A middle-aged married man talks about his relationship with another married men for the last 30 years. There’s no jealousy, ill-will or need to control… They met for the first time in their twenties, three decades ago, when they joined a training academy. They stayed there for a year to emerge as the officers of […]

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As the Swachch Bharat mission enters its fifth year on October 2, a salute to the army of ragpickers who work tirelessly to keep the city clean and segregate waste to fuel the informal recycling industry. Surprisingly, they have no government support Meet Ram Mugra, 42 years of age, who has been ragpicking since he […]

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A bachelor who has been barred by some of his married friends from visiting their homes reacts to the decriminalisation of adultery I’m an ideal candidate for adultery as I have been an eligible bachelor for now over a decade, earn enough, paint nudes and prescribe a bohemian lifestyle. That’s what some of my married […]

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Churches are found to be involved in sex scandals all over the world, not just in India, so much so that Pope Francis has sought forgiveness for keeping quiet A woman in Kerala demands justice against a bishop — a sexual offender. This sex scandal has hogged the limelight for some time. There’s a great […]

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Indian Railways will eliminate all unmanned level crossings in five months. This interface between railway track and road is the venue of highest number of causalties in rail accidents Railway level crossings have kind of nostalgic value, ingrained in our childhood memories and recounted many a time in contemporary literature. The waiting time at the […]

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DMRC can draw upon the experience of European public transport systems to serve commuters better. Our network is much cheaper but last mile connectivity is still a problem Recently there was a report by Centre for Science and Environment that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is the second most-unaffordable metro system when it comes to […]

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It’s not just civic agencies which send untrained workers into septic tanks to clean them up. Gated communities are equally merciless Five young men — Vishal, Sarfaraz, Pankaj, Raja and Umesh — died inside the sewage tank in an affluent colony in Delhi. They were untrained workers of 18 to 30 years of age and […]

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Here’s a story of The wonders and limits of community living at a home shared by 120 people in Tübingen in Germany On a recent trip to Germany, I met a home. This home is an artificial person of a kind, a legal owner of property, gadgets and furniture, that shelters and feeds its owners—120 […]

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