Posts by: Patriot Bureau

-June 17, 2022

A combination of factors have led to Mungeshpur being one of the hottest places in Delhi: proximity to the Rajasthan desert, drying up of traditional ponds, unplanned urbanization and reduction in green cover

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-June 16, 2022

There are almost 519 Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics in Delhi as per the data provided by the Delhi Government. Patriot asks Delhiites what they think about them as a healthcare facility

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-June 15, 2022

With Neelima’s untimely death in a road accident on 6 June, importance of organ donation resurfaced when her family decided to donate her eyes. Patriot gets an insight into what it is like to be at the centre of the life-saving process of organ donation

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-June 15, 2022

With its first event titled ‘Ba-Yaad e Ijteba Rizvi’ and held on 2 October 2021, started what is arguably the most recent literary movement in Delhi – the Doha Movement. It aims at reviving the lost art of Doha writing- a classical form of self-contained rhyming couplet used by poets like Kabir, Rahim, Tulsidas and others

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-June 13, 2022

Indian cricketer Mithali Raj, considered one of the greatest female cricketers ever, has no professional strike rate. She played a few of her tests at a time when the variety of balls she faced was not recorded in worldwide cricket all the time. And thus, she belongs to a different period

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-June 12, 2022

Members of the intersex and trans communities, called khwajsaras in the Mughal era, made huge contributions to Delhi’s history. The architectural wonders they left behind still survive but the significance of this heritage is getting lost with time

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-June 11, 2022

As summer days in Delhi become unbearable for many, people have started visiting popular ‘cool’ spots like parks, and even the Delhi Metro, to beat the scorching heat

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-June 9, 2022

Today a unique event took place. Kshama Bindu, a 24-year-old Gujarati woman who identifies herself as bisexual, married herself. The wedding took place digitally with all the wedding rituals presided over by an online pundit

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