Most of the fancy or high-end restaurants opening up in Hyderabad these days are pretty much stuck on the same blueprint—big space, and inauthentic menus.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
Impractical. Half of Bombay’s population resides in slums. If this is the extent of unauthorised construction – recall the recent regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Delhi – one cannot expect enforcement of density norms in our cities. Consider the case of Assam, where the floodplains see so much havoc, year after year. 2. Instead, cities need to invest more in better drainage systems, not allow what happened in Patna recently to first occur and then linger on for so long. We are a very long way from enforcing town and city planning norms that might work in England.
Impractical. Half of Bombay’s population resides in slums. If this is the extent of unauthorised construction – recall the recent regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Delhi – one cannot expect enforcement of density norms in our cities. Consider the case of Assam, where the floodplains see so much havoc, year after year. 2. Instead, cities need to invest more in better drainage systems, not allow what happened in Patna recently to first occur and then linger on for so long. We are a very long way from enforcing town and city planning norms that might work in England.