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Reopening old wounds
In Northeast India, politics for decades has revolved around fear of being swamped by Bengalis, and now it’s back in action A visit to Assam and Meghalaya by members of a Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the contentious draft Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016 has brought to the fore old fractures between communities that were in […]
2 FB OR NOT 2 FB
Once realisation dawns that this is not just a harmless shiny toy we are playing with. Give up these platforms. All of them. Also, give up the good, positive uses of the same. No platform or service is worth using if it is going to affect the wiring of your mind (against Facebook by Cosmo […]
Talent Hunt by Anita’s Attic
Anita’s Attic, a creative writing and mentorship programme run by author Anita Nair since 2015 in Bengaluru, has tied up with Penguin Random House with an aim to nurture and empower new literary talent. “As we prepare to commence the next session of Anita’s Attic on June 30, we are very pleased to announce a […]
A book on Dhoni
Captain Cool is the story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricket’s poster boy told by noted sportswriter Gulu Ezekiel in his crackling but measured prose. It is the heartwarming account of the boy from Ranchi who grew into a worldwide icon and won for India the World T20 in 2007, the world number one Test […]
Real royal weddings
if wedding scenes in hindi films set the trends for a million weddings across the country, when the stars wed, their designers make sure they look like princes and princesses of the days of royalty
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
Team Patriot brings you the city’s most happening events. Take a look and plan your week ahead Remembering Manna Dey What: ‘Zindagi kaisi hai paheli haye, Kabhi toh hasaye, kabhi yeh rulaye’… This alluring song from the famous film “Anand” reverberates in our mind even today. Bollywood’s legendary singer Manna Dey has immortalised many such […]
BE VARY OF INSPIRATION
Diet Sabya, the new fashion police is looking out for blatant plagiarism by Indian fashion designers. They are unlike the usual patrolling done on Bollywood celebrities for not dressing up to the mark Is surfing the internet before we take on any creative task, a norm now? For the times, we want a ‘unique’ birthday […]
CHHOLE BHATURE: THE KING OF DELHI NCR STREET FOOD
Every city has its “official” street food. Mumbai has vada pao and bhel. Bangalore, its Bisi Bele Bath and set dosae, Kolkata’s, jhal muri and ghughni, and Chennai’s tiffin. Then there’s Ahmedabad’s khakra and other farsan, Patna’s litti chokha and Jaipur’s onion kachori. What is the official street food of NCR? Kulcha matar? Chhole bhature? […]