I think you should get the reaction to this from the owners of an erstwhile hertiage building (eg, Cash Pharmacy on St Mark's/Residency Road in Bangalore).
My daughter, an architect now, was 10 when, after a visit to Delhi, she remarked that in that city, the dead had far better accommodation than the living. And I would also ask Pooja to respond to this! Deepa. On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 2:41 PM Thejaswi Udupa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:43 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Here's some flame-bait that's been rattling around in my head for a while > > now: > > > > Laws that protect "heritage buildings" owned by non-public entities (any > > form of private property) in cities are a bane on equitable urban > > development, entrench privilege and prevent social-mobility. They are a > > form of expropriation of private property by the state without > > compensation. > > > > > > > My current employers in Chennai would love this viewpoint. >
