Some come back, others stay lost

A lot depends on whether the police are responsive to the anguish of poor parents, whose children play outside their cramped quarters unsupervised In 2019, till November 15, as many as 21,805 people have gone missing in Delhi. Out of this, 12,822 persons were traced, leaving 8,983 lives unaccounted for. Part of this alarming statistic […]

Confronting brutality

How efficient can policing be as a bulwark against the most brutal side of human nature? “She lay there, punctured by multiple stabbing wounds, one screwdriver still wedged into her flesh. She appeared abandoned by all of us.” Almost 13 years ago, this was how Tuktuk Ghosh, an Indian Administrative Service officer, described the gruesome […]

Are air purifiers effective?

With the ongoing air pollution crisis in Delhi, many have opted for air purifiers. But can it be of any help? Delhi’s air quality has worsened again with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling to 328. The pollution level of the capital has been shuffling between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories of AQI. With no […]

Why the selective amplification?

Indian media pounce on stories of crime against women that sell, then almost invariably do a shoddy job of reporting them Does the media contribute directly, or indirectly, to distorting our understanding of the reasons for the increasing violence against women? I ask this question against the background of the horrific rape and murder of […]

Ayushman vs Arogya

AAP says Delhi’s healthcare scheme is better than Ayushman Bharat. But the Centre claims Delhi’s programme doesn’t cover ‘catastrophic expenditure’ of the poor on secondary and tertiary healthcare On the afternoon of November 15, 2018, Emmanuel James, a resident of Delhi, received a phone call from his wife. She told him their daughter, Anna, had […]

Indefinite wait for benefits

In this age of information at your fingertips, some parents of children with disability have no idea of the benefits of a Disability certificate, those who do have a long wait to acquire it Outside room number 214 (a) of Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, mums and dads with their children wait to get an […]

Medical Mess

The hospitals take advantage when you are at your most vulnerable state, as they know that you will be ready to shell out whatever they ask for to save the life of your loved one Where do you take your loved ones when they are seriously ill and battling a life or death situation? The […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Roman by birth but of Abruzzo origins, Chef Adriano Baldassarre is known to most for his amazing career sprinkled with prestigious collaborations with Locatelli in London, Antonello Colonna at Labico, and Heinz Beck. Most outstanding has been his stint at the head of the legendary Tordomatto in Zagarolo, Rome – where he won the Michelin […]