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Articles by Tarun Sharma

About Tarun Sharma
Yutika Vora and Tarun Sharma are the co-founders and directors of Nagrika. Nagrika helps narrow the information and knowledge gap in the perceived understanding of small cities. It aims to bring small cities to the mainstream of the urban development discourse, contextualise the problems they face and develop context specific solutions for them.
Governance

Op-ed: City governments and citizens hold the key to beating COVID

March 25, 2020 Tarun Sharma

The current narrative around COVID in India has established the Centre and states as the main actors battling the pandemic. However, cities have been the epicenters of action and local governments play a pivotal role in mitigating the crisis. And of course, the choices made by citizens are going to determine the outcomes we see in the coming weeks.

Governance

Knowledge on small cities: What are we missing?

February 19, 2020 Tarun Sharma

Urban research has been disproportionately focused on big cities. Consequently, the knowledge that informs the thinking and decisions for the future of urban India is also largely derived from larger cities. How can the information deficit on small cities and towns be bridged?

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