The chroniclers of Delhi: preserving the city’s soul on Instagram

Digitising the beauty of the city, these new age chroniclers are preserving and reidentifying the lost culture of the capital, through Instagram   “Ek roz apni rooh se pucha ke Dilli kya hai, to yu jawaab mein keh gayi, ye duniya maano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan” -Mirza Ghalib (I once asked my soul what […]

‘High’ secrets of darknet  

With no regulations on the use of crypto currencies in India, they are fast becoming the preferred payment method for procurement of drugs on the darknet   Sumit (25) * name changed, likes to smoke weed every now and then. Alcohol, nor its hangovers are something he takes delight in, and weed seems the perfect […]

Events of the week

Handloom fair What: Antaran, Transforming Crafts, an initiative of Tata Trusts, brings to you ‘The Grand Handloom Bazaar’, an exhibition and direct-to-artisan sale of handwoven textiles in cotton, tussar, eri and mulberry silk from Assam, Nagaland and Odisha. Handcrafted with love, the exhibit across 10 days will have a wide range of handwoven exquisite sarees, […]

‘Bollywood has shown collaboration quite well — in script writing, lyrics and music composition’

Member of the quartet S&G Escapes, Nalin Singh, talks about ‘Café Morgan’, the groups latest foray in the world of collaborative writing   The writing quartet of Bharti and Sunil Girdhar & Aparna and Nalin Singh currently finds itself in a very unique space in India’s literary scene. As collaborative fiction writers, the Girdhars and Singhs have so far […]

What if Rahi Masoom Raza’s character Topi Shukla died by suicide in 2021

Rahi Masoom Raza’s novel Topi Shukla is a tragic story of a man, representing a secular Indian imagination, who doesn’t compromise on his ideals. His life was a dark comedy of our time “What is it, brother or sister?” an old lady servant asks. Six year old Topi Shukla curiously retorts, “why can’t it be […]

‘Better late than never, protest over other demands to go on’, say farmers at Singhu

Celebrations broke out at the Singhu border protest site soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing the farm laws, but some farmers said the agitation will continue till Parliament repeals the legislations and their other demands are met Distributing sweets and dancing to songs blaring out of music systems placed on tractors, farmers, who […]

Special voters facilitation stall opened at IITF’s Delhi Pavilion

A special stall has been opened at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) here by poll authorities to facilitate voters, especially the youth, as part of the special summary revision exercise The special summary revision of Delhi’s electoral roll with January 1, 2022 as the qualifying date began on November […]

Calling it ‘Victory of democracy’, Kejriwal welcomes centre’s decision to repeal the farm laws

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday welcomed the government’s announcement to repeal the contentious farm laws, saying it is not just a victory of farmers but also of democracy Kejriwal also condoled the deaths of more than 700 farmers who lost their lives during the agitation. During an online briefing, he said, “This golden day […]