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Chug it!
Delhi’s Connaught Clubhouse, which offers in-house brewed beer, is a perfect place to look forward to this summer SUMMER IS around the corner and the surest way to beat the blues is with a pint of chilled beer. And we found a place that makes its own, which only makes things sweeter. Connaught Clubhouse located […]
‘Village of widows’
The state government kicked out over 100 Sahariya families from Madhav National Park 20 years ago. And then broke almost every promise made to them “BUYING VEGETABLES is a luxury for us. I do my best to ensure my children have a normal meal at least once a week. Rest of the days we eat […]
So far so good — but no more freebies
Schemes like waiving farm loans count as freebies too WE LIVE in the age of spin. Given this, it is hardly surprising that the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the Delhi state election has been spun into a victory of freebies. Freebies work, but Arvind Kejriwal wasn’t the first person to figure this out. The […]
AAP WON, BUT HATE SEEPED THROUGH
DELHI VOTERS HAD DIVERSE REASONS FOR VOTING FOR AAP. WHILE MANY DID SO AS AN ANTI-BJP VOTE, BECAUSE OF ITS VITRIOLIC CAMPAIGN, THIS ALSO GOT THE PARTY SOME SUPPORT “WHAT WILL happen to us Hindus when Muslims take over?” These words, uttered by a voter from Rohtas Nagar, one of the eight constituencies which voted […]
Who caused the mayhem at Gargi College?
Students at Delhi women’s college were allegedly molested after a large group of men gate-crashed its annual festival last week. The police have arrested 10 people so far LAST WEEK, Delhi University’s Gargi College celebrated its annual festival, Reverie. On the third day, February 6, however, festivity turned to horror as a group of men […]
How sanity trumped hate
Could it be that the alternative narrative put out through social media and digital news websites actually found purchase? IN MY last column, I asserted that Delhi was not India. After the Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular victory in the elections, one wishes it was. And perhaps it will be. Who knows? But this is not […]
Government first, citizen last
Delhi Central Vista plan turns democracy on its head. India could learn from how Britain plans to refurbish its Parliament and decentralise its government LIKE INDIA, the United Kingdom is doing a massive refurbishment of its 150-year-old Parliament. Planning has begun and work starts in 2025. It will take six years and cost £3-5 billion. […]
And the Oscar goes to…
Parasite winning the Academy Award for Best Picture is an achievement for more reasons than one “WHEN I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is that ‘the most personal is the most creative’. That quote is from our great Martin Scorsese. When I was […]