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Topic: RWAs

Hung clothes on your balcony? That’ll be Rs 500—RWAs are fining everything now

RWAs are operating as unregulated money-making machines with penalties for often arbitrary rules, say many residents of Delhi-NCR high-rises.

Temple war in Noida society — Mahagun Maple now split over ‘democracy’ and devotion

Just days after a video went viral of a woman calling a puja an ‘encroachment’ at Noida’s Gulshan Vivante, a row over a temple in a common space has broken out at Mahagun Maple.

Noida has an RWA problem. Office-holders grab power, residents pay the price

Housing societies across Delhi-NCR go years without elections, or see the same faces return again and again. ‘Self-appointed people stop serving us and start serving themselves.’

Delhi’s war on dogs has turned RWAs into a battleground. ‘They’re fighting, not debating’

Caught between the dog lovers and haters are some residents who are trying to find a balanced solution without taking sides, but even they remain divided on the issue.

Tulsi to tomatoes — Delhi balconies are the site of a growing green revolution

Delhi, constrained for space, water, clean air and soil, now wants to be a city of a thousand mini gardens. And urban gardeners are growing plants, fruits, and vegetables.

Noida reacts to Pune child’s death. RWAs remove balcony flowerpots

While many residents across Noida societies welcomed the decision to not place flowerpots on balcony parapets, some expressed concern about where they will now keep their plants.

RSS members are mobilising NCR residents—calls for Hindus to ‘wake up’, candlelight marches

RSS member Parmeshwar Dubey has been bombarding his society groups with videos of the victims of PM Modi’s tweets and speeches. He wants India to launch a surgical strike.

5-yr-old’s drowning—Gurugram society pool had no fence, jacket; lifeguards were on phone

The BPTP Park Serene condominium in Gurugram's Sector 37D resonates with the slogan, 'Kabul Chawla kaatil hai, BPTP haaye haaye.' The drowning of a five-year-old in society's pool has put RWA at war with the maintenance agency.

RWAs are waging a war against Muslims—within societies, on WhatsApp groups

The larger national mood and conversations about hijab and namaz are percolating to the lowest citizen groups, the RWAs. Muslim residents are self-censoring and keeping a low profile and visibility to avoid trouble.

Ayodhya joy sweeps NCR RWAs. LED screens, Ram recitals, temple replicas, havans

RWAs and housing societies have become the driving force of the Ram temple outreach programmes of the VHP and RSS across Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram.

On Camera

A communist state’s capitalist expedition. How Kerala CM Pinarayi came to embrace private enterprise

Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.