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Living with fear
Recently, when returning from office in the evening, I was mugged. The snatchers even attacked me and almost choked me. There’s a DDA park in Dwarka Sector 19 — between pocket 2 & 3 — and the incident happened there. I was walking from Dwarka Sector 11 Metro. I take this route every day. It […]
Killing it in a man’s world
To celebrate international Women’s Day, this entire edition is devoted to the women who are breaking new ground, refusing to be confined to the stereotypical roles Playing with fire SHUBHAM BHATIA When Taniya Sanyal from Kolkata was doing her Master’s in botany, she had no idea that one day she would become the first woman […]
Two steps forward
Are elected women leaders just proxies for the men in their families, or do they have real control? In search of answers, Patriot went to Meerut district to meet two women leaders — a village Pradhan and a Nagar Panchayat Chairperson Bharoli village in Mawana tehsil is criss-crossed with little lanes that lead into homes […]
Orthodox mindset prevails
In college, I used to hang out with two of my classmates, both boys. But the fact that I was spending a lot of time with them was not taken in a good way by my other classmates. I heard people saying (behind my back) that ‘She’s double dating.’ There was much more to this. […]
Iron deficiency still a problem in India
Haemoglobin counts continue to be low even as the country’s development parameters improve. Awareness about nutrition is key According to the National Family Health Survey 2016, India has the highest number of anaemic individuals globally — nearly 53% adult women and 50% pregnant women in India are anaemic. Santanu Misra, co-founder of the non-governmental organisation […]
Together again
After blogging as Mrs Funnybones, Twinkle Khanna has become a topselling author with her debut novel set in a Kerala health spa called Shanthamaaya. An extract Jay must have already told Lalit that I was in Shanthamaaya because he didn’t look surprised to see me. He smiled, a wide, gummy smile, and pulled me towards […]
Ticket to ride
Eight regional trains will make commuting within NCR fast and hassle-free in the near future Last week, the Union Cabinet approved the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut rapid rail corridor at the cost of Rs 30,274 crore. India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) will take less than an hour from Delhi to Meerut with halts […]
An open letter to India and Pakistan
Every country reserves the right to self-defence, but Pakistan broke every rule in the book Poochte hain wo ki Ghalib kaun hai, Koi batlaao ki hum batlaayein kya Pakistan posed this question again on Valentine’s Day. India came back with a return gift on the 13th day. Love was in the “air”, you see. They […]