Divine interjections

A reporter recalls how he wore a cloak of invisibility, hiding his media identity for a story on religious places Rarely does it happen in the daily routine that one changes one’s identity or goes incognito. For me, this situation stretched over four days when I was working on a ground report on religious paces. […]

Call for diversity

Hollywood has realised the value — and profitability — of diversity in stories, cast and crew. India is not far behind Bollywood might be inspired by Hollywood in multiple ways — from movie plots to the industry’s name itself — but when it comes to social diversity, Bollywood is oddly sparing. Diversity is not a […]

Fiction, not fact

How India’s most widely read newspaper, Dainik Jagran, published a highly misleading and inflammatory article On September 19, readers of Dainik Jagran, the most widely read newspaper in the country, woke up to a disconcerting headline: “Having lost one daughter to love jihad, second one now in danger”. This appeared in the city section of […]

Park your money well

Here are some personal finance lessons you can draw from the PMC bank crisis Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, a bank with more than Rs 11,500 crore of deposits, is in trouble. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has limited deposit withdrawals to Rs 10,000 per account. This obviously has  depositors up in arms. […]

Sky’s no limit

Tina Antoniades makes accessible and affordable a wide array of western outfits and accessories to young Indian women of all classes and is having fun doing it Of Greek origin, Tina Antoniades grew up in London and spent a good part of her working life in the US. She is the creative director of Lulu […]

What the Delhi government has done and hopefully will do

Climate change is becoming the most talked about issue, thanks to the effort of a 16-year-old. But what is the Capital city doing to combat climate change? The ‘Fridays For Future’ protest has in some ways only now awakened people to the reality that is climate change. Initiated by a 16-year-old activist, Greta Thunberg, it […]

THE HEAT IS ON

With climate change being a big issue across the world now, what changes has the climate in Delhi suffered over the past few years? Patriot speaks to experts to find out In a new climate report published by the United Nations, which comprises 7000 studies by 100 international climate experts, it has been discussed how […]

Goodbye, polybags

The ban on single-use plastic is already showing an impact among Delhi’s vegetable and fruit vendors. If supply dries up, the ban will be effective The nation-wide ban on single-use plastic ban, a pilot project taken up by the BJP-led NDA government, will be implemented on October 2, when India will commemorate the 150th birth […]