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Picking up the metal scraps

Picking up the metal scraps

Artist and sculptor Gopal Namjoshi moved away from painting and dedicated his life to utilising industrial and metal waste to…

June 18, 2023

Blooming in the autumn of life

Krishna Saksena, who has come out with her 13th book at the age of 94, talks of her struggles and…

June 9, 2023

Baton to Babu: Journey of a cop to UPSC success

Police constable Ram Bhajan Kumar slogged hard while juggling with police duties to clear the civil services examinations

June 8, 2023

Painting a gritty picture

Niyaz Hussain, a Delhi-based artist who was afflicted by polio in childhood, has faced many obstacles to create a platform…

May 9, 2023

Picking the lighter side of poets

Octogenarian KL Narang Saaqi has spent his life compiling humour, witty sayings of Urdu litterateurs while balancing his passion with…

May 1, 2023

Barking up the right trees

Chandan Tiwary, a nature-lover, is a repository of information on Delhi’s trees and willingly shares it with others on social…

April 16, 2023

The life coach

Gurcharan Singh, who has been coaching cricket to kids for over half a century and produced over 100 first-class cricketers,…

March 23, 2023

Life and times of a writer

Farooq Argali, 82, began writing fiction to survive in Delhi and after half a century, collated works of famous writers,…

February 8, 2023

When an idol is no more the idol it was

Delhi-born artist Shaurya Kumar uses his art to explore new meaning assigned to an idol or an artefact after it…

December 8, 2022

Getting high after a low

Kaushal Pal was a drug addict who would snatch money and valuables to pay for his needs before finding solace…

November 12, 2022