‘Salaries don’t suffice’: Employees fume as firms clamp down on side gigs

While CEOs see side jobs as ‘cheating’, for most employees, it’s the only way to make ends meet in the post-pandemic age when prices are ‘skyrocketing’ with every passing day. They say it’s the only way to survive the flood of expenses

Are marital history and sexual activity mutually exclusive? Twitter erupts in a debate

Following a tweet by Soumya Mishra, Twitter was abuzz with a debate around whether gynaecologists should ask about marital status to understand if the patient is sexually active

Leprosy patients in the capital live quietly in their own space

Tucked away in corners of Delhi, away from the public eye, are leprosy ashrams and colonies to accommodate those who suffer from this disfiguring disease. They struggle to live a normal life, finding comfort among their own kind but not accepted by society

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 ghats are facing an existential crisis. Limited consumer market and lack of support from the administration is adding to their woes

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 mostly interwoven with class or other social landscapes that are often ignored within the framework of sexual politics

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, for Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. His outpourings became an integral part of Hindustani literature and are still re-enacted during Basant Panchami

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 educators, a group of trained professionals who have interesting stories to tell

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 the walls of the the last housing colony built by the British: South Delhi’s Lodhi Colony