‘Cool’ spots in Delhi to beat the heat

As summer days in Delhi become unbearable for many, people have started visiting popular ‘cool’ spots like parks, and even the Delhi Metro, to beat the scorching heat

Covid blues at the Delhi zoo

A seemingly bored black-faced langur, or monkey, sits in a sunny corner of its cave examining its long tail. The langur was basking in the moderately warm heat that the capital receives with the onset of summers. It looked puzzled, surprised to have found a part of its body hanging out there, or perhaps too […]

Women achievers presented awards: Women’s day 2022

International Women’s Day was celebrated at the Imperial at a glittering function with a remarkable turnout of Delhi’s empowered women 

Delhi’s got talent – and how

Quite a few women in the national capital region stand out as symbols of what can be achieved if you focus on your goal. A glimpse into the lives and achievements of a few who could be role models for the younger generation

They dare to be different: women in male-dominated professions

These city women have cut a trail-blazing path through professions usually dominated by men. And they’ve done it with panache  

‘I love the challenges’: Chef Nandita Karan

The LaLit New Delhi’s Executive Chef Nandita Karan says passion for your work can help overcome all challenges  What motivated you to enter the world of professional cooking, despite the challenges? One of the biggest reasons for me to take up a career as a chef is my passion and love for food. Cooking is […]

A tryst with queerness: womanhood and queerness in the capital

Three years after Section 377 was struck down by the Supreme Court, queer women in Delhi still find it difficult to live and love freely without compromising their womanhood

‘Everest climbing is a status symbol now’

I got into mountaineering by coincidence and did not know much about it. I am from Shimla, from a village where we had to do a lot of walking. So I was always into fitness.  After serving in the Indian Army for five years, I did a mountaineering course. I realised that in the Army, […]