Sashikala VP
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What the Delhi government has done and hopefully will do
Climate change is becoming the most talked about issue, thanks to the effort of a 16-year-old. But what is the Capital city doing to combat climate change? The ‘Fridays For Future’ protest has in some ways only now awakened people to the reality that is climate change. Initiated by a 16-year-old activist, Greta Thunberg, it […]
Non-Gully boys of Delhi
Middle-class, architecture graduates, public school educated — rappers in the Capital seek to break the template created by Mumbai Rap music is gaining a lot of ground in the country, thanks to the two emcees from the mean streets of Dharavi, Mumbai whose music gave birth to the film Gully Boy. Now that the movie […]
Nuke the idea!
An apartment block under construction in Delhi is being marketed with a USP — it will have a nuclear bunker. Which provoked Patriot to find out what the rest of us can do to save ourselves in case of a nuclear war Less than a kilometre from Shadipur Metro station, in a setting unlikely to […]
Who killed the mosquitoes?
Data reveals chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claims on dengue true but malaria numbers are rising There may be a claim that fewer people were affected by dengue this year, but there’s not much celebration happening. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government has instead faced taunts and ridicule, as the BJP accuses it of lying and also […]
Pilgrims’ bliss
Freed from the need for Mehram, two women from Delhi Patriot spoke to, travelled alone for Haj and came back full of happy memories about the once-in-a-lifetime experience Razia Naseem and Najma are two women who travelled this year to Mecca for Haj. They were part of a team of 11 women (from Delhi) who […]
Religion vs science at IIT-D
Does religion come before science for engineers, as it does for the HRD minister? Confusion rules the roost ‘When in Rome, do as the Romans do’— a phrase that helps the tourism sector and a condition many would impose on immigrants. But this art of adaptation is not everyone’s forte. Take Union Human Resource Development […]
Triple talaq continues but law gives women a fighting chance
Patriot meets two Muslim women who are the first few taking their husbands to court for pronouncing triple talaq despite the new law in place Asma Sahiba was 23 when she married Tauseef on March 5, 2017. There was no ceremony, only family present for the signatures on paper declaring the union. She didn’t leave […]
They dream of survival + savings
Construction workers who were asked to leave Kashmir have joined the streams of migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who come to Delhi for seasonal work – sometimes to be disappointed, sometimes to be exploited Streams of migrant labourers arrive at Anand Vihar train station in the early hours of the morning, all with one […]