Ten years after the plastic ban…

…Delhi contributes the highest amount of plastic waste amongst all metro cities. Patriot explores what contributes to the menace When vendors in Sadar Bazar, Sabzi Mandi Azadpur and Ghazipur were slapped with a fine of approximately Rs 1 crore by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, authorities were reported as saying that zero tolerance will be […]

When Delhi fails to uphold Article 15

It’s not only nondescript villages of Uttar Pradesh where lower castes face discrimination. In Delhi too, Dalits and minorities find their rights being violated The film Article 15 has received rave reviews. People are calling it a film much needed for our times, for people to really understand the depth of discrimination that permeates India’s […]

English VS Urdu

Residents have battled for an Urdu medium school here for decades, but the EDMC ‘whimsically’ changed it to English medium last month The gate of a new three-floored school in East Delhi’s Sri Ram Colony has a message scribbled on it with chalk— “Do not park your vehicles in front of this gate”—even though a […]

What students want

Over a lakh students are vying for physcology course in 11 DU colleges. A surprisingly large number are opting for courses in the Humanities, without worrying about career prospects As the yearly admission rounds take place at The University of Delhi, there is a lot of hue and cry about the first cut-off list. As […]

Tension in Old City

Discussions fill the air on how the Hindu community ‘can’t be silent anymore’ and how ‘the time has come’ On Monday night, the usual bustle of Chandni Chowk is absent. The markets are shut and there is heavy patrolling by police officials following a series of events that took place on the night of Sunday, […]

Don’t like those sounds? It might be Misophonia

When working in the office, do you get distracted by the noise around you? Is the sound of your colleague typing hard on the keyboard disturbing? Do sounds other people don’t even notice drive you up a wall? Are you affected so much that you are close to tears or become immensely agitated? You might […]

Are we mosquito-ready?

After months of intolerable heat and soaring temperatures, comes the monsoon. But while the rains bring respite to man and beast, they also give rise to waterlogged roads and overflowing drains — a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and thus rise in vector-borne diseases. In 2018, the number of dengue cases reported in Delhi was 1,020 […]

Farewell parties on TV news channels

Cries of sham, drama, the Khan Market gang — channels had it all in their coverage of rahul’s departure WHEN Rahul Gandhi formally resigned, it sent our TV news studio warriors into a tizzy. While most Congressmen gave heavy, sad quotes as if someone had died and Bharatiya Janata Party folks were outraged about his […]