Musical cheers

Wearing makeup for a gay party is just another of the exhilarating experiences that are part of coming out to the world “Okay what vibe do you need?” asks my friend Nayna, as we prepare for my first gay party in the Capital city. A city where I hid my sexuality for a long time, […]

Droolworthy fare

You are spoilt for choices with a huge menu to savour a number of exotic dishes. Hospitality at its best It’s a mellow and smoggy evening, with very little traffic on the road. The Janpath area in Lutyens Delhi is calmer than usual. As we approach a lane dominated by a Lexus car showroom, we […]

Textile as art

New Delhi based textile studio, medium utilises its mastery in tie and dye for their first apparel collection called – Out of the blue A green South Delhi neighbourhood is where label Medium has its studio, a workshop-cum-residence for the textile designer and founder Riddhi Jain, who has been living in the city after her […]

Being queer on campus

A year after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality, LTBTQ+ students say their colleges and universities are still far from being accepting of them The university is envisioned to encourage free thinking and open exchange of ideas. But in India, the LGBTQ+ community feels that they don’t enjoy these rights on campuses. The Supreme Court last […]

Riding with the marshals

How did the first day of Delhi’s new bus marshals go? From confusion and complaints to confidence, it was an eventful day It’s Bhai Dooj on October 29, and a group of women and children stand at the Malviya Nagar bus terminal in Delhi, their faces lined with confusion. The women are taking their children […]

What’s with making Sanskrit compulsory?

Primacy of the vernacular has offered Indian society an unprecedented level of access to the larger public sphere, transforming the very way we communicate and access information On Sunday, American pop star Lady Gaga tweeted part of a Sanskrit shloka, sending Indian Twitter into a tizzy. Amidst the flurry of responses that followed was a […]

They don’t feel the love

Some Individuals who identify as LGBTQI+ have been hired by companies to show support to the community, others are yet to feel the same The time is 4 in the evening, we’re sitting in the Uber-cool club of the posh hotel The Lalit. Soon, 21-year-old Mohul Sharma walks straight into the club, greets us and […]

Beating the ban, blatantly

In spite of the warnings of the Supreme Court, Delhiites continued to burst illegal crackers – that too beyond the prescribed time limit, resulting in aggravated pollution levels On the night of October 27, on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, Bhim Singh Rawat, who lives in Narela had a torrid time in his home. “Crackers […]