India, July 17 -- On June 19, the Supreme Court established that every citizen has a fundamental right to walk on a demarcated footpath. But for many in this country, this right exists only on paper, exercised with trepidation. Footpaths in Indian cities are under constant siege. If they are not broken, they are encroached upon by parked cars, flowerpots, extended ramps of four-storey houses, security guard cabins, construction waste, mounds of garbage, dangerously low hanging overhead wires, and shop extensions. In the Capital, only the affluent New Delhi area - the district with the least population density and maximum concentration of bureaucrats, judges and politicians - offers walkable footpaths with green cover as shade. Bengaluru a...