What makes a space public
April 27, 2026
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ALive! Editorial <h2>What Makes a <br />Space Public?</h2> <h2>Editors’ Note</h2> A bench in a public park, a highway overpass, a road which becomes a protest
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Reshma Esther Thomas examines how Hyderabad's flyover pillars, painted with Cheriyal-style murals under the GHMC's 'City Art Scape' initiative, reveal the paradox of managed public space. What appears to be beautification is actually cultural assertion in the wake of the 2014 bifurcation, bureaucratising a surface that once belonged to those without institutional power.
