Public Affairs

Delhi is a city of extraordinary contradictions. It has magnificent monuments, world-class infrastructure, a sophisticated Metro, leafy avenues, sprawling parks and an extraordinary cultural heritage. It hosts diplomats, politicians, businessmen, tourists and people from almost every corner of India. And yet, somewhere between the flyovers and the footpaths, the Metro stations and the markets, the

Every Number Doesn’t Tell the Same Story Every day, millions of Indians begin and end their journeys on foot. Walking is the oldest, simplest and most inclusive mode of transport, yet it remains the most vulnerable. Discussions on road safety therefore often focus on a single question: How many pedestrians died? Kerala, however, presents a

Every city tells a story through its streets. For millions of Indians, that story is not written from behind the steering wheel of a car. It is written in footsteps—walking to the bus stop, the railway station, the local market, the office, or accompanying children to school. Yet, walking in most Indian cities has become