Delhi’s third spaces haven’t disappeared, but they’ve been priced out of reach. A DU student traces how commercialisation of shared space reshapes belonging, class, and democracy itself. Last August witnessed a day of relentless rain. It was cold and gloomy,…

India loves to talk about transparency. Each month, ministers announce e-governance portals. Budget speeches invoke “citizen-centric” reform. And yet, when I actually tried to use the one law built to make the state answer to its own people, the government’s…