Doval’s courtroom drama

In his defamation case against caravan magazine, Vivek Doval was cross-questioned about links to a firm named in the ‘Paradise Papers’. He denied knowing cayman islands is a tax haven National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son, Vivek Doval, was cross-examined for three consecutive days at the Rouse Avenue District Court House complex last week. This […]

Inventors at work

One innovation will tackle cancer more effectively and affordably; the other is a solar-powered water pump which would help farmers cut costs Not everyone needs to be a mad scientist, working in a laboratory alone till the wee hours, dishevelled, abandoning all things soap-based. They can be students like the ones from IITs and IISCs […]

Another bill rushed through

Trans activist Rachna Mudraboyina points out various issues with the Transgender Bill that has been passed by the Lok Sabha Amidst the noise about Article 370 being scrapped in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019. It was introduced on July 19 and Minister of State for […]

A journey to remember

Sushma Swaraj’s was a remarkable journey of emerging as one of the key women voices in the right-of-centre stream of Indian politics It was 2000, the turn of the present century. A leading Left-leaning academic in Delhi University was delivering the usual rambling lecture, meandering from Marxist theorist Louis Althusser’s work to radical feminist concerns. […]

Larger than life

Sheila Dikshit shaped Delhi and people’s lives in significant ways. Her absence is as powerful as was her presence This is not an obituary of Sheila Dikshit, former chief minister of Delhi for 15 years, who died last month. It’s a story of a journalist’s first meaningful interaction with a powerful politician. It was a […]

Court mulling medical use of cannabis

Bangalore-based NGO The Great Legalisation Movement is challenging the criminalisation and prohibition of cannabis (bhang) use in India. Its petition in the Delhi High Court specifically challenges the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985, as well as the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Rules, 1985, that restrict and […]

Truly the milk of human kindness

What happens if a mother is unable to feed her baby with her own milk, or cannot produce enough? A milk bank fills the gap Three years ago, Fortis La Femme, Delhi’s specialised hospital for women and newborns entered into a collaboration with the Breast Milk Foundation (BMF), a non-profit, to set up the first […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Chanchal Datta is quietly winning the hearts of his guests with his remarkable talent, gentleness and smile. Talking about his journey so far, he says, “My culinary career officially began after I completed my education from the Culinary Institute of India in West Bengal. I also accomplished special training with Certified Master Chef Mario […]