Beejpatra in Hindi translates as ‘cotyledons’- the part of the seed which nourishes it till it grows its own roots. It also translates as “the original letter”. This Newsletter is an attempt to nourish the germinating hope that cities can be made beautiful. This ‘Beautiful City’ need not be limited to aesthetics and material pleasures — it rather incorporates the beautiful ideas of freedom, equality and self-reliance. Urban farming is a step towards realizing this hope. Beejpatra is here to save and share the knowledge, experiences and possibilities in urban farming. Beejpatra is here to create a movement to radically transform our cities. Beejpatra, like cotyledons, is where the journey starts…
The Seventh Edition of Beejpatra explores ‘Violence in the City: Urban Commons and Commoning in the City’ As the urban sprawl increases, more and more villages are being declared as urban spaces, and being swallowed up by municipal corporations. These rural spaces are now being...
For the Hindi version, please click here Beejpatra: A Journal of Liberating City. About the Journal Beejpatra in Hindi translates as ‘cotyledons’- the part of the seed which nourishes it till it grows its roots. In its previous avatar, Beejpatra started as a quarterly...
The Sixth Edition of Beejpatra explores ‘Creating Sustainable Livelihoods with Urban Agriculture’. Cities of India have been the face of “development” with a range of mega-projects like metro, road infrastructure, riverfronts, etc. but at the same time cities are also riddled with rising unemployment, malnutrition,...
The Fifth Edition of Beejpatra explores the symbiotic association between ‘waste’ and urban agriculture. Under capitalist urbanisation, waste is overproduction and a ‘non-value’ that can neither be consumed nor be invested back into the process of production. The production process itself is a linear rather...
Beejpatra began as an attempt to provide a space for the urban farming community to present, talk about and propagate different ways in which citizens can make cities beautiful, socially just, more self-reliant, and ecological. It became a place to save and share the knowledge,...
We are happy to present the third leaflet of our ‘urban farming’ periodical- BeejPatra. BeejPatra provides a space for the urban farming community to present, talk about and propagate different ways in which citizens can make cities beautiful, socially just, more self-reliant, and free. The...
We are happy to present the second leaflet of our ‘urban farming’ periodical- BeejPatra. BeejPatra provides a space for the urban farming community to present, talk about and propagate different ways in which citizens can make cities beautiful, socially just, more self-reliant, and free. Please...
Beejpatra in Hindi translates as ‘cotyledons’- the part of the seed which nourishes it till it grows its own roots. It also translates as “the original letter”. This Newsletter is an attempt to nourish the germinating hope that cities can be made beautiful. This ‘Beautiful...