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Once a dream, now a reality: From jhuggis to polished flats

Once a dream, now a reality: From jhuggis to polished flats

Slum-dwellers of the Bhoomiheen camp were on cloud nine in anticipation of the day, which is not far, they move…

November 7, 2022

The road is the abode

Delhi’s streets are home to a population of more than 2 lakh homeless people in India, according to a recent…

November 5, 2022

Cricket to the rescue

A child’s whim of having his own cricket ground turned into a reality where adults, today, arrive to play to…

November 4, 2022

Behind a majestic fort, lives mired in poverty

The ubiquitous cardboard boxes in which goods are despatched by manufacturers to retailers and individual customers are retrieved for recycling…

November 5, 2022

Night watchmen: They stay awake so others can dream

From gated societies and colonies to marketplaces, shops, banks, ATMs and houses, security providers are seen working 24x7, despite climate…

November 3, 2022

The celebration of Chhath Puja is not a regional affair now

Celebrated ardently in Bihar and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, Chhath Puja is a festival of many rituals –…

October 30, 2022

The bread spread: What migrants knead brings communities together

While Delhi belongs to no one, it has an inexhaustible cultural heterogeneity owing to its vast migrant population that has…

October 29, 2022

Knocking on UNHCR’s doors proves futile for refugees

Refugees from several countries have been staging protests in front of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees at its…

October 27, 2022

Flicker of hope for Afghan refugees in a tiny Jangpura basement

Among the children enrolled there, some aspire to be doctors and engineers, others dream of becoming pilots and teachers.

October 19, 2022

With few takers for their services, capital’s coolies face a bleak future

A large number of porters at Delhi’s railway stations hail from Rajasthan, due to lack of cultivable land in the…

October 2, 2022