Reposted by Vishavjeet Dhanda
"The footpath tea stall is an infrastructure—not in spite of its informality but through it."
In a #TESG article out now, @vdhanda.bsky.social & K. Bhairannavar show how everyday practices sustain urban life in ways that planning frameworks do not measure.
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Brewing the City: Informality, Chai and Symbiotic Care on Delhi's Footpaths
Indian cities are governed by planning regimes that aspire to produce orderly, legible urban spaces. However, the everyday practice of occupation of urban space by ordinary people creates multiple, f...
