%0 Generic %D 2016 %T Diversity and Disparity in Democracy: Intervening in spite of Indifference %A Sourabh Gupta %A Siddharth Singh %A Sujit Jacob %A Mohit Gupta %A Shivani Shastri %A Shailesh Pathak %A Shriya Aggarwal %A Inakshi Mittal %A Kavana %A Mariyam Hassan %X

Diversity is necessary for life to thrive against adversities; however, disparity is an extended dimension of diversity and threatens to truncate its very sustenance. Taj Ganj is a typical Indian example of this urban excess: it simultaneously exhibits urban decay and vibrancy. A highly dense fabric, crumbling infrastructure and acute lack of open spaces are juxtaposed with buzzing cultural life, socio-economic ingenuity and a built environment exhibiting amusing resourcefulness.

Comprised largely of erstwhile markets appropriated into residential quarters, few heritage monuments, and fifteen slums, Taj Ganj shares the extremities of its characteristics with the historical districts of numerous other Indian cities. However, it enjoys the distinction of a green envelope: river Yamuna flows to the north of the Taj Mahal, while the vast expanse of Shahjahan Park lies in the North-West of Taj Ganj and a large forest block is situated in the North.

%B Taj Ganj Redevelopment %I Studio Archohm