Entries tagged ‘Chennai’
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Two Weeks in Photos
From bus wranglers in Lima to waste-pickers in Nairobi, our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers.
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Inept Regulation Leaves Autorickshaw Drivers and Passengers in a Jam
Haggling for an autorickshaw may be an art, but a lack of meters and standardized pricing means customers often feel ripped off, and drivers short-changed.
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Two Weeks in Photos
Our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers, from a bustling harbor in Chennai to a traditional Thai massage in Bangkok.
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Participants in Innovation Workshops Create Solutions for the Futures of Their Cities
The second phase of the Informal City Dialogues’ workshops has begun, with attendees now not only looking toward their cities’ futures, but figuring out ways to impact them.
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As a Community’s Trawlers are Sent to Port, Its Bustling Fish Market Dries Out
For the people who live around Kasimedu harbor, a 45-day government ban on deep-sea fishing grinds life to an annual halt, and leaves their one-industry town high and dry.
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Where the New India Rises, a Highway Divides Eras and Economies
In Sriperumbudur, the NH4 highway divides a town: Thatched roofs and mud roads on one side, powerful corporations on the other, with workers moving, sometimes uneasily, between the two worlds.
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Rich and Poor Mingling, Hourly Trash Pickup and Other Radical Visions for Chennai
Children of engineers and waste-pickers playing together was just one of many futures that was transformed from improbable to plausible at Chennai’s recent scenarios workshop.
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The Delivery Business Booms as Chennai Decides to Stay In
Congestion has made driving to a restaurant in this city a masochistic exercise, but for one group — informal delivery boys — the gridlock is just gravy.
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With Tight Schedules and Early Mornings, Autorickshaw Drivers Set a City’s Pace
The ubiquitous three-wheeled pods that fly through the streets of Chennai operate in a state of organized chaos that keeps the congested city moving.
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From Tea Vendors to Grocers, All-Night Office Shifts Spawn a Nocturnal Economy
As multinational corporations increasingly work through the night, an informal service economy has emerged to sell their employees everything from snacks to household essentials.
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