Sushmita Pati

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Sushmita Pati

Sushmita Pati is an assistant professor of political science at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy

Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees…

▶18-Sep-2022

Sushmita Pati

Review

A Disaster Foretold

Delhi's rapidly changing relationship with its ecology has privileged the middle class. The city's transformation into an inequitable and exclusive place increasingly makes it a harder…

▶12-Jul-2021

Sushmita Pati

Sushmita Pati

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What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy

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