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Rihan Najib

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ARTICLES BY RIHAN NAJIB

A city needs queerness

4 min read . 29 Nov 2016

Landfills release noxious methane fumes into the air and leachates into the groundwater, presenting a permanent challenge to tackling pollution in cities. Yet landfills continue to be overlooked by flagship policies. Photo: Bloomberg

A large accumulation of small defeats

4 min read . 15 Nov 2016

‘Beda’ will not be televised

4 min read . 18 Oct 2016

Urbanization has been termed one of the most transformative trends of the 21st century, thereby underscoring the need to plan and monitor the course of urban development.

New urban agenda unveiled at Habitat III conference in Quito

2 min read . 17 Oct 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

A comic book called Connaught Place

4 min read . 04 Oct 2016

Terrorism and the urban war theatre

4 min read . 20 Sep 2016

Traffic chaos at a flooded road around Hero Honda Chowk after heavy rains in Gurgaon on Friday. Photo: PTI

Why are our cities struggling to deal with rain?

5 min read . 30 Jul 2016

The electronics market at Nehru Place. Photo:

24x7 establishments: Impact on stakeholders

3 min read . 06 Jul 2016

We must at first make our cities liveable, and then attractive, says urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu. Photo: Vicky Roy/Mint

Govt has brought about an urban renaissance: Venkaiah Naidu

7 min read . 29 Jun 2016

Photo: Mayank Austen Soofi/Mint

The journey to a smart city

3 min read . 29 Jun 2016

Swati Ramanathan, co-founder of the Jana Group. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Getting to smart needs capacity that can’t be built overnight

9 min read . 29 Jun 2016

An artist’s impression of Amaravati, the to-be capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Can the Andhra Pradesh govt live up to its promise on Amaravati?

4 min read . 28 Jun 2016

Charred buses on display at the KSRTC bus stand as part of a public awareness campaign ‘It’s My Bus’ in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

City Wrap: Drought and grasslands, Bengaluru’s ‘dead’ bus procession, and T.S. Eliot

4 min read . 10 May 2016

A file photo of a visitor looking at paintings by Belgian artist Rene Magritte, behind an installation of a giant smoking pipe, a symbol of Magritte’s art, at the Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photo: Reuters

City Wrap Specials: The map is not the territory

4 min read . 09 May 2016

Maharashtra’s new authority will be much like the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, and will function as a planning, coordinating and executing body for urban centres other than the city. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

City Wrap: Maharashtra’s new planning body, Jane Jacobs and Carolina’s bathrooms

3 min read . 05 May 2016

An activist of All India Democratic Women’s Association speaks at a protest against the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Kerala, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: AP

City Wrap: What does rape tell you about locations?

3 min read . 04 May 2016

In drought-stricken Marathwada, distress migration is reportedly on the rise even as rural authorities and activists clash about the availability of jobs under the MGNREGS. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

City Wrap: Distress migration, Mars and menstruation, and Mashrou’ Leila’s music

3 min read . 28 Apr 2016

On Tuesday, a fire destroyed the National Museum of Natural History and parts of the FICCI auditorium in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

City Wrap Specials: What a natural history museum stands for

5 min read . 27 Apr 2016

A file photo of Bengaluru garment workers protesting against the Centre’s decision to amend rules governing withdrawal of EPF contributions. Photo: PTI

City Wrap: ‘Leaderless Protests’, Habibi Funk & a Shakespeare-inspired aviation tragedy

3 min read . 23 Apr 2016

It would be prudent to argue for a broader definition of refugee, which will be cognizant of the many unforeseeable risks climate change poses. Photo: AP (AP)

City Wrap: you and me and the refugee

4 min read . 21 Apr 2016

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