Friends of the feathered

Gopi Sundar and Swati Kittur are doing world-class research on big birds and their ability to co-exist with humans. Recently they were in Australia for an arduous project KS Gopi Sundar and Swati Kittur, a couple from Bangalore, make an incredible team. They mostly nest in Delhi or Udaipur, if they are not flying across […]

A battle for survival

Delhi is home to thousands of refugees who face innumerable obstacles in resurrecting a new life as the scars of the war are still prominent. Here is a glimpse of a Somali refugee’s life Staring at the portrait of her daughter and husband hung on the wall of her crammed room in Wazirabad, Shukri says […]

Tightrope walker

Russian artist Ekaterina Abramova’s art, inspired by her stay in India, will be on display at an exhibition titled ‘Windows’ in Varanasi. she depicts themes like mythology, occult, tantra and yoga in a bold manner Russian artist Ekaterina Abramova, who paints women in the nude, is in love with India. Her journey as an artist […]

WHEN EXPATS DATE

Online dating sites are a convenient forum, which people use to escape from humdrum or to actively seek romantic or sexual relationships. Here are some intense experiences involving expats in Delhi Dating websites can be an exhilarating platform for finding a compatible partner. Some use these portals to indulge in sexual liaison, others think of […]

Lost heritage

Legendary hockey player Balbir Singh’s search for his memorabilia, which he donated for a national museum that was never set up, looks endless. But he has not lost hope He made his country proud and is regarded as the one of the greatest hockey players of all time. His name finds place in the Guinness […]

Rocking on

Parikrama’s Subir Malik is still hung up on classic rock-n-roll. When not performing, he promotes other artists to keep the music scene buzzing Classic memorabilia on the wall. A fancy collection of alcohol arraigned on an old mahogany table. Wall hanging of a handwritten song by Jim Morrison. This is what welcomes visitors to the […]

No entry!

The arbitrary application of visa rules in India raises questions on exactly who is being filtered It was a smooth journey from Adelaide to Bangalore on July 31. Apart from some confusion at check-in over how to process the details of my once-used, multiple-entry tourist visa to India, my transit in Singapore was tranquil and […]

Sailing against the tide

Yachts have been Varsha Gautham’s vessel of choice since she was six. Now she’s in the team trying to bring laurels for India from Jakarta Unlike most other millennials, Varsha Gautham, possibly unbeknownst to herself, had already begun following her dream at the age of six. Soon after she moved to Chennai from Coimbatore with […]