MC van comes, she 90 seconds to decide what to save: the scale, the stock, or her dignity."
At the #XIM #university #Bhubaneswar, I delivered a key note address on climate justice and India's street vendors. 👇 (1/5)
youtu.be/16Xow79o5nc?si=DOvN…
Financial inclusion without spatial security is fragile.
While schemes like PM SVANidhi have reached over 75L vendors with formal credit, a loan means very little when a bulldozer can erase your entire workplace tomorrow morning because of a lack of urban vending plans. (4/5)
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In this piece, I argue that top-down environmental limits handed down by distant expert committees risk turning into "#ecofascism", penalising local shopkeepers, homestay owners, and labourers while big projects find loopholes.
Before We Set limits on the Himalaya, We Must Ask Who Sets Them | @tikender
thewire.in/environment/befor…
In this piece, I argue that top-down environmental limits handed down by distant expert committees risk turning into "#ecofascism", penalising local shopkeepers, homestay owners, and labourers while big projects find loopholes.
Before We Set limits on the Himalaya, We Must Ask Who Sets Them | @tikender
thewire.in/environment/befor…
Science must draw the boundary, but democracy via local gram sabhas and elected #municipalities must decide how we live inside it.
True #climate #resilience in the Himalayas requires empowering local communities with the authority, indigenous knowledge, and ecological funding they need to protect their own future.
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Who should decide the environmental limits of the Himalaya?
While the #SC reviews the region's carrying capacity, we must ensure top-down mandates don't sideline local voices. Science draws the boundary, but democracy must decide how we live inside it. m.thewire.in/article/environ…
Who should decide the environmental limits of the Himalaya?
While the #SC reviews the region's carrying capacity, we must ensure top-down mandates don't sideline local voices. Science draws the boundary, but democracy must decide how we live inside it. m.thewire.in/article/environ…
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My intervention during the #SKUAST #Kashmir Himalayan Congress at #Shalimar
What is a carrying capacity?
Is it just numbers?
How to decide carrying capacity?
What is risk informed planning process?
I discuss some of these issues in the #Himalayan context.
youtu.be/-DPjSY82-RE?si=0QPB…
My intervention during the #SKUAST #Kashmir Himalayan Congress at #Shalimar
What is a carrying capacity?
Is it just numbers?
How to decide carrying capacity?
What is risk informed planning process?
I discuss some of these issues in the #Himalayan context.
youtu.be/-DPjSY82-RE?si=0QPB…
#Delhi #Srinagar or this small settlement of #Shalimar in #JammuandKashmir one thing is common traffic snarls.
@tarigami
Rain ruining paddy in #Fazilka and massive hail in #Haridwar both are stark reminders that #climatechange is hitting us.
What does it imply ?
Focus on adaptability as uncertainty and disasters are the new normative.
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Neoliberal globalisation has hit a dead end, shifting from campus debates to a planetary crisis.
Cities have become sites of deep inequality and capital accumulation.
Alternative built from ground up, reclaiming urban spaces for democracy, dignified work.
m.thewire.in/article/economy…
Neoliberal globalisation has hit a dead end, shifting from campus debates to a planetary crisis.
Cities have become sites of deep inequality and capital accumulation.
Alternative built from ground up, reclaiming urban spaces for democracy, dignified work.
m.thewire.in/article/economy…
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#NewYork demonstrates the transformative impact of autonomous mayors in urban governance, whereas #Indian mayors remain structurally sidelined by brief tenures, weak budgets, and state controlled commissioners.
My oped piece in @thetribunechd today
tribuneindia.com/news/commen…
#NewYork demonstrates the transformative impact of autonomous mayors in urban governance, whereas #Indian mayors remain structurally sidelined by brief tenures, weak budgets, and state controlled commissioners.
My oped piece in @thetribunechd today
tribuneindia.com/news/commen…
True city reform in India requires
dismantling this mismatch and empowering elected leaders with executive power.
Also what an Indian mayor would seek from the western mayor-partnership based on equity and meaningful dialogue.
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