Like I wrote in my last post, cities are the present, and very much the future too. But at such rapid rates of urbanization - for the first time in India, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas than in rural areas, according to the Census 2011 (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2230211.ece) - policy needs to be dynamic and flexible to suit the needs of a rapidly changing country. Indian cities are ridden with problems, manifested in a lack of vision of the policy-makers, vested interests of local politicians and apathy of the common man.
The urban stands for everything that is chaotic, cacophonous and quite literally, a conundrum. It stands for all that is a bane to human development. And urbane stands for sophisticated, refined and elegant.
The play of words is the precise resign why I chose the name. I want to explore the question, is the urban a bane? Or is being urban becoming a bane? And why isn't being urban and urbane the same for India? What needs to be done to avert it from becoming a bane to human lives? How to make urban urbane from being a bane?
And hence, the title.
The urban stands for everything that is chaotic, cacophonous and quite literally, a conundrum. It stands for all that is a bane to human development. And urbane stands for sophisticated, refined and elegant.
The play of words is the precise resign why I chose the name. I want to explore the question, is the urban a bane? Or is being urban becoming a bane? And why isn't being urban and urbane the same for India? What needs to be done to avert it from becoming a bane to human lives? How to make urban urbane from being a bane?
And hence, the title.
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