‘The demolition is illegal’

In June last year, citizens complained against the felling of trees in Netaji Nagar and Sarojini Nagar. There was a huge protest against this. It was revealed that there were a series of irregularities related to how the approval for these government housing colonies had been granted. It also meant large scale commercialisation of public […]

‘They keep refusing to register an FIR’

I am handling a recent mobile theft case on behalf of my friend Mohit Kumar Gupta. He was taking a Metro from the Huda City Centre Metro station on the evening of December 26 around 5.40 pm. The platform was overcrowded, as usual, because it was office hours. The moment the train approached the platform, […]

A delivery boy’s tantrums

I went to a friend’s place recently. We decided to order food from Swiggy – one of the most popular food delivery apps. We ordered momos from a well-known restaurant. Initially there was no problem at all. The delivery executive called us after 35-40 minutes after he was near our location. He was having a […]

‘Had to pay Rs 500 for cab!’

December 5 was a day on which commuting by Metro was nothing less than an ordeal. I stay in Noida and that day I had gone to Janpath. While returning, I had to take the Metro towards Noida City Centre from Mandi House. The moment I reached the station, I saw a huge crowd. There […]

‘Trees protect us, we should save them’

Illegal tree felling Some residents in Lajpat Nagar’s I-Block were getting 12-15 trees pruned by the MCD staff recently. Other residents saw this and got agitated. Initially they were clueless – as in who to inform or complain to. Then they contacted me through my Facebook page. They sent me photos and the address of […]

‘I got taken for quite a ride!’

I am from Kolkata — the city that had the first Metro in India. When I first moved to Delhi, I thought the Metro would be very easy to negotiate because I am familiar with the process. The first time I travelled in a Metro, I was supposed to go from Rajiv Chowk to Connaught […]

Fighting for a healthy life

My lungs were almost destroyed due to air pollution. In November last year, while I was training for a long-distance race in Delhi one evening, I started wheezing. Initially, I thought that it was not something serious. But later, I started having frequent headaches, itching and redness in the eyes and nasal irritation. I visited […]

Denial on flimsy grounds

My daughter Aarti Kumari suffers from complete blindness in one eye, partial blindness in the other. She is studying in the 9th grade in a Delhi government school. We were informed by the school teacher that we can get a disability certificate. Thus, we went to a hospital run by the Delhi government. But there, […]