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EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 10 MIN

NationalInterest: Urban misgovernance is the biggest destroyer of Brand India. Our cities are deathtraps.

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#nationalinterest Urban misgovernance is India’s biggest brand destroyer. The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-interest/brand-india-urban-misgovernance-delhi-fire-building-collapse/2952223/

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