The Importance of Cities: The Seen and the Unseen podcast by Amit Varma

Blog February 13, 2025

The Importance of Cities: The Seen and the Unseen podcast by Amit Varma

By Pritika Hingorani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

Reuben Abraham and Pritika Hingorani join Amit Varma in episode 108 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss what India needs to do to prepare for its urban future.

Blog February 13, 2025

Fast Fact: Why we appreciate the New York City skyline more than the Mumbai one

While FSI limits were introduced with the twin goals of containing urbanisation and curbing densification, they have instead proven counterproductive to the functioning of cities and the agglomeration benefits that they yield.

Blog February 13, 2025

Investing in Public Transit Systems Improves Efficiency of Labour Markets

When cities expand and people begin living outside their limits while commuting to work within the city, mass transit systems, such as railways, become critical in connecting the burgeoning peripheries with the city core.

Blog February 13, 2025

Tapping Indian cities’ unrealised growth potential

Cities contribute extensively to the country’s growth; it is estimated that 59%-70% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from them.

Blog January 15, 2025

Compact Cities

By Anushri Pundit

Blog November 6, 2024

Book review: The many facets and contradictions of Irawati Karve

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

A new biography of well-known anthropologist Irawati Karve, ‘Iru: A Remarkable Life’, by Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, moves between the personal and the scientific