The Delhi chapter of Urban Sketchers has put together an exhibition of on-location sketches of the tombs of Delhi If you have visited a monument in Delhi on a Sunday morning, you must have come across a group of people immersed in their canvas or drawing books, quietly sketching in a corner. Some of these […]

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A two-wheeler taxi service exclusively for and by women is changing the lives of semi-skilled and unskilled women by making them financially independent Every morning, 19-year-old Noor wakes up, dons her pink uniform, puts on her helmet and rides off on her pink scooty for work. Rewinding to last year, she had no idea how […]

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Trainers at a skills institute in South Delhi are transforming the lives of several students by grooming them to join the workforce “Please stop talking. I think I will have to change your seats again.” The most common warning given by school teachers in all classrooms since ages. It’s quite the same in the skill […]

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The 18th edition of the Open Frame Film Festival is back with a stellar line-up of documentaries and film discussions In Shahbad Dairy, on the outskirts of Delhi, a bunch of girls are stuck with the chores of cooking, cleaning and looking after younger siblings. Here toilets are a luxury and they are bound by […]

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Thousands of trees have been felled at Noida’s Sector 91 forest to convert it into a biodiversity park, a move which has been protested by some groups and supported by others As one walks into the forest in Noida’s Sector 91, numerous tree stumps and excavators greet them. Around three months back, Noida Authority started […]

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This exhibition has captured the struggles of people living on the fringes of society with photographs so powerful you will feel connected with their reality Shiju Basheer’s photographs narrate their own stories — capturing the struggles of people from across the world, his collection is set to be exhibited in a series titled Unscripted Lives. […]

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Live music gigs held on the terraces of North Campus apartments are a new form of entertainment for small, select audiences Imagine listening to acoustic music while sipping your favourite drink on a rooftop lit with fairy lights on a windy August evening. No, this is not a scene from some fancy club or a […]

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Bakula Nayak transforms forgotten remnants of past into art and gives them a new life in her exhibition ‘Intimate Strangers’ Bakula Nayak describes herself as a raconteur. Old bills, journals, an old alarm clock, a half-filled bottle of ink with torn label, she collects it all and breathes new life into them. These vintage objects […]

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