In this opinion piece, we argue that India’s cities need a coordinated, mission-driven approach to road development — one that treats roads as public infrastructure for safety, accessibility, and climate resilience, not just as corridors for vehicles. We propose a national framework — a Pradhan Mantri Shahari Sadak Yojana — to bring design quality, lifecycle management, and dedicated funding to every city road, ensuring that our streets become truly inclusive for all citizens.

In this opinion piece, I argue that Bengaluru's existing box-drain storm-water drainage system has repeatedly failed during heavy rainfall, resulting in severe flooding and related infrastructure damage. The piece champions a shift to a pipe-and-chamber drain system - already within the city’s technical reach - as a necessary and timely upgrade for resilient urban drainage in Bengaluru.

This paper examines the applicability of India’s two of four net zero pathways in affordable housing –energy-efficiency, sustainable materials and construction technologies. It analyses regulatory instruments,policies and schemes, and market instruments through the Availability-Affordability-Quality framework,examining if solutions are available, if solutions are affordable, and if solution favours emission reduction.

This paper cross-examines the current implementation mechanism of thermal comfort and affordable housing policies and identify gaps in (a) clarity of roles and responsibilities of actors, (b) communication channels between actors, and (c) policy support instruments. We hypothesize that the gap between policies and their implementation comes from a lack of standardization and convergence between the two types of policies.

This manifesto explores the idea of Just City through the lens of informality: a city that is in constant flux, that embraces the juxtaposition of formal and informal, that calls for the abolition of status quo colonial legacies, providing new and alternative imaginaries of the urban future.

This paper analyzes the governance structure of Fecal Sludge Management system in Japan (the Johkasou system) through the application of systems tools such as Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA). The analysis is carried against robust and independent criteria that define the objectives of a “good” governance structure, that is, efficiency, accountability, and legitimacy.

This paper hypothesizes that the core factor leading to substandard housing through informal self-construction is an information and communication gap in the construction process. The study explores a framework for a digital technical aid system, that bridges this information and communication gap without compromising the nonlinear nature of incremental development.