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Honey, I shrunk the bookstore

Honey, I shrunk the bookstore

Brick-and-mortar bookstores are surviving but the space allotted to books is shrinking as cafes within their premises attract more footfall.…

August 2, 2019

The rain in the main is going down the drain

Rainwater harvesting is the only hope for Delhi to avert the major crisis predicted by NITI Aayog – and for…

August 2, 2019

What went wrong with the JNU entrance exam

From incorrect answer keys to a lack of transparency in cut-offs, 2019’s entrance exam was riddled with irregularities Recently, Delhi’s…

August 2, 2019

Decoding Super 30 phenomenon

Beyond the grit and glamour of its success stories, Super 30 is a reminder of what an IIT education has…

August 2, 2019

Pots and bans

Potters don’t believe that their furnaces are adding to the pollution in the city. But the NGT has asked the…

August 2, 2019

No place to walk

When you come out of a fancy Metro station and encounter traffic chaos, you wonder whether the city has any…

August 2, 2019

Any Lemebels here?

Although the LGBTQIA+ community has made great strides with the archaic Section 377 being struck down, issues of class and…

August 2, 2019

A village of maestros

The story of a 100-year old tradition of musical patronage has been encapsulated by filmmaker Taranjiet Singh in a documentary…

August 2, 2019

A Nordic idea for India’s air

Ikea’s newest work is to try and help Northern states combat air pollution rising from burning crop residue. Will it…

February 16, 2020

‘Illegals’ in their own land

July 31 was the deadline given by the Supreme Court to residents of Assam to produce documents to prove their…

August 2, 2019