Rudrå Sarkar

A passionate writer-researcher, Rudrå thrives in roles that require the sharing of knowledge and innovative solutions. Community-engagement related activities, whether real or virtual are his forté.

With experience in editing, online promotion, social media management, sponsorship and fundraising research; Rudrå strives for excellence.

A key objective for him is the development and facilitation of an improved urban experience through the assistance, incubation and promotion of creators of culture along with the engagement, participation and dialogue with its consumers; within our shared urban realm.

An important purpose of urban planning, for him, is the engagement of those who live, work and play within a particular urban context, with the purpose of addressing concerns as to how ones urban experience may be improved.

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Credo for Creative Cities

"Creativity owns imagination. And imagination is what builds our cities. Creativity commands the allegiance and love of the creative person as a way of being, living, thinking. The imagination that comes of that allegiance is powerful, self-renewing, and tireless in delight. It permeates all aspects of civic life. It is the only limitless resource. To know this is to release an industry in perpetual motion. Allegiance
to true creativity defines imagination against the myopia of market greed. For the ethos of creativity left unchecked, by its natural genius, instructs all witnesses to the shared project of wonder. This is what makes a city great, a society great and, yes, even productive. Creativity must become a way of life. It is not a question of ‘sustainability’ but of survival, and the beauty that inspires it. And the
kinds of risks that true creativity demands are crucial to that end."

--Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Poet Laureate of Toronto

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Rudrå Sarkar is an innovative urbanist born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta.

He has lived in Mexico City, Mexico, as well as Calcutta, India.

He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.