Technology is now working its magic on fashion by making clothes a control unit for our electronic devices. With smart clothing, you can now make calls by an easy swipe on your jacket cuff The changes in textiles and fashion have many times, been seen as a reflection of the advancement made through the years. […]

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There is only a demographic nightmare, no dividend, says former director of Infosys Mohandas Pai in the blurb of this book by award-winning financial journalist Goutam Das This book will not give you any easy answer to the political conundrums that are coming up repeatedly in election season: Did the NDA government make any dent […]

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Village women who have headed panchayats as Pradhans have not quite been able to break patriarchal barriers but their brush with power has boosted their self-confidence “Ghar ki pradhan banna kaphi hai” (Being the leader of the house is enough) was one lady’s reply to a question I had asked several of them: Would you […]

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In the long wait for a Lokpal, have we diluted the nature of the ombudsman? In a historic move, retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose was appointed as the country’s first ever anti-corruption ombudsman—or Lokpal—after a PM-led selection committee comprising Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, and senior advocate […]

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After the surge of #MaiBhiChowkidar among politcians, let’s look at some of the stories of the real-life chowkidars Ajay works as a security guard with the Total Security Agency (or an agency with a name that’s nearly as absolute). He belongs to Bhagalpur. He lives with his family in a slum near Seelampur in Delhi. […]

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Shopkeepers in the area remember the shock of demonetisation and continue to suffer from neglect by the civic authorities The West Delhi constituency is a perfect example of the state of planning in Delhi — or the lack of. While you have the wide stretch of roads and empty spaces with parks in inner Dwarka, […]

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The Seemapuri slum area has been fighting lonely battles as it has never once seen its MP after the last election When someone says Delhi, what comes to mind is imposing buildings, five-star hotels, clean roads and the swanky metro railways. But far removed from all this, in one corner of the North East Delhi […]

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Voters living in Narela’s resettlement colony Shahpur Garhi suffer as DDA’s development work drags on at a snail’s pace “Yeh to gramin kshetra hain. Yaha kuch vikas nahi hua, baaki gramino ki tarah. Na koi transport hain, na koi paani ka suvidha (This is a village. No development has taken place here. Like many other […]

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