A number of senior citizens don’t believe that retirement is an option. And keep working tirelessly to give back to society Vimla Kaul, 83, has been tirelessly working towards educating under-privileged children. Her school-cum-learning centre Guldasta at Madanpur Khadar is where she is providing education, free of cost, for 23 years. She shares with us […]

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Dastangoi, an ancient form of storytelling now much in vogue, uses words and gestures to engage, entice and entertain the audience “Barbaad gulistan karne ko bas ek ullu kaafi thha, Har shaakh pe ullu baitha hai, anjaam-e-gulistan kya hoga…” (A garden can be ruined by a single owl, but what happens when there is an […]

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India, with its diverse culture, offers a variety of festivals. There are celebrations on one hand, on the other it has issue like poverty, political identity crisis and farmers’ unrest. citizens from different parts of the country try to portray such stories. Let’s have a look… Battle of colours Religious fervour Deliver us from evil […]

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A young boy from Meerut had a dream of becoming a famous cricketer. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately), when studying at Delhi University, his thumb broke just a day before an inter-university tournament. Soon after, he lost his father. These two developments made him give up his dream of playing cricket for the country. Clearly, destiny […]

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The Delhi chapter of Urban Sketchers is discovering the joy of painting as a community instead of staying home alone She takes a pinch of turquoise blue at the tip of her paintbrush and with one stroke composes the first line of the wide blue sky. She pauses to take another look at the magnificent […]

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Informal jamming sessions of the Delhi Drum Circle keep hearts beating and audiences mesmerised during hot summer afternoons A teenage boy, intending to spend a quiet evening at a café, sat in a corner reading a Murakami novel. Unexpectedly, a trickle of people started arriving—some with musical instruments, some without. For the next few hours, […]

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Those who work out in the open under the blazing sun don’t say it’s NOT a big deal – after all, it’s their livelihood Seventy-year-old Vijay frequently refills his water bottle to quench his thirst as the mercury rises to 42 degrees. He can’t stop working despite the scorching sun overhead — after all, it […]

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For Jamaluddin, perpetuating his father’s kite flying legacy is a passion, but he has his own dream — to popularise it as a sport that would lure the younger generation into wide open spaces When he was a child, he used to watch intently while his father flew kites. For Syed Mohiuddin alias Bhai Mian, […]

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