Human Interest

Saurav Gupta -January 15, 2025

Delhi’s gig workers, security guards, police personnel battle the winter chill

Delhi’s gig workers, security guards, police personnel battle the winter chill

Patriot speaks to those whose jobs entail being out in the open all through the night on how they cope with the biting cold

Saurav Gupta -January 7, 2025

Delhi Polls: Auto drivers demand stands, insurance and subsidies

Delhi Polls: Auto drivers demand stands, insurance and subsidies

As elections approach, autorickshaw drivers are demanding better provisions, improved working conditions and health care facilities

Kushan Niyogi -December 19, 2024

False promises, freezing nights: Delhi shelter board’s claims exposed

False promises, freezing nights: Delhi shelter board’s claims exposed

The number of tents set up by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board is far less than the claim of 230 by the government body

Kushan Niyogi -December 6, 2024

AIIMS patients’ attendants suffer smog, freezing cold

AIIMS patients’ attendants suffer smog, freezing cold

Overcrowding and unsafe night shelters near the city’s premier facility leave families, including those children, out in the lurch

Saurav Gupta -August 8, 2024

Delhi | We are being punished for the fault of civic agencies: shop owners

Delhi | We are being punished for the fault of civic agencies: shop owners

The decision of the authorities to shift coaching hubs out of Mukherjee Nagar and Old Rajinder Nagar has not gone down well with the shopkeepers in the two localities

Saurav Gupta -August 8, 2024

UPSC aspirants boxed in pigeonholes at sky-high rents

UPSC aspirants boxed in pigeonholes at sky-high rents

Monopoly of brokers, who charge exorbitant rent for tiny rooms without ventilation, is forcing civil services aspirants to live in ‘horrific conditions’

Kushan Niyogi -July 20, 2024

Delhi: Fate of night shelter, which doubles as recovery centre for homeless, hangs in balance

Delhi: Fate of night shelter, which doubles as recovery centre for homeless, hangs in balance

DDA’s plan to beautify the Yamuna floodplains may have spelled the end of the Geeta Ghat recovery shelter had the Delhi High Court not put a stay on its demolition

Saurav Gupta -July 18, 2024

Delhi: Lack of supply leads to soaring prices of vegetables

Delhi: Lack of supply leads to soaring prices of vegetables

Prices of tomatoes and potatoes have nearly quadrupled over past few days due to incessant rain, which has severely impacted household budgets