Delhi NCR

-August 27, 2022

Existential crisis – an Afghan school’s cry for help

Existential crisis – an Afghan school’s cry for help

With students enrolled from classes 1 to 12, the Afghan School had a total number of 400 students until January 22, but the numbers have seriously decreased. Despite the dwindling numbers, the school has somehow managed to retain the number of teaching staff.

-August 27, 2022

Supertech Twin Towers: Between 9 seconds of demolition and 90 days of debris, an aura of fear

Supertech Twin Towers: Between 9 seconds of demolition and 90 days of debris, an aura of fear

At the time of demolition of the Supertech Twin Towers, the cloud of dust is likely to reach 300 metres above ground level and may take 10-15 minutes to settle.

-August 27, 2022

Comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Delhi cancelled

Comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Delhi cancelled

Munawar Faruqui’s shows have been repeatedly cancelled on several occasions since his infamous arrest in 2021

-August 27, 2022

Art on the highway

Art on the highway

Truck painting, a well documented form of folk art, still has its fans but is slowly losing its shine due to the availability of readymade stickers. Will truck painters fade slowly into the sunset?

-August 27, 2022

Vox Pop: Should euthanasia be legalised?

Vox Pop: Should euthanasia be legalised?

Since India doesn't have laws permitting euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide, terminally-ill patients travel abroad to undergo the process. From a nurse and lawyer to a student and corporate employee, we ask Delhiites if it's time to legalise euthanasia in India

-August 27, 2022

Time travel through Delhi’s rustic doors

Time travel through Delhi’s rustic doors

The doorways of old Delhi serve as a portal to the times of architectural beauty. Some of them remain intact, some are ruined, while others are replaced by modern doors

-August 26, 2022

Party decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi, his security guards and PAs: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Party decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi, his security guards and PAs: Ghulam Nabi Azad

In his resignation letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad has made a scalding attack on Rahul Gandhi and blamed the party leaders for its mismanagement which has led Congress to a point of ‘no return’

-August 26, 2022

Jantar Mantar: Vantage point to observe celestial bodies

Jantar Mantar: Vantage point to observe celestial bodies

Between Delhi’s iconic Connaught Place and Parliament lies a repository of the astronomical knowledge of the 18th century, reminding us that Earth is only one of the planets circling the sun