Love amidst poverty

Affections thrive even in hard times, here is an insight into how instincts overcome even the dire realities of life NOTHING COMES easy when one is poor. It’s a very fundamental living, where emotions are sometimes a luxury many can’t afford. But when hormones come into play, instincts take over and the class considerations don’t […]

Shameful coverup

Why is India’s media shying away from identifying targets of selective arson in Delhi When the explanation that giving specific details would inflame passions does not pass muster IT HAS been a tumultuous three days. The American president flew in and out of India. He and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugged each other and spoke […]

Cops: ‘Not seen’ viral videos

The Supreme Court and Delhi High Court both heard matters on the law and order situation in the city, but their different opinions resulted in different outcomes on the same situation FOUR DAYS after violence in Delhi left at least 34 dead and hundreds injured, two constitutional courts heard two matters in the case on […]

No laughing matter

Like the selectivity infested news media, the online cottage industry of political satire has chosen to see only what it wants to see IN THE seventeenth century, English thinker Thomas Hobbes, analysing human nature for his work on political philosophy, observed something about the instincts that drive people to make fun of others, in covert […]

Bullying is not woke

Morphing, memes and derogatory comments on social media by friends can affect a teenager’s peace of mind, finds a study by CRY WHEN ANSHIKA came to Delhi from Jaipur, she was excited about living an adventurous life in a new city. An Instagram lover, she was very fond of posting pictures. Once a friend took […]

Paranoia, American style

It’s not a judgement on a country or its people but American travellers, more than those of other nations, feel insecure and vulnerable in India IN THE week when Donald Trump was in India with his family to celebrate the partnership of the oldest and the biggest democracies of the world, it’s pertinent to look […]

Encounter in a glass cabin

A recent sexual harassment workshop in the office gave rise to some uncomfortable questions and brought back unpleasant memories of a visit to jewellery shop WE, THE people in our 20s, as a generation are not scared to put forth our ideas, likes and dislikes in the open. There is no filter –— we say it […]

Disfigured, dislocated…riots have left victims bereft

Acid has been used in the Delhi riots. The exodus has begun as people of the minority community are now planning to move out of their localities, convinced that their lives are not secure  ‘HUMNE SOCH liya hai, ab hum yahan nahin reh sakte’ (We have decided we cannot live here), family members of those […]