Trouble in Delhi’s Bakkarwala: the G-Block park lies barren, flooded, forgotten. Who will come to its rescue?
Fear not — women lead the charge, assembling all resident changemakers!
Greening Together is a community-led zine that documents the collective transformation of a neglected urban space into a shared green commons. Created in collaboration with residents, the publication foregrounds lived experience, stewardship, and collective care over extractive or top-down narratives of urban development. Created with residents of Bakkarwala and the AIWASI team that tells the story of how a park was brought to life through community effort.
I developed characters and the concept, the narrative framing, writing, illustration, and layout with the AIWASI team — together translating complex processes of participatory planning into an accessible, visually engaging format. The zine uses hand-drawn visuals, minimal text, and clear visual hierarchies to centre community voices while remaining readable for policymakers, practitioners, and the public.
The project sits at the intersection of environmental justice, civic participation, and visual storytelling, using design not just to communicate outcomes but to honour process, agency, and shared ownership.
