Water
Mapping the challenges in Pallikaranai Marshland
Chennai’s last major wetland shows how labelling marshes as wastelands enables ecological loss and urban vulnerability.
Whose City Is It Anyway? The Battle for Belonging in Nochikuppam
Nochikuppam once ran on care, proximity, and everyday labour long before masterplans arrived. This article looks at how planning broke a working system and what the city still refuses to learn from it.
Cooum Conundrum
A once-living river reshaped into an urban drain, revealing how planning failures and social exclusion flow together.
Why does Velachery flood?
Encroachment and broken governance around Velachery Lake amplify flooding, exposing the cost of ignoring catchment-based planning.
Examining Otteri Nallah
A stormwater channel turned marginal space, where infrastructure decisions deepen ecological damage and social inequality.
Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam canal
Engineered drainage replaces living systems, questioning whether concrete solutions can ever restore urban water resilience.
Ennore: Ashes and Echoes
A non-fiction glimpse into Ennore’s intertwined landscapes and lives, revealing resilience amid exploitation and echoes.