1.0Kamal Sandeshhttps://kamalsandesh.orgkamalsandeshhttps://kamalsandesh.org/author/kamalsandesh/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XnkOvfF1mc"><a href="https://kamalsandesh.org/from-decay-to-dynamism-how-modi-is-rebuilding-urban-india/">From Decay to Dynamism: How Modi is Rebuilding Urban India</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kamalsandesh.org/from-decay-to-dynamism-how-modi-is-rebuilding-urban-india/embed/#?secret=XnkOvfF1mc" width="600" height="338" title="“From Decay to Dynamism: How Modi is Rebuilding Urban India” — Kamal Sandesh" data-secret="XnkOvfF1mc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://kamalsandesh.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HardeepSPuri.jpg800450      Rome was not built in a day, and neither will be the New Urban India. But even as we demand more from our cities, we must also pause to acknowledge the distance we have already travelled. For decades after Independence, India’s urban spaces were an afterthought. Nehru’s fascination with Soviet-style centralisation gave