Blind faith?

The Adityanath government has banned large gatherings, except in the holy city where over 10 lakh people are expected for the Ram Navami Mela later this month UTTAR PRADESH, India’s most populous state with a headcount of around 22 crore, declared the coronavirus outbreak an “epidemic” last week. It has reported 12 infections so far. […]

Corona puts a zip on clothes

Since going out to shop for clothes has been curtailed during the pandemic, the fashion industry is on tenterhooks about its future in the near term DISEASE IS a great leveller. It takes a mere virus to wreck our biological systems, no matter where we are in the world. The precaution of social distancing and […]

Shutters Down

Since social distancing is the key to containing the spread of the infection, most states have shut down educational institutions, malls, theatres, and prohibited large public gatherings THE NOVEL Coronavirus has enveloped the world in a pall of fear and panic. In India, the first case of the virus, also known as Covid-19, was reported […]

A forced holiday

Amid coronavirus spread people are forced to stay back and work from home; some are enjoying the free time while others feel bored, underutilised and miss the thrill of a challenging work life PEOPLE ARE creatures of habit, and the Coronavirus pandemic has forced people to change their habits. In many parts of the world, […]

Shoppers stop, sales flop

The Coronavirus pandemic has shaken the confidence of the Capital’s citizens, and triggered a panic about what the next few weeks will bring  A USUALLY packed Mall of India in Noida wears a desolate look on the weekends. There are only a couple of customers in most of the stores and the restaurants are empty. […]

Events of the week

FRENCH CONNECT What: French artist Michel Testard’s is back with a new exhibition- ‘Reminiscence of India, past and present’ –which builds upon and expands on his lasting fascination for India. Michel is a travelling artist, a writer, and a sitar player. The exhibition presents the various themes he has introduced to the Indian audience- Forts […]

The mystery of Ankit Sharma’s Death

Reports on the IB staffer’s gruesome killing couldn’t agree on the basic facts and omitted some crucial context IN THE past week, 49 people were killed in communal violence in North East Delhi. One death received a larger slice of media focus: that of 26-year-old Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, whose body was retrieved from […]

Events of the week

UNCONVENTIONAL FORM Art curator Simran KS Lamba has organised an exhibition titled “Metamorphosis of Formations in Tar” on mixed media art – a term that has been exhaustively used to describe the alignment of any two-separate media on the same base. Lamba’s work span over a decade, with ‘tar’ being her primary medium. Its lucid […]