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With the Devil’s Advocate
Karan Thapar interviews himself after being inundated with interview requests, since his book gained media attention Ever since the extracts from my book began to appear in various media outlets, I have been inundated with hundreds of requests for interviews. While I have acquiesced to participate in some of them, I have found all of […]
Encroachments galore
In India, one of the biggest problems is that people have the habit of encroaching on government land — waterlogging is mostly due to this haphazard development. As there is a lot of encroachment in Ghaziabad, naturally waterlogging during the monsoon is severe. Sometimes we cannot even get out of our houses, which affects our […]
Barapullah is flooding our colony
After heavy downpour in the capital, the Barapullah nallah has been overflowing, resulting in several distressing issues. The stagnant, dirty water has become a breeding area for mosquitoes, which carry diseases like dengue, chikungunya, etc. This area turns into a ‘farmhouse of mosquitoes’ during monsoon. Then there’s foul smell, which spreads to the nearby area […]
Need support at beginners’ level
In Delhi, getting facilities for promoting a sport like football is a huge problem because most of them are in the hands of government and municipality. It is not accessible to players. And even if it’s accessible, it is hugely expensive and not affordable. The organisation itself struggles to get a fund. So naturally for […]
No space for rugby practice
There are problems in various spheres in the world of rugby – from start to end. Recently the Indian Rugby team was dropped from participating in the Asian Games. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports did not support us. The first problem is the availability of grounds. We do not have the basic infrastructure […]
On the road for a cause
College student Al-Ameen Kabeer is on an arduous cycle yatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, creating awareness about child sexual abuse. This is his story 15th June. Jaipur-Ajmer highway, Rajasthan. Temperature: 43°. Water bottle: empty. The roads ahead seemed to be splashed with water. Mirage. Everything was sucked dry of life. The backpack seemed heavier on […]
Defenceless against mosquitoes
I am a third generation resident of Def Colony. I have grown up here. I still go cycling in the streets. What concerns me is the detoriating civic amenities around. We pay one of the highest civic taxes as a colony of B-zone, but get a miniscule attention of the civic authorities –be it MCD, […]
Def Col needs MCD’s attention
With the onset of monsoon, various problems like water logging, spread of diseases etc. creep in. RWA president of Def Colony talks about them Defence Colony is full of greenery, with lots of trees. We have trees all along the drains of our area. The aim was to keep the colony green, but too much […]