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Call for Contributions- Beejpatra (River-City-Agriculture)
September 10, 2021
We are seeking contributions for the FOURTH edition of Beejpatra, an urban farming quarterly supported by People’s Resource Centre. The first edition of Beejpatra came out in 2020 and was an attempt to nourish the germinating hope that cities can be made beautiful. It has […]
- ANNOUNCEMENT | September 10, 2021
Call for Contributions- Beejpatra (River-City-Agriculture)
We are seeking contributions for the FOURTH edition of Beejpatra, an urban farming quarterly supported by People’s Resource Centre. The first edition of Beejpatra came out in 2020 and was an attempt to nourish the germinating hope that cities can be made beautiful. It has […].. Read More
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[Public Meeting] Riverfront development projects and implications of NGT orders for people’s movements
September 9, 2021Context Unprecedented flood situations occurred in many cities of the country and the world this year, severely affecting urban life. Today urbanization has become synonymous with the conversion of cultivable lands and commons into dense webs of concrete and asphalt and their transfer to private […] Read More
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Why Kolkata must reconsider its bicycle ban
September 8, 2021– Debapriya Chanda [This article was originally published in Citizen Matters] In recent times, one of the lasting representations of Kolkata in popular culture lies in an iconic scene from the film Piku, where Bhashkor Banerjee, played by Amitabh Bachchan, is seen riding a bicycle […] Read More
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In Pedestrian-Heavy Patna, Crores are Being Invested in Road and Metro Projects Instead
August 28, 2021– Debapriya Chanda and Nishant [This article was originally published in The Bastion] The exclusionary model of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation—one of India’s pioneering metro rails—is being replicated in the planning of metro projects in tier two cities like Patna. This one-size-fits-all approach to […] Read More
Resources for Social Transformation
PRC intends to build conditions and infrastructures so that a fairer, better system emerges out of the existing one. Apart from conducting action-oriented research and community-level interventions, PRC publishes resource material on politics of resource appropriation. PRC is also working towards republishing a series of forgotten/less-known texts of relevance to contemporary movements.
Programmes
Urban Futures
We synthesize the ideas and scholarly research on alternative models of development, systematize the state of the art, update theories with recent findings... read more
Infrastructure
While a lot has been researched about land issues and the land relations has been explored and continues to get explored by academicians, journalists.. Read more
Climate Justice
While the climate change and the consequent threats on existence of life on earth are now getting wider attention, the issue of justice in the climate action remains mostly side-lined. Read more