Posts by: Proma Chakraborty

-September 20, 2018

Social media is providing a safe space for people to come out and vocalise their struggles with mental health, creating awareness in the process “Cutting myself became a habit. I managed to get a blade from a razor or sharpener and just cut myself. I did not feel any pain. Watching the blood oozing out […]

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-September 20, 2018

A group of 35 artists has come together for an annual series that depicts contemporary art in the country “It’s a bonanza for all art lovers,” says Sunaina Anand, director of Art Alive gallery, while describing its annual art series — Art Now. The exhibition that brings together the works of artists from across the […]

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-September 13, 2018

Run, Delhi, run What: All the ladies in the city, gear up for the biggest women’s marathon. Pinkathon is back with its sixth edition to spread awareness on healthy lifestyle and increase awareness of breast cancer. Conceptualised and hosted by Milind Soman, it is an initiative of the United Sisters Foundation, Pinkathon creates awareness on […]

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-September 13, 2018

The Delhi chapter of Urban Sketchers has put together an exhibition of on-location sketches of the tombs of Delhi If you have visited a monument in Delhi on a Sunday morning, you must have come across a group of people immersed in their canvas or drawing books, quietly sketching in a corner. Some of these […]

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-September 13, 2018

A two-wheeler taxi service exclusively for and by women is changing the lives of semi-skilled and unskilled women by making them financially independent Every morning, 19-year-old Noor wakes up, dons her pink uniform, puts on her helmet and rides off on her pink scooty for work. Rewinding to last year, she had no idea how […]

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-September 6, 2018

Trainers at a skills institute in South Delhi are transforming the lives of several students by grooming them to join the workforce “Please stop talking. I think I will have to change your seats again.” The most common warning given by school teachers in all classrooms since ages. It’s quite the same in the skill […]

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-September 6, 2018

Best of cinema What: For all the cinephiles in the city, here’s some of the best of the Dharamshala International Film Festival. Held once a year in McLeodganj in Dharmshala, it is one of the most off beat and eclectic film festivals of the country. Conceptualised by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam of White […]

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-September 6, 2018

The 18th edition of the Open Frame Film Festival is back with a stellar line-up of documentaries and film discussions In Shahbad Dairy, on the outskirts of Delhi, a bunch of girls are stuck with the chores of cooking, cleaning and looking after younger siblings. Here toilets are a luxury and they are bound by […]

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