Over the last 24 hours, my attempt to highlight class discrimination as a space-agnostic phenomenon has been hailed as a classic example of unethical, click-baity journalism, or even worse, a cheap publicity stunt. It was none of this.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
As a student of architecture who has studied green walls and their various examples within and outside of India, I highly doubt that these so-called “vertical gardens” will have any effect on Delhi and its pollution and/or temperature, as is being claimed in this article. For starters, these aren’t vertical gardens, just tiny plants that are arranged vertically on walls. I have personally seen these very plants die out, only to be replaced by another plastic cup with another tiny plant. The way I see it, this is just another example of our city and our country trying to ape technologies that are engineered for the west (without thinking them through) in the goal to create a “world-class city”. (And it’s not like successful vertical gardens and facades haven’t been created in India – they have) Also, how did no one object to the environmental impact of the colossal amount of plastic that is being used in these “gardens”?
As a student of architecture who has studied green walls and their various examples within and outside of India, I highly doubt that these so-called “vertical gardens” will have any effect on Delhi and its pollution and/or temperature, as is being claimed in this article. For starters, these aren’t vertical gardens, just tiny plants that are arranged vertically on walls. I have personally seen these very plants die out, only to be replaced by another plastic cup with another tiny plant. The way I see it, this is just another example of our city and our country trying to ape technologies that are engineered for the west (without thinking them through) in the goal to create a “world-class city”. (And it’s not like successful vertical gardens and facades haven’t been created in India – they have) Also, how did no one object to the environmental impact of the colossal amount of plastic that is being used in these “gardens”?