Saurabh Modi

Saurabh Modi

Saurabh Modi is an urban policy researcher and writer, and a regular contributor to print and online media. He writes widely on cities, governance, and political economy. He is a lawyer trained in economics, with five years of experience in public policy. He is proficient in data analysis, visualisation, and GIS.

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The arc of human progress must be looked at through changes in civility, which is much larger than changes in culture

Updated On: 25 Nov 2024 | 11:27 PM IST

With a few exceptions of large slums in megacities such as Mumbai, the poor continue to live on the city fringe-a colonial legacy that persists to this day

Updated On: 29 Oct 2024 | 10:13 PM IST

A collection of essays is a timely attempt at ringing alarm bells over the proposed project port project in the ecologically fragile Galathea Bay of Nicobar island

Updated On: 06 Aug 2024 | 10:36 PM IST

Jason M Barr presents towering buildings in a new light-as a strategic balancing act between costs and revenues to maximise profits, rather than a display of hubris

Updated On: 02 Jul 2024 | 10:44 PM IST

The book dives deep into an innovative land valuation model used in the city of Baybay, Philippines to fit the purpose

Updated On: 14 Mar 2023 | 10:03 PM IST

Through a series of essays, Rajeev Bhargava reflects on our times, what is good and bad, right and wrong. His book is a treatise to the inquiry: Have we lost our way?

Updated On: 25 Jan 2023 | 3:36 PM IST

The Anarchist Cookbook serves as a primer for anyone who wants to engage in activism. Focusing on securing smaller, more manageable goals is the key

Updated On: 03 Nov 2022 | 11:51 AM IST

Book chapters are organised into sections around calamities, food produce, fossil fuels and alternate power

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 1:33 AM IST

The book compares the strategies of state overreach used during the Emergency with those of the current government

Updated On: 03 Mar 2022 | 12:01 AM IST