Breaking Barriers On Wheels

Gareema Shankar and Renu Singhi, two women cyclists who are subject of documentary Going Solo, have defied societal norms to pursue their dreams

History teacher

Anjum Hasan’s latest novel, History’s Angel, describes the life of a middle-class school teacher and his family in contemporary Delhi

Abdul Quadeer’s palace on wheels

Cab driver Abdul Quadeer provides basic amenities to customers free of charge to make the journey enjoyable

Holding a mirror to society

Delhi-based artist Farhad Hussain dares to expose the hypocrisies of the elite, and the pain behind their façade through humour

Holding the key

Jitendra Singh, with his ability to provide keys quickly and at affordable rates, has become indispensable to the lives of students and staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University

Setting it to music

Singing at Coke Studio, tying up with Zoya Akhtar’s record company Tiger Baby, to learning Urdu and singing for Anurag Kashyap, Deveshi Sahgal is taking her love for authentic music to the next level

This Master’s Voice

Ravi Chaturvedi, a former Zoology teacher in DU, cannot give up on his love for cricket which he has commentated on for four decades. he recently finished his PhD in the sport at the age of 83

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 create thought-provoking sculptures and contributing his bit to ecology