Despite the law and court’s directions, the governments of the day push their puritanical agenda on inter-religious marriage In India, particularly in smaller cities, interfaith marriages are opposed by families and society at large. What is worrisome is that there is tacit support from law enforcement agencies for this conservative attitude of the elders. Though […]

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UP Police ‘illegally’ detained a 23-year-old Hindu boy for marrying a Muslim girl, also 23 years of age, for three days in Loni police station in Ghaziabad Moral policing as a phenomenon is not confined to smaller towns and cities of the country, nor is the handy works of some goons who see threat to […]

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Anumitra’s tailormade mode of transport that evolved after eight months of tinkering is a reflection of her own life and a certain ambiguity Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar is in her early thirties and her approach to life is an open arm embrace. She leads a fairly radical life of nonconformity and believes in ‘live and let […]

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A young European man residing in Delhi expects us to be non-judgemental about the choices he makes. His quest unto self involves making others happy He best one-word description for John (name changed on request) is drifter. An English-speaking European in his late twenties, John works for a private organisation, and has been living in […]

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Traffic congestion is another civic issue that will hopefully be tackled by the intervention of the Supreme Court. The Delhi Police Commissioner was pulled up for ‘inaction’ This has to be said: The city of Delhi is not run by a multiplicity of agencies, but the Supreme Court. Last week, when Patriot wrote about the […]

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What happens to the ‘illegitimate’ abandoned children of influential people after their adoption by parents out of India? They face an existential crisis Former cricketer and the contender for the prime minister’s post in Pakistan, Imran Khan, was recently in the news for all the wrong reasons. The autobiography penned by his former wife, Reham […]

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The Ghazipur landfill is a monument of government’s failure to deal with civic issues and of an impending ecological disaster in the capital. The apex court wants the L-G to act and not ‘pass the buck’ This is not new. Multiplicity of agencies are blamed for inaction in Delhi, people in power shun responsibility when […]

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Indian billionaires love London, so much so that it has become their second home. These billionaires include not just the fugitives who feel safe in the city, but also those who own mansions and high-end stores there India is a poor country of rich people. This is not a mere cliché. Last week, India became […]

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