Guest Column| Reclaiming Chandigarh’s fading promise

The absence of a clearly articulated long-term vision is striking. What exists instead is a pattern of response—reactive, fragmented, and often shaped by immediate pressures rather than strategic foresight. The city is being managed, but it is not being led. The absence of a clearly articulated long-term vision is striking. What exists instead is a pattern of response—reactive, fragmented, and often shaped by immediate pressures rather than strategic foresight. The city is being managed, but it is not being led.