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Will DUSU repeat the same mistake?
How young student leaders are trashing Delhi University norms as well as a High Court order in the run up to the country’s most glamorous Students Body elections Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) is one of the biggest and most glamorous university students’ unions in the country. Even though the polls to elect the unions […]
Survivors of anti-Sikh riots speak
In Tilak Vihar’s Widows Colony, the echoes of atrocities committed against thousands of Sikhs remain loud as ever The narrow lanes of West Delhi’s Tilak Vihar are littered with double-storeyed houses, compactly built next to each other with thin walls and tiny rooms. At noon, elderly women can be seen fanning themselves on their dilapidated […]
Scarred survivors
Even though the sale of acid is banned in the capital, it continues to serve as a weapon for men who refuse to accept rejection. More than an expression of their anger, it is an expression of their toxic masculinity My cousin paid K1,25,000 to scar me for life. Maine sapne mein bhi nai socha […]
‘We are all immigrants’
A documentary narrated by Ruben Martinez, offers insights into what it means to be an “American” today in a vitiated atmosphere On a crisp and sunny winter morning I found myself in a vast hall near the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, along with hundreds of other freshly minted United States citizens. We had […]
‘No promotion for 25 years’
Initially, there were no male nurses in our country. I was the first male nurse in Delhi and have been in this profession since 1995. Even after working for more than two decades, I have not got a single promotion. We have so many problems. For one, there is a shortage of nursing staff according […]
Malayalam media shows the way
Both TV and print ceaselessly covered the floods and helped with rescue efforts, sans sensationalism Malayala Manorama, the Malayalam daily, lowered its masthead twice last week. The newspaper, perhaps overwhelmed by the humanitarian crisis at hand, seemed to bow in acknowledgement. Entire towns, hill stations, highways, bridges and hundreds of people of Kerala were submerged […]
Moderate and charismatic
In these photos taken by Indian Express photo editor Praveen Jain over the years, Atal Bihari Vajpayee can be seen in many moods
Colonial heritage
Call the present to a halt and explore Mussoorie as a journey to the historical period of British imperialists because there is much more to it than the magnificent mountains Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. — Christina Rossetti You reach Dehradun and if, perchance, you have read […]