A domestic worker’s travails when exercising her right to have a bank account show the unsympathetic attitude of the bank staff and deficiency in service Was technology meant to simplify governance or complicate it? Maybe it simplifies some things for the government and other agencies, but it only adds an extra page of photocopy to […]

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Turkish restraunt baris hopers to popularise it’s country’s cuisine. Enjoy some deliious cigar-borek-crispy rolls with caramalised onions and feta cheese-and enjoy your meal with fagamisu-tiramisu made with figs At first, the restaurant gives the impression of being Indo-Islamic. Baris means peaceful in Turkish. Arjun Toor, co-owner of the restaurant is quite excited about popularising Turkish […]

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The project to develop an Indian size for garments, like the European and American ones, has been 12 years in the making and will take three more. Is it worth the effort? A trip to a clothing store always brings a bunch of surprises. It could be a knock-off range of an ‘exclusive collection’ from […]

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Spending nights in tents and going on jungle safaris are just some of the thrills that school children can experience during Karavan’s educational tour What takes a bunch of 60-odd student campers of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh every year? It’s to bond with Mother Nature and explore […]

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My dearest Saur, I have never written a letter addressed to a place as I was always intimidated by the largeness of the spaces I inhabited. I felt like a non-entity there. I make an exception for you tonight, because you make me feel like I was an entity of some significance here. I sit under […]

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Sexual harassment complaint committees in Delhi University colleges are conspicuous by their absence, as a reality check shows The Facebook list with the names of ‘sexual predators’ in academia, unveiled last year, broke the silence around sexual harassment on campuses and the fairness of complaint committees. Interacting with students of various colleges in Delhi University […]

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