Diagram Chasing

Data-driven visual stories and tools, with datasets of public interest

How Bangalore Uses the Metro

We filed an RTI to understand how people travel on Bangalore's metro system.

18k movies, 1 lakh censorship records for movies released in India in a searchable database

Explore the Time Use Survey data of India in your browser.

Finding namesake candidates in India's elections and how they impact the election.

Natural drains crisscross Bangalore and are often the places which are the first to flood. We mapped where these are.

Mapping recent population growth and housing in areas threatened by Hurricane Milton.

See legislative activity and affidavits of MLAs from the 17th Lok Sabha — or explore candidates contesting in the 2024 elections.


IndieWire	Indian Film Censorship's Political Aims Exposed by Data Leak
Frontline	CBFC Watch: Before the censors censored themselves, two coders hit ‘save’
The Hindu	Censor Board Discontinues Full Access to Cuts on Website
	Share of U-Rated Films Highest in Malayalam, Lowest in Bhojpuri
	A data visualisation project attempts to read between Bengaluru’s Metro lines
Hollywood Reporter	Malayalam Films Lead in U-Rated Certifications, Bhojpuri Lowest: CBFC Data
Deccan Herald	Now, a map depicting the flow of city's drains
IndiaFOSS 2025	Making Open-Data Useful: Lessons from Diagram Chasing

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