Aug 2005

Should we leave the dam water to the farmers, and tell the city dwellers that poor planning has caused the city to grow beyond its means?
By Ramesh Ramanathan

By Sudhirendar Sharma

The proposal to import food in order to conserve water has dangerous consequences for countries of the South.
It could not have come at a better time. With water scarcity looming large as ambient temperatures soar in most of the densely populated south, a recent report warns that if water productivity is not enhanced the world’s poor will suffer most.

Planning Our Urban Environment
Most of the time we experience streets denuded of trees, broken sidewalks, asphalt roads overburdened with buildings and vehicles, and strung with wires and advertising signs. . .

By Burjor Kothawalla

It’s official—no longer is Bangalore the city of recreation and leisure that it used to be. The ‘Pensioners Paradise’ of the sixties and the seventies has a new identity in the New Millenium—as the IT Capital, Biotech Hub, and Silicon Valley of the East.

You’d easily remember the day when electricity broke down on a night. Came the morning and you were still without power...

... You turned the tap on. It didn’t work. The shave, the bath, and a quick breakfast that you wolfed down as you reached for the car keys. It was a bad day’s start.