Specials

Shubham Bhatia -September 6, 2019

Big fat Punjabi weddings are now de rigeur in the wedding season – even if the family is not Punjabi. The ostentation quotient is high and the pressures are backbreaking What’s a Punjabi wedding if it’s not filled with grandiosity, some pomp, and a whole lot of ostentation? Well, that’s the general notion and truth […]

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Sashikala VP -September 2, 2019

Patriot meets two Muslim women who are the first few taking their husbands to court for pronouncing triple talaq despite the new law in place Asma Sahiba was 23 when she married Tauseef on March 5, 2017. There was no ceremony, only family present for the signatures on paper declaring the union. She didn’t leave […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 30, 2019

Though nothing can bring back the splendour of the friendship, we will grieve not. We will find strength in what he gave us: himself While many will laud Arun Jaitley’s political career and address his public persona, the true measure of a man is how he gave of himself to others. It is an intangible, […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 30, 2019

Priya Ramani took the witness stand for the first time in the case against MJ Akbar of sexual misconduct and harassment Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 “envisages power of the trial court to examine the accused to explain evidence adduced against him/her,” and explicitly points out that it (the section) is meant […]

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Sashikala VP -August 30, 2019

Construction workers who were asked to leave Kashmir have joined the streams of migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who come to Delhi for seasonal work – sometimes to be disappointed, sometimes to be exploited Streams of migrant labourers arrive at Anand Vihar train station in the early hours of the morning, all with one […]

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Sashikala VP -August 30, 2019

Like rabbits out of his hat, Arvind Kejriwal has been pulling out subsidies and waivers that the public never even asked for. Will they make Delhi a better city — or will they repel voters? Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, had in 2015 promised the Capital would be a world class city in four […]

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Harkirat Kaur -August 30, 2019

Khadi is not just a relic of Gandhi’s Swaraj movement – fashion designers have created an ecosystem for it to become a part of everyone’s lives The poetry that khadi is, does not remain a secret anymore. It has lent itself to designers around the world, giving them an opportunity to explore the age-old cloth […]

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Mihir Srivastava -August 30, 2019

Jugmug is a place where people from all walks of life can come and converse over a cup of tea without being conscious of who they are or what they are wearing, rich or poor A lot can happen over a cup of tea. A lot happens in this country over a cup of tea  […]

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