Bengaluru once prided itself on being the Garden City, but with more green covers sacrificed for chrome and glass buildings and steel flyovers, how much of the outdoors is left for citizens to enjoy? Despite an active citizenry and comparatively high civic participation, there are challenges in bringing about widespread change. We hear from people who have worked to nurture an interest in the city’s biodiversity, make the city’s parks more accessible, get citizens to spend more time outdoors, and improve accessibility to public space for recreation and play as we ask ‘Do we need to change our relationship with the outdoors?’

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