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Imagining a place where Mahatma Gandhi’s village meets Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s city.  Illustration by Hugh Ebdy
Mar 18 2018

Where Gandhi meets Ambedkar

Two powerful archetypes — the village and the city — are resolved in a third one: the slum (The Hindu 18/3/2018)

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Jul 13 2017

Homegrown cities

This experiment in affordable housing led to the co-designing and construction of a small house in Shivaji Nagar, in Govandi. A neighbourhood in Mumbai that is struggling against all odds to keep growing and improving.

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