The rat race continues at night 

Some joggers feel the need to be competitive and create the impression that they can outrun you without ever uttering a word. They focus more on fake victories than of enjoying the pleasures of a late-night run   I go running fairly regularly, have done so for more than twenty years. And though there have been […]

Circus at Rhea Chakraborty’s house

After spending a day outside the actor’s house I have only one word for what I witnessed: Shame! It was around 9.15 am on August 27 when I arrived at Primrose Building on Juhu Tara Road in Mumbai. Rhea Chakraborty lives with her family in an apartment in this building. A few reporters and camerapersons […]

Bat Woman and other tales

In a bid to increase understanding of the pandemic, this book comes at a time when the future is uncertain. Its main value is a look back at what has been happening in the scientific community after the outbreak of SARS and MERS   ‘Don’t blame the bats’, is the title of one of the […]

Rape on the rise in UP

Neither the police or the administration swing into action in the case of rape of minors and women of the SC/ST community. Is this why these heinous crimes continue with impunity? There have been at least 10 cases of rape in Uttar Pradesh reported by the media in August of this year. This will not […]

Delivery boys have few rights

Strike by Swiggy delivery executives is a reminder that companies care little for workers and will always resist paying fair wages and benefits to gig workers Ten years ago, if you heard the term “gig work” it might have conjured up images of freelancers, perhaps creative professionals, taking on gigs as and when it pleased […]

What women want, periodically

Period leave from work is what women dreamt of Zomato’s new policy for its staff makes it a reality It was that “time of the month,” and Samira* had no other option but to take a day off at work because the first days of her cycle are terribly painful. She finds it difficult to […]

20,000 porters out of work

Railway porters feel crushed by the Covid crisis as fewer trains and the fear among passengers of infection means that thousands of porters have seen their incomes fall by over half On March 20, Abdul Khan, 36, packed his bags and left for home. Khan has been a porter at the New Delhi railway station […]

Trial by media, acquittal by court

The public may have forgotten the Tablighi Jamaat incident, but they have been under arrest till now. The Bombay High Court found no evidence that Covid-19 was spread by their actions. In fact, it felt they are victims of circumstances The Tablighi Jamaat members became the face of the virus in India, with the state […]