The first episode of 2024 in the Talk in the Town series features Mr. Kailash Pradhan, who is an architect by profession, but has also been a part of electoral politics in the city of Gangtok. He has been proactive in field of environmental protection and sustainable architecture, and has been a part of various local initiatives within the state like "Bato Khoju" focused on degrading quality of life and built environment in Gangtok. Calling himself as "a gangtokay working for a better Gangtok", Mr. Pradhan is also a part of Manch Sikkim, a nascent grassroots movement emerging in Sikkim from an idea that the people are the government, and the government is the people. Mr. Pradhan talks about why it is important for the citizens to own the problems their city faces before owning the solutions.