A place for the blues

Social media is providing a safe space for people to come out and vocalise their struggles with mental health, creating awareness in the process “Cutting myself became a habit. I managed to get a blade from a razor or sharpener and just cut myself. I did not feel any pain. Watching the blood oozing out […]

A stroke in time

A group of 35 artists has come together for an annual series that depicts contemporary art in the country “It’s a bonanza for all art lovers,” says Sunaina Anand, director of Art Alive gallery, while describing its annual art series — Art Now. The exhibition that brings together the works of artists from across the […]

Historical strokes

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 […]

Painting the roads pink

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 […]

Teachers of a higher class

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 […]

A festival of realities

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 […]

Going, going gone: 3,000 trees

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 […]

Seeing the unseen

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. […]