As the lockdown chapter shows no signs of ending, reading habits are undergoing a change    Restrictions due to Covid-19 have impacted a lot of things including the reading patterns. A market research firm named Avance Field & Brand Solutions LLP recently did an interesting survey. The survey found that the number of readers who spent […]

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For large numbers of Indian students, attending classes on the Internet is both exasperating and exclusionary, due to connectivity issues Deepak Kumar Gupta is a visually impaired student at Delhi University. Of late, he has been busy petitioning the vice-chancellor against online classes and examinations. Why? He believes they are discriminatory to large segments of […]

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The robust business of preparing students for competitive exams is reeling under the effects of the pandemic “This entire road used to be buzzing with students throughout the day. Students would be walking in and out of the coaching centres and the private libraries from 8 am till 11 at night. But now, since the […]

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The delay in entrance examinations due to Coronavirus has put admission seekers in a fix After taking his 12th Board exam Raunak, a resident of Gurugram, went to Kota to take coaching classes for the medical entrance exam scheduled for 3 May. He thought he could utilise whatever time he had to prepare.  “When the […]

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What if you had been on a promising first date and then couldn’t follow up because of the lockdown?  Here’s a tale of lust in the time of Coronavirus In March, I went on a date and this guy showed up wearing a mask. Masked men neither fascinate me nor turn me on. The only […]

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A review of the book Love Jihadis: An Open-Minded Journey into the Heart of Western Uttar Pradesh by Mihir Srivastava and Raul Irani, in which they explore the mindsets that see sinister designs in inter-faith alliances The cover of Love Jihadis designed by Saurabh Garge shows against a dark green background ‘marries’ two concepts, as […]

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Four foreign photographers have joined hands to gather resources via online fixed-price sale of photographs to support the poor and vulnerable during the pandemic in India  Four unacquainted photographers were in New Delhi to attend a Magnum workshop with Martin Parr in January 2020. During the workshop, they befriended each other and now they have […]

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Urban eating habits are not ideal at the best of times. In this challenging lockdown, a menu that boosts immunity is what doctors advise “The country will go into nationwide lockdown for 21 days”. As soon as he heard this, Vishal, a UPSC aspirant, rushed to a nearby shop to stock up on food items. […]

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