India: Cities without ideas?
Posted by FFW on Friday, November 7, 2008
IndianExpress.com - Delhi - In levels of squalor, inefficiency, noise, disorder, visual pollution, weariness and decay, few would disagree that today’s Indian city is a waste of space. But instead of tackling real problems, there is quicker relief in merely changing its visible contours. Armed with theatrical ideas of international appeal — buildings of mirrored glass and steel — it is easier for the city to be seen as progressive, rather than actually being so.
Gautam Bhatia of IndianExpress.com yearns for substance over the superficial, in a plea for careful consideration and an attention to detail.
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