Urban Longings is a series that appears every Sunday in the Times of India – a thought leadership series that aims to present the views and thinkers and opinion makers on why India needs new cities. In a 360-degree discussion, India’s leading minds lay out their own astute blueprint. What should the city of the future be? However varied the items on this wishlist, one can be certain that no one wants it to be like our present cities. What alchemy of infrastructure and emotion creates the perfect place in which to live, work and play? Is such an ideal even possible given the demands, pressures and constraints?