Charles Correa

Hardtalk Extra caught up with Correa in Delhi

In Hardtalk Extra programme broadcast on Wednesday 22nd August, Razia Iqbal spoke to India's most high profile architect, Charles Correa.

Charles Correa is India's most renowned architect and urban planner.

His buildings mix a modernist style, with local Indian traditions. Razia Iqbal catches up with him at one of his most famous buildings, the British Council Headquarters in the heart of New Delhi.

If Mahatma Gandhi lived today, would he still argue the "real India" is to be found in the country's villages?

Charles Correa explains why despite all their squalor, Indian cities offer the country’s best hope for the future.

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