh on his latest book that discusses a history of caste in Bombay, through industrialisation and spatial transformation.

Rev Godson Samuel, Mumbai's Palmyra man
Environment

One man’s campaign to grow one lakh Palmyra plantations in Mumbai

September 6, 2021 Hepzi Anthony

Rev Godson Samuel feels Mumbai must take to Palmyra plantations to fight environmental and climate change concerns.

Society

Durga Pujo – the digital way

October 20, 2020 Devalina Mukherjee

Durga Puja celebrations will be a digital experience for many this year. See what devotees will be missing.

Society

Do you have a broadcaster in you?

October 10, 2020 Supreet Gupta

Ham Radio is an exceptional hobby that also serves as a disaster management system, when other means of communication break down. A student from the Ham Radio Club, IIT Bombay tells us all about it.

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