Voice of the voiceless

Critically acclaimed Dalit writer Manoranjan Byapari has finally got his due after life-long struggle. He speaks to Patriot about his journey so far — his literary endeavours, achievements, struggles, fight against all odds and more “Here I am. I know I am not entirely unfamiliar to you. You’ve seen me a hundred times in a […]

Thriving in serendipity

Writer and teacher Gaurav Monga has in 20 years lived in 20 cities all over the world. Some excerpts for his journey called life… Gaurav Monga, 38, has made some unusual choices in a hurry, fairly intuitively, and that explains why he has had an eventful life—the best is yet to come. A teacher, writer […]

​ ​The Diabetic Chef

A prodigious entrepreneur, 23-year-old Harsh Kedia, taught himself to lead a quality life despite diabetes and is now helping thousands of others to do the same Harsh Kedia is a jovial 23-year-old, full of zeal to help others. Adversity has given meaning and direction to his life. His never say die attitude and zest for […]

Candid camera

Confined to his house, food historian Ashish Chopra is hosting online conversations with successful, inspired people and spreading positivity during testing times If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger: This is a cliché that best describes Ashish Chopra’s tryst with destiny. There are a host of serious health issues ailing him that would […]

Dealmaker passes on

Amar Singh was a resourceful backroom operator, but it was no substitute for his lack of public base In the last eight months, the setting for his monologues on social media had moved from his home to a lonely hospital bed in Singapore. Amar Singh was not new to the quirky side of time. Not […]

A Great Wall divides families

The border conflict and Covid-19 have been a double whammy for Indians residing in China, resulting in divided families As tension on the Indo-China border mounts, Indians residing in China are fairly worried. There is double trouble brewing—the Covid-19 pandemic that is still raging and on top of that the possibility of a conflict. These […]

Translating South Asia

Daisy Rockwell, well-known translator, opens up about her interaction with poet and scholar AK Ramanujan, the cultural milieu of the mid-20th century and her love for Hindi-Urdu literature A translator of South Asian literature in Hindi and Urdu, Daisy Rockwell’s works are well known. She has worked on the writings of Upendranath Ashk, Yashpal, Khadija […]

Do Black Lives Matter here?

Racism is all-pervasive. Africans in Delhi are considered outcastes and stereotyped as drug peddlers and sex maniacs The killing of Afro-American George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis lead to widespread protests all across America with thousands of people taking to the streets to protest the ‘murder.’  In solidarity with ‘Black Lives Matter’ (BLM), […]