Posts by: Sashikala VP

Sashikala VP -June 23, 2021

Being the 97th most stressful city out of 100, Delhi no longer seems to be the residence of choice for students and young professionals Priyal, a 24-year-old living in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Gurgaon, started planning to leave for Canada in 2019. The pandemic halted her plans last year, but an inadequate healthcare […]

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Sashikala VP -June 16, 2021

Despite subsequent Master Plans the promise of making Delhi’s nightlife safe and secure for all seems like a distant dream Master plan 2041 wishes to create a Capital city which will be awake, thriving with a nightlife. But the main concern when such a plan emerges, in a city where crime is rife, is security. […]

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Sashikala VP -June 8, 2021

From lack of good hygiene, to mental health medications — everything in the Lampur detention centre needs more attention   Almost two months after his release was ordered by the Delhi High Court, on April 8 this year, Asif Hossain walked out of the Sewa Sadan Deportation Centre’, Narela, Lampur Village in Delhi. Speaking over the […]

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Sashikala VP -June 2, 2021

With a shortage and private hospitals charging high prices for the vaccines, the inoculation process in the Capital city is hanging by a thread In the Cowin app, we looked for two days for Covid-19 vaccine slots in Delhi. No vaccine slots were available at government hospitals nor private ones for 18–44 year-olds on the […]

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Sashikala VP -May 27, 2021

Number of deaths from Covid are mounting amongst healthcare workers, yet when it comes to the question of compensation for their families, the process is slow and tedious Akhil Kumar pauses mid sentences, describing his mother Ambika’s last 28 days, struggling and then succumbing to Covid-19. Ambika, a nurse in Delhi’s Kalra Hospital, in Kirti […]

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Sashikala VP -May 17, 2021

We take a quick look at his background, his restaurants and their partners, and the other parties involved in the ongoing case A restauranteur, a businessman, a socialite – Navneet Kalra has been described in multiple ways by media houses ever since he hit the headlines this week. On May 7, the Delhi police said […]

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Sashikala VP -May 6, 2021

While the number of positive cases in the capital city soar, the Union Health Ministry’s data shows no doses in the pipeline for Delhi as on May 5; a day before, a press release showed availability of 75,000 doses  With Covid positive numbers soaring in India, the inoculation process seems like the only way to […]

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Sashikala VP -May 3, 2021

For the 18 to 45-year-olds left out of the vaccination process, India’s phase 3 of the vaccination drive has brought hope, however shortages in vaccines is not making things easy Even as the Covid crisis deepens in the country,  Delhi is seeing colossally high daily positive cases (20,394 on 1 May) and a grim rise […]

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