1. Is your city colour green?

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    By Piyush Ranjan Rout Everyone talks about green coverage but most people do not voluntarily give up a portion of their land for plantation, choosing to give it instead to some developer to indulge in construction activity. Similarly our city councils do the same while constructing wider roads and flyovers...
  2. The bicing on the cake

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    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Yes, public bicycle sharing schemes in cities worldwide ease traffic congestion. But that is not the sole plus they achieve. They also save lives and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote good health. Public Bicycle schemes are becoming increasingly popular in cities around the world,...
  3. Is my city prepared to face a disaster?

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    An Indian friend informed me from Tokyo : “Today Tokyo experienced the strongest earthquake of its lifetime. The good news is: everybody is SAFE. Our offices are mess with books, papers, documents lying everywhere on the floor due to the quake!”   Another senior colleague said :We inside Japan have...
  4. Hyderabad’s still got it !

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    By M S Hussain   Amidst the widespread gloom, from Japan to the Middle East to North Africa, to our own country, and state, Andhra Pradesh, a breath of fresh air. By way of a study, by the guru of Indian economists and business journalism, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar.  ...
  5. Thus Manthan was born

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    By Ajay Gandhi   In 2005, two friends discussed that Hyderabad needed a place which promoted thoughts, ideas and debates on matters of public interest. Manthan was born out of that discussion and brings to the city of Hyderabad a platform for high quality, intense, free public discourse on all...

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