Shubham Bhatia

Pocket of misery

Pocket of misery

Bang in the middle of the posh Panchsheel Park lies the Lal Gumbad slum, where hooligans gather to drink at…

December 3, 2018

Drained of life

An old couple, who lost their sons to manual scavenging, now cling onto their only source of happiness — their…

November 29, 2018

A rainbow of surprises

The first Pride Parade post the SC judgement on Article 377 had a different enthusiasm that leaves many of us…

November 29, 2018

Unaesthetic tussle

The JNU professor whom the administration wants to teach a lesson talks about her research on museums and being honoured…

November 27, 2018

Haunted by memories

A mother is inconsolable even a year after her son’s death as her daughter-in-law starts a new life (Patriot's series…

November 27, 2018

Fill up the gas!

As the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority pushes for a ban on non-CNG vehicles, Patriot imagines what the city…

November 15, 2018

Bereaved, deceived

As part of a series on the shadowy world of manual scavenging, Patriot visits the family of the second person…

November 29, 2018

Arrested by pollution

Who would have thought that people would be arrested for bursting firecrackers on Diwali? But considering the unprecedented pollution levels…

November 29, 2018

Are these deaths or murders?

Our drains, sewers and septic tanks need to be cleaned time and again. Some of these tanks have taken 612…

November 13, 2018