Mobility is the capability to move from one location to another influenced by the push (i.e., outflux of people) and the pull (i.e., influx of people) factor. This movement is governed by three key interrelated choices that citizens make, namely, housing, transport and livelihoods.

Past editions of Nagari have looked at the themes of housing adequacy and livelihoods in urban India. Keeping transport as the central performative nerve in an urban environment, this year’s Nagari bioscope aims to create an anthology documenting the elements governing mobility and its dynamics in shaping Indian cities.

Through the format of short documentary films, this year, Nagari will capture stories of people’s interaction and experiences with both the tangible and intangible infrastructure of Indian mobility.

• How it has made cities the engines for economic growth
• By reducing physical distances, how it has enhanced people’s movement within a city
• Rapid infrastructure development and its impact on the environment
• Question who is it truly benefitting and who it is displacing
• Question if it is equally catering to people from all backgrounds and abilities
• Taking a closer look at the disparity in movement of various genders within a city
• Taking a closer look at the lives of people who facilitate this movement
• Ease of movement in the digital age and the opportunities smart mobility provides

Mobility in Urban India

Mentors

Jury

Community Partner

The Landscape of Mobility in Indian Cities

An overview on this year’s Nagari theme — this blog discusses how urban mobility in India is shaped by socio-economic factors and the crucial role of public transportation in connecting people to jobs.

Who can move? The flight and plight of Gender and Mobility in Urban India

This blog explores how gender impacts urban mobility, revealing the challenges women and gender minorities face with public transportation.

What Happens in the Underbelly of Flyovers?

This photoblog is a commentary on the approach to designing/building mobility infrastructure in urban India with a focus on the neglected spaces below the flyovers.

Why do we not Value our Informal Economies?

This blog talks about displacement of informal economies as a result of transport infrastructure projects in the urban areas of India and the lack of sustainable urban development policies.