Football fever hits low pitch

The ongoing World Cup in Qatar was expected to boost the sales of football merchandise but due to the winter season and post Covid economic crisis, the demand has been low

Parampara series: Bringing traditional art through new media

The National Festival of Dance & Music saw the physical presence of audience for the first time after the pandemic and witnessed performances from famous musicians and dancers

Jamia Junction: The community in the cafe

Jamia Nagar was once a remote locality where only professors and students of Jamia Millia Islamia, cadres and activists of Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar lived. However, as middle-class population settled in with time, the area was gentrified gradually with cafes and restaurants springing up

Bourgeois pleasure: Delhi’s Soviet-era bookstore

People’s Publishing House, which was established in 1947 and thronged by people till the mid-90s, has lost its sheen due to changed reading habits and the digital era

Finding their calling in art

Delhi College of Art’s Annual Art Carnival held last week served as a platform for budding artists. Among the participants were youngsters, who fought off pressure from family’s emphasis on traditional courses, and a retired man who couldn’t follow his passion earlier due to family responsibilities

When Purana Qila grooved to Asean music

With 15 bands from different ASEAN nations and performances by Papon and Sukhbir Randhawa of Bollywood, Delhi celebrated the second ASEAN-India music festival at the Purana Qila

Outside AIIMS, outstation patients left in the lurch

Patients from across the country visit AIIMS for treatment. But many of them are forced to live and sleep under open skies on the pavement outside the hospital since they cannot afford rooms inside the premier medical facility or rent out private space

Children – Delhi pollution’s prime target 

Kids suffered the most when pollution in Delhi reached hazardous levels in the initial days of November. Protecting young lungs has become a major concern as parents are opting to keep their kids indoors. But doctors feel forcing them indoors can affect their mental health