WARDROBE MALFUNCTION

Voices from the fashion industry express distress about the absence of predominantly Muslim workforce because of anti-CAA protests that prevent them from commuting to studios The fashion industry can be described as one that interweaves various colours. From a community of fashion enthusiasts that go gaga over every spring, summer and fall launch from Gucci […]

A colony in which 90% plots are small is called posh

Patriot visits Anant Ram Dairy, one of the 69 ‘affluent’ colonies whose regularisation has been put off indefinitely by the central government, to see whether the tag fits Rakesh Kumar stays in his ancestral property — a small room on the roof — with only one bed and a pretty small bathroom. He goes every […]

Caught in crossfire?

The Bijnor police are unable to give consistent versions of the incidents in which two young men were shot – one fatally At Om Raj Singh’s freshly cemented home in Nehtaur in UP’s Bijnor district, family members sat on the dimly-lit verandah. Singh was recovering from injuries in a Meerut hospital. His brother, Rajvir Singh, […]

‘Everyone on the street is a leader’

A pan-India leaderless youth movement against CaA has the support of those who have been victims of identity-based discrimination. They challenge the authority as a unified force The student outrage and protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Population Register (NPR) across the country is an organic, leaderless movement. It is a throwback […]

Parental guidance

Parents are now supporting their teenagers who are taking to the streets in protest, going against the stereotype. However, exceptions are still there “Don’t go out during the wee hours of the night,” “Come back in time”, “You’re not allowed to go there” — every Indian child, be it a teenager or young adult, has […]

A Gandhian in our midst

This retired IIT professor believes he is bringing change by distributing pamphlets across Delhi-NCR A 71-year-old man is seen distributing pamphlets across Delhi amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. When he hands some pamphlets to Delhi Police personnel, an officer started abusing him but the old man who is high on patience […]

How stars are born

Social media platforms are helping budding authors market their books and content, especially if they first become influencers “The truth is you are at war/with yourself/and that’s why you find yourself/at war with others,” wrote Ashish Bagrecha, author and entrepreneur in one of his short poems on social media app Instagram. Bagrecha is one of […]

If Central Vista changes, a valuable heritage will be lost

Redevelopment of the sarkari complex that stretches from India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhawan will make the present sandstone a part of history. An expert has called it a futile and unwanted exercise Exactly 108 years ago, on December 12, 1911 at the coronation of King George V as Emperor of India, he declared, “We have […]