Last Sunday, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury all put in very different performances, each insisting that they represent the people. Each party seemed to take the poor as a pretext for politics, yet is absent-minded about their real concerns.

With Greenpeace and various non-profits under the scanner, it is time to revive the idea of an accreditation agency for the sector.

Once India’s pride, “urbs prima in Indis”, the city struggles today with a host of issues — from choked roads, growing slums and environmental pollution to a development plan that has excluded more than half of its historic sites.