After all the sweets: Detox!

Juice detox and plenty of nuts — that’s how to get your health back on track in the aftermath of Diwali, when most people tend to indulge in all the wrong foods Diwali is all about festive over-indulgence, binge eating, late night parties, heavy food, sweets and extra calories! So now that it’s over, here’s […]

Most snatchers are school dropouts and first-time offenders

Delhi Police seem helpless about the alarming rise in incidents of snatchings by bike-borne youngsters – about 17 per day – but Mumbai Police was able to stem the tide In Sadar Bazar, one of the most hustling-bustling areas of New Delhi, a small colony Basti Julian seems to go silent when enquiries are made […]

Please re-think, Mr CM

Private CNG cars being refused exemption during the odd-even scheme will discourage motorists from opting for the cleaner fuel, according to experts As the odd-even rationing scheme is set to be rolled out during November 4-15, the Delhi government has decided to not exempt over five lakh CNG-run vehicles in the Capital city — while […]

Oh no!

OYO hotels, sold as cheap and better options, are also beset with sub-standard services, cancelled bookings and weak customer service Cancelled bookings, deficient service, refund delays – these are, some of the problems which have constituted to showcase another reality of OYO. It’s the world’s third largest hotel chain and a $10 billion enterprise in […]

The poverty trap

How labourers are mentally caged, alienated and dehumanised in this civilised world Rehan Khan, a labourer from Bihar made news while he jumped inside the lion’s cage in the Delhi zoo. The psychological problem which made him do this was overlooked by the majority and he was dismissed as “mentally ill”. The video which went […]

Battle against odds

Amid oppressive patriarchy in Haryana’s Mewat, a young Dalit woman is fighting to keep her dream alive and striving to get justice for her 12-year-old niece As one travels southwards in Haryana, the green of the Jat belt gives way to the arid landscape of Mewat region. The lower Aravallis begin to ascend in the […]

Did media abet suicide?

The suicide note left by Professor Alan Stanley mentions ‘depression’ and ‘misinformation campaign spread by media outlets’ as the reasons On October 20, Delhi Police recovered the decapitated body of Alan Stanley from the railway tracks near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station. Startlingly, his mother Lissy was found dead the same night, suffocated by a cloth […]

Capital contributions

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and his team’s footprints can be seen all over Delhi, for their contributions have brought educational and health reform in the national capital With a Nobel Prize in Economics in the kitty, MIT professor and economists Abhijit Banerjee and wife Esther Duflo have been the talk of the town. Their ‘randomised […]