Women in Delhi most unsafe at home, shows NCRB

Delhi, infamous as the ‘rape capital’, yet again tops as the city unsafe for women The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has released its 2019 ‘Crime in India’ report which again shines a light on just how unsafe women are in the country. Reports in the past couple of months have told us about ghastly […]

‘Beti Bachao’ funds lie idle

Girls in the capital city still struggle to get education beyond 8th grade, yet less than 13% of the Centre’s scheme to promote education of the girl child was used When Maya saw the status of girls’ education in her neighbourhood in South Delhi’s Jasola, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She […]

Rich generate waste, poor pay the price

When it comes to pollution in Delhi, it seems slum dwellers are being held accountable while the affluent escape scrutiny for their lifestyles which create it   In a recent order, the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of 48,000 slum dwellings located in safety zones, around 140 km of railway tracks, of Delhi. The order […]

Public toilets in Delhi-NCR a ‘no-go’ area

As people start commuting for work, Patriot’s survey of public toilets in Delhi-NCR shows that you are more likely to come across a dirty one than a clean one. As for slum dwellers, they still go for open defecation even in ‘posh’ South Delhi In a small slum of 20-25 families in Nizamuddin lives 40-year-old […]

Out and about amidst a pandemic

As Delhi is limping back to normalcy despite the rising number of Covid cases, more and more people are using public transport. Whether they are safe is anyone’s guess In a complex metropolis like Delhi, it’s difficult to categorically say if public transport is safe as the number of Covid-19 cases spikes again. But people […]

Bihar migrants find no respite in Delhi

Despite promises for help with employment, migrants from Bihar’s Darbhanga decry government’s unconcerned attitude. They return to the Capital to find no jobs, or ones that pay a fraction of what they did before the pandemic hit “Since I was a young boy, I have been coming to Delhi for work. When I became aware […]

Ganging up, banging on

Bollywood’s #MeToo marks two years of the movement that started with allegations of sexual misconduct against Nana Patekar and has now stung Anurag Kashyap. But India’s legal system has been sluggish whereas Hollywood predators are already in jail It’s a comeback, but not a pleasant one. The MeToo movement seems to have resurfaced yet again […]

Pandemic scotches Delhi’s boast of being a Smart City

A study has pushed Delhi down from 68th to 86th position in world rankings. The Delhi government’s inability to manage the pandemic better is a major reason The thousands of migrants walking to bus terminals, queuing for a way home, symbolises just how unprepared Delhi — like the rest of India — to face a […]