Bringing knowledge and skills from their villages, generations of Dharavi residents have pushed the slum outside of their homes, streets and neighbourhoods. Isn't it time we recognize and support their efforts? We compile and republish two texts originally published by New Village Press in New York and Strelka University Press in Moscow.
Two powerful archetypes — the village and the city — are resolved in a third one: the slum (The Hindu 18/3/2018)
urbz has been involved with the heritage precinct of Khotachiwadi for nearly a decade. We have organized many events workshops there and produced a strategic plan for the area among other things.
A community struggling with water and identity finds hope in nature and culture. (The Hindu, 11.04.17)
What do young Mumbaikars have to say about their family's rootedness to villages on the Konkan?
Many families live in between two households: one in the village and another in the city.
While New York and London house the people that move from city to city, all acquainted with the etiquette of an urban lifestyle, Bogotá and Bombay are cities of villagers on the road to urbanization.
What if traditional rural settlements were historic urban nuclei?
A workshop in Murbad, a village in Maharashtra documents the lives in rural area to find out what the 'New India' can take from it.
Behind the famed Renaissance hotel by the Powai lake is a small, homegrown village called Paspoli which is home to the workforce of the hotel.
The people of Goa are looking for ways to organize Goa’s growth and future in a manner that does justice to its special cultural and historical distinctiveness.