Stuck in India

Many foreign nationals are stranded in India. Either travel to their countries is banned by the government or airlines are cancelling flights NYUGEN THI HUE, a Vietnamese citizen, had made her way to India on March 10 to attend a wedding, with her return flight booked for the 16th. She was informed on the 14th […]

A tale of two gadget markets in Corona times

While the Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur stated that the spread of Covid-19 will not adversely affect the economy, vendors and owners in Delhi’s biggest gizmo markets tell a different story WITH THE pandemic having started in China — also called the “factory of the world” — the tech industry is beginning to […]

Charismatic cafe

Connaught Place’s Farzi Café is a good option to relax with some good bites and drink after a long hard week ONE OF the many bar-cum-restaurants in Connaught Place, is Farzi Café, situated strategically in the inner circle. Of their many ways to pull in customers, one of them consists of introducing new items to […]

Not done, ICC

India-England women’s T20 World Cup semi-final is the latest example of the governing body’s lack of foresight THERE ARE ways in which moments of travesty can be turned into misplaced validation. A recent example was how Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle reacted to South African women’s cricket team captain, Dané Van Niekerk, saying she would […]

Adverse entry

After a reading of Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ by the students during a protest, a faculty member complained to the director for its ‘objectionable’ content THE COMMITTEE set up by IIT Kanpur’s director said it was “unfortunate” that the university’s students recited the poem Hum Dekhenge by Faiz Ahmed Faiz during a December protest against the […]

SAARC always a priority

New Delhi has gravitated towards other regional groupings in recent years, but it has always used SAARC to achieve specific aims On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a video conference with leaders of the countries comprising the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for sharing strategies as well as exploring possibilities of a regional […]

Flyers’ 8-hour ordeal

Patriot speaks to few of the 500 passengers from Paris and Frankfurt who were detained at the airport for over eight hours for Coronavirus screening ON MARCH 15, Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport didn’t look as busy as the usual days. There was not much of a crowd, barring one spot at the […]

No arrivals, only cancellations

The tourism industry is hurting — not just travel agencies but also guides, vendors and rickshaw pullers whose daily earnings have dried up SUSHEEL VERMA is operations manager at Janta Travels, a travel agency which has been around since 1977. He says the only time the company witnessed a downturn in business was after the […]