Matronly malaise

Patriot speaks to two mothers who became overweight for different reasons — as obesity in the current generation of homemakers is predicted to increase “My aim used to be to get myself across the 4-metre mark in long jump. It was an exhilarating feeling. I never felt more alive than when I was doing that,” […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Vinod Saini’s confidence and creativity comes with 29 years of experience in fine dining restaurants and luxury hotels in India and Canada. He began his career with The Oberoi group of hotels in India, at their flagship hotel in New Delhi in 1989, with stints in the French restaurant, all-day dining and the signature […]

Fine feathers

The décor suggests adjectives like grand, gigantic and glorious while the menu has been crafted to impress the partying crowd — global as well as local What happens when a pro restauranteur dreams of a project which would be the ultimate in his culinary kitty, which would seem larger than life and remain up there […]

My date with Sheila Dikshit

She was at the helm for all my growing up years, making the city a better place for future generations As a journalist, one should be able to look beyond the personality to be able to decipher what the interviewee is all about. For me, this was to be tested while encountering the chief minister […]

Veils emerging from the shadows of men

Very few women from Chandni Chowk can be seen in public spaces, unaccompanied by men. But some of them have broken the shackles to find work and even to go for Haj to Saudi Arabia Chandni Chowk is in shambles, and yet it continues to be as vibrant a shopping centre as ever. Civic works, […]

A tragedy in Mewat

In the aftermath of a Dalit girl’s abduction and rape, rumours and media disinformation plague Haryana’s Nuh At about 6 am on July 7, 12-year-old Aparna (name changed) bicycled to a nearby small dairy farm in the unremarkable town of Nuh in Haryana’s Mewat. A day before, the girl had asked her grandmother to make […]

The trees are gone but not forgotten

The ongoing redevelopment in Sarojini Nagar has brought major changes in the lives of two families whose children spent their entire childhood in the area. Here they revisit the past and tell Patriot how much the area’s trees and plants matter to them The vine from which he used to pluck grapes has disappeared. The […]

Last mile blues

Lack of transport from residences, offices and markets to the nearest Metro station puts women’s safety at risk, especially at night. Solutions are not yet in sight It was around eight in the evening, when Jaya Sudha was walking home from the market she had stopped off at in Dwarka on her way home from […]