In a sexually repressed country like India, morally questionable, often obscene and vulgar, “prank” video channels on Youtube gets around a million followers Ravi, a boy from a small city in Madhya Pradesh has never been to Delhi but he has a typical view of Delhi’s Connaught Place. He thinks pranking in Delhi’s CP is […]

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Delhi’s thermal power plants are emitting sulphur dioxide at very high levels, adding to the winter-time pollutants shutting out the sun in the city’s skies   An analysis by Greenpeace India and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) recently revealed that India emitted 21% of sulphur dioxide in 2019. With this […]

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With a change in temperature, the problem of Delhi’s infamous winter smog looms on the horizon with citizens and government looking for long-term solutions The Covid-19 lockdown brought with it relief for the residents of Delhi as reduced vehicle movement and shutdown of industries brought days of clear sky and pollution free air. The Air […]

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With every country competing to exploit scarce natural resources, a time will come when humanity as a whole pays the price for our mindless pursuit of profit, writes ecologist Bane Singh in his new book Environmentalist Bane Singh has recently come up with his latest book, Resource Wars: Mapping Global Greed, an overview of earth’s […]

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When it comes to pollution in Delhi, it seems slum dwellers are being held accountable while the affluent escape scrutiny for their lifestyles which create it   In a recent order, the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of 48,000 slum dwellings located in safety zones, around 140 km of railway tracks, of Delhi. The order […]

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As people start commuting for work, Patriot’s survey of public toilets in Delhi-NCR shows that you are more likely to come across a dirty one than a clean one. As for slum dwellers, they still go for open defecation even in ‘posh’ South Delhi In a small slum of 20-25 families in Nizamuddin lives 40-year-old […]

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Life for people living in 48,000 slum dwellings hangs by a thread as the Supreme Court orders their removal within three months Pushpa, 35 recalls her childhood when she was living with her father in a makeshift house on land allotted by railways alongside the railway tracks just behind Madrasi colony. Her father, a railway […]

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Women of marriageable age are under pressure from their parents to get married soon. Stuck at home due to the pandemic, they have no choice but to listen to harangues about how time is running out  The ongoing pandemic has negatively impacted normal life. Needless to say, this impact has not been uniform — some […]

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