Human Interest

Delhi’s laundries left high and dry

Delhi’s laundries left high and dry

With evolving technology providing better and easier laundry alternatives, and recurring water supply issues in the capital, Delhi’s traditional dhobi…

August 22, 2022

How inclusive are city’s queer spaces?

Queer spaces are usually imagined as class-less and caste-less spaces where sexual identity predominantly rules. However, these sexual identities are…

August 14, 2022

Tracing the queer elements: Life and works of Ameer Khusrow

Pride Month seems an apt time to recall the love of Ameer Khusrow Dehlawi, the great poet and Sufi mystic,…

June 8, 2022

Educators with a ‘special’ tag

With inclusive education becoming the norm, differently-abled students are being integrated into mainstream schools. This work is entrusted to special…

June 4, 2022

When walls tell stories: Delhi through its art murals

What is similar between the streets of Brooklyn and those in Delhi? The answer lies in the murals painted on…

June 3, 2022

This job’s no joke

In the busy markets of Delhi, street artists dressed as clowns make an honest effort to attract clients to their…

June 2, 2022

The books that have readers hooked in Delhi

What is Delhi reading this summer? As the heatwaves kept people indoors, they picked up titles that caught their fancy…

June 2, 2022

Nightlife in the capital: no decision yet on opening of restrobars till 3 am

The Delhi Police has not yet taken any decision over opening of restrobars in the city till 3 am, and…

May 27, 2022

Murder most foul: The music died when a spurned lover snuffed out Sangeeta’s life

The family of Delhi singer Sangeeta, who was drugged, killed and buried by the side of a Haryana highway, is…

May 27, 2022

Time to legitimise cannabis?

In India, consumption of marijuana for recreational purposes is considered deviant behaviour, and the person who smokes it is stigmatised.…

August 22, 2022