While the city shouts out its charms, festivals, celebrations, traditions, cultures, politics, demography, policies, geography, economy, infrastructural development, and all those fancy big words, the citizens—a simple, ordinary word in itself, the most rightful heirs to the city, the first‑hand users of the city—when asked about the city, seemed to be unheard even when they were screaming. Their voices appear as normal or as overlooked as the word “citizen” in itself is.
 

Though, is it actually that powerless, or are these “citizens” being held in an illusion—a complex system (I mean, no one can easily understand it) or a general belief of “nothing’s going to change”?
 

This document is actually the voice of the citizens and, more importantly, the voice of the city itself. It delves deep into its citizens’ everyday lives, their struggles, ambitions, and hopes for the city. It tries to hear what feels unheard, ignored, or overlooked. It talks about various aspects and themes, and underlines the concerns, the hopes, the changes that truly matter to these “citizens.” Not only that, this document is a Jambavana to Hanumana (citizens), reminding them of their real power and role as citizens towards the city.
 

It is also a written voice, or a list, from the citizens to their policymakers, so they can actually know what citizens want their city to be like—a strong bridge, an NHAI‑level highway, to give this city back to its citizens. And for citizens to own the city again and feel proud of their rooted history. The document aims to translate and articulate its citizens’ vision and to document the citizens and city visuals of the year 2025–26 in writing.
 

The document brings together 20 citizens from completely different backgrounds, ranging from an everyday worker and a beggar to some prominent personalities of this city. While those from lower privilege feel little or no ownership towards the city, this document hears them too, to help shape a city that is truly “a city for all.”