​​Love in the time of Corona

Online dating has changed the way relationships are forged, while for many traditional holding hands is the way to cement a relationship People are locked up inside their houses, outings are not very frequent and there’s apprehension about meeting new people. It remains true, however, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Corona has been […]

Age no bar

Harish Salve married his woman friend at the age of 65. It’s never too late to do a good thing It’s time to look at some famous, successful people marrying in the seventh decade of their eventful life. Recently, renowned lawyer Harish Salve, 65, got married to Caroline Brossard, 56, in a church in London, […]

Ripples in stillwater

Salman Usmani is one of the select few Delhiites who practice the art of fly-fishing diligently. It has a profound impact on his persona Stillness is at the core of all activities, and if one is oblivious of this it can be destabilising. Many Delhites, to escape the hustle-bustle of a busy metropolis, get out […]

A happening park

Nehru Park is getting a facelift that will change it in many ways Nehru Park is one of the most underrated parks—an 80-acre rectangular green patch on the map of Delhi that extends for a few km—in the heart of the diplomatic area in Chanakyapuri. It’s a popular venue for cultural events at this time […]

Beyond borders 

Geetanjali Shree’s Ret Samadhi is one of the rare pieces of Hindi literature that brings to life the struggles and growth of women in India, without being preachy In last few decades, Hindi literature, especially novel writing, has become quite inclusive with many Dalit and women authors keeping abreast with contemporary socio-political dynamics, writing with […]

Liberal Noida 

Many of Delhi’s Africans, Afghans, and other foreigners who feel discriminated against and alienated have shifted to Noida and Greater Noida There are localities in Delhi that have become ghettos for people of certain ethnicity and community—Afghani, Nigerian, Koreans, people from the North-Eastern states of India, not to forget Muslim ghettos.  There’s a general tendency […]

‘Dope helps’, say the poor

The poor—could be a rickshaw puller or even a beggar—form part of the supply chain of ganja to eke out a living. And they also smoke up all their sorrows Lately, Bollywood has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, doping is one of them. Ganja or cannabis is derived from the word […]

 Propagating sexual assualt, in the name of prank?

In a sexually repressed country like India, morally questionable, often obscene and vulgar, “prank” video channels on Youtube gets around a million followers Ravi, a boy from a small city in Madhya Pradesh has never been to Delhi but he has a typical view of Delhi’s Connaught Place. He thinks pranking in Delhi’s CP is […]