Illegal bar busted in Gharbana village, police say run mostly for Chinese nationals

Police in Greater Noida have busted an illegal luxury bar being run in a clandestine manner with Chinese nationals living in India as its major patrons, officials said on Thursday. The three-storey facility, located in Gharbara village with its interiors designed in traditional Chinese-style, was busted on Tuesday night, close on the heels of the […]

A pledge that saves lives

With Neelima’s untimely death in a road accident on 6 June, importance of organ donation resurfaced when her family decided to donate her eyes. Patriot gets an insight into what it is like to be at the centre of the life-saving process of organ donation

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

Mithali Raj: A career beyond comparisons

Indian cricketer Mithali Raj, considered one of the greatest female cricketers ever, has no professional strike rate. She played a few of her tests at a time when the variety of balls she faced was not recorded in worldwide cricket all the time. And thus, she belongs to a different period

‘India has great creative potential’

Walk of Courage is a thrilling short film that resulted from an Indo-German collaboration. It was made for the ongoing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrating 75 years of India’s independence. In this interview, Johannes Olszewski talks about his creative vision and the challenges he faced while making it

Silent sentinels of a heritage of respectability

Members of the intersex and trans communities, called khwajsaras in the Mughal era, made huge contributions to Delhi’s history. The architectural wonders they left behind still survive but the significance of this heritage is getting lost with time

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

Bindu keeps a promise: Marries herself in a digitized event

Today a unique event took place. Kshama Bindu, a 24-year-old Gujarati woman who identifies herself as bisexual, married herself. The wedding took place digitally with all the wedding rituals presided over by an online pundit