RIGHT-SIZING FASHION

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 […]

CAMP @ DUDHWA

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 […]

AN ODE TO SAUR

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 […]

WANTED: #METOO ON CAMPUS

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 […]