Art on the highway

Truck painting, a well documented form of folk art, still has its fans but is slowly losing its shine due to the availability of readymade stickers. Will truck painters fade slowly into the sunset?

Time travel through Delhi’s rustic doors

The doorways of old Delhi serve as a portal to the times of architectural beauty. Some of them remain intact, some are ruined, while others are replaced by modern doors

Jantar Mantar: Vantage point to observe celestial bodies

Between Delhi’s iconic Connaught Place and Parliament lies a repository of the astronomical knowledge of the 18th century, reminding us that Earth is only one of the planets circling the sun

Top secret: The very private world of Delhi’s detectives

They may not be as smart as the fictional Sherlock Holmes or Byomkesh Bakshi but the national capital boasts of a handful of private investigators carrying out pre-matrimony checks and corporate espionage

Kickboxing loses a gem; sportspersons underline need for rest

Yora Tade, a 23-year-old kickboxer from Arunachal Pradesh, breathed his last this Tuesday after his bout in Tamil Nadu. The kickboxing community and its supporters are devastated by the loss of a promising talent

Delhi skies a feast for the eyes before winter arrives

With bone-chilling winter comes the lethal PM2.5 pollutants shrouding the Delhi sky with toxic smog, choking its residents.

West Delhi Cricket Academy awaits its star’s success with baited breath

This is the place where coach Raj Kumar Sharma started training Virat Kohli 24 years ago. Hearteningly, the top cricketer still visits the grounds to show how it’s done and cares enough for the boys who are now in training to give them kits and advice

‘He can’t be a spy’. Sanjay Colony refugees stand by their man

Refugees living in the Bhatti Mines area in the capital are in a state of shock after Bhag Chand, a long-time resident of the colony, was arrested on allegations of involvement in a Pakistani espionage racket. Patriot visits the site for a ground check