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The logic, decision & actions of a street vendor: a study in Russell Market

October 11, 2018 Kiran Keswani

While there have been attempts to formally plan the growth of a city, this has not proved to be successful in many parts of the world. Informality does play a significant role in several cities,

Walking in the Basavanagudi neighbourhood

May 2, 2017 Kiran Keswani

On Sunday morning, we did a walk in the Basavanagudi neighbourhood. It was not an “early morning walk” but a walk that started only at 9am after breakfast was done. Just to make it a

The Samosa mela at Shivajinagar

July 5, 2016 Kiran Keswani

The Samosa Mela at Shivajinagar is a study conducted as part of a CEPT-CPP Summer school on The Everyday City that was held in June 2016 at the IIM Bangalore campus. It was a collaborative

Scents of nature…

October 26, 2015 Deepa Mohan

One of the trees that flowers profusely right now is “akasha mallige” or the Indian Cork Tree. I collect a few flowers each morning while on my morning walk, and put them in a small

Why can’t our trees be wireless too?

October 22, 2015 Deepa Mohan

There seem to be no rules governing how we use our valuable resources… our avenue trees. When the city is becoming increasingly wireless, why don’t we follow suit with our trees, too, instead of subjecting

‘The Everyday City’ workshop

August 31, 2015 Kiran Keswani

The Registrations for the CEPT Winter School in Ahmedabad are now open! There’s a wide variety of courses and one of these is ‘The Everyday City’. Sharing the details of this course below. Dates: 1st

364 days to Christmas….

December 25, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Christmas is over…spare a thought for those who sell knick-knacks like these cheap Santa caps, have so many of them left over…unsold, not putting even the meagre money in their pockets that they were hoping

Placemaking workshop at Gandhi Bazaar

June 1, 2014 Kiran Keswani

Placemaking is an approach to the design and management of public spaces that draws upon the strengths and aspirations of the local community. Whereas ‘space’ is a physical entity, a ‘place’ is imbued with memories

The Streets that are “not the same anymore”

November 2, 2013 Kiran Keswani

It is really the small changes, the ones that you see everyday, but don’t quite remember seeing, that seem to change a Street. As one street changes from being a quiet street to being a

Life in the Streets

October 17, 2013 Kiran Keswani

In India, as in other emerging economies, the physical development of the city is influenced by the everyday practices of its people. The Urban spaces are continually transformed by social, cultural, religious, political, economic and