Citizenship… City Forgotten: The fate of small towns in India’s urbanization 23 Sep 201328 Jan 2016 THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN OPENDEMOCRACY ON 18TH SEPTEMBER 2013. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE http://youtu.be/vJRLRdcujBc Late one evening, my academic partner Abdul Shaban, his research assistant Noor Alam and I…
Citizenship… City Bypassed: The casualties of Mumbai’s urban renewal 31 Jul 201328 Jan 2016 This film was first hosted on the openDemocracy website. https://vimeo.com/71271947 Mumbai's road to global city status has been marked by the construction of road infrastructure projects. Apart from increasing the…
Citizenship… What is smart about smart cities? A response from the global south 30 Jun 20135 Jun 2018 Imagine that you get off your flight and go straight into an electric car that takes you zipping over traffic into your business meeting. Imagine that your mobile phone never…
Citizenship… Revisiting the Delhi gangrape six months on 20 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 RECENT INTERVIEWS WITH BBC RADIO LEEDS IN JUNE 2013 I was recently asked to comment on the events surrounding the Delhi gang rape six months on. While I had commented…
Citizenship… Book review – Jerome Krase (2012) Seeing Cities Change: Local Culture and Class. (Farnham: Ashgate). 19 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 This book review first appeared on LSE Review of Books. Click here to see original review. Jerome Krase is an eminent visual sociologist who has for decades photographed the ways…
Citizenship… Critical Urban Geographies at the Nordic Geographers Annual Meeting 2013 3 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 NORDIC GEOGRAPHERS ANNUAL MEETING Reykjavik (11-14th June 2013) This year is the first time that I will attend the Nordic Geographers' Annual Meeting taking place in Reykjavik from 11th-14th June 2013.…