Booked without orders

Daryaganj Sunday book market vendors claim that there were no High Court orders to relocate them and MCD is backed by some powerful names in initiating their displacement In july, vendors of Daryaganj’s second-hand book market were forced by MCD to clear the pavements where they sell books on Sundays. The order for relocation to […]

Closed gates violate bylaws

South MCD has asked colonies to keep all their gates open 24×7 but many RWAs are flouting the rules, causing discomfort to residents as well as service providers IN THE good old days, Bhavani Giddu, 49, would walk to her office in Kalkaji area of south Delhi. The office is a kilometre away from her […]

Who killed the mosquitoes?

Data reveals chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claims on dengue true but malaria numbers are rising There may be a claim that fewer people were affected by dengue this year, but there’s not much celebration happening. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government has instead faced taunts and ridicule, as the BJP accuses it of lying and also […]

Smoke and mirrors

Indian government’s ban on e-cigarettes sparks debate about its intention. its announcement sent soaring stock prices of the tobacco companies in which the government is invested Latching on to an emerging global trend, the Indian government on September 18 banned e-cigarettes, citing health risks to youth and children. The ban covers the manufacture, sale, import, […]

Singing the blues

As the economy suffers due to low demand, even music bands find few takers – and the wedding season is not expected to bring much cheer Here’s one more thing to blame millennials for, after Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman blamed them for preferring cab hailing services to buying cars, thereby leading to crisis in the […]

Ethnic chic

It’s that time of year when shoppers head for the state emporia on Baba Kharak Singh Marg to pick up hand-woven textiles and artefacts For every Zara trip, most of us make, we do sneak into our quintessential Khadi Gram Udyog to check on their latest stock of hand-woven textiles and handicrafts from around the […]

Saucily Asian

Look beyond Indian and Chinese to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand for a culinary journey that tingles the taste-buds “A well-made sauce will make even elephant or a grandfather palatable,” proclaimed Grimod de la Reynière, a lawyer and one of world’s first food reviewers. He’s not wrong at all ­— a well-made sauce indeed pulls up […]

Chinmayanand’s experiments with piety and power

With friends like Yogi Adityanath, opinion-makers in Shahjahanpur believe the law can’t touch this Swami Soon after Independence, Sukhdevanand set up the Daivi Sampad Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Shahjahanpur. By the time he passed away in 1965, he had established three educational institutions in Shahjahanpur, three ashrams (in Shahjahanpur, Rishikesh and Haridwar), a “Hindu Jain temple” […]