Living on the edge

Kids in Gurugram’s Banjara Market are discovering the joys of education but their dreams may be crushed by the ruthless actions of civic authorities “My name is Nirjala Rajput and I want to become an IPS officer,” announces a 12-year-old girl sitting with her parents in Banjara Market, a flea market in Gurugram’s Sector 56, […]

Where lost dogs can be found

A website started by a Briton, inspired by information from the US, is now helping Indians find their pets — and for abandoned dogs to find a new home When Ian Jones, a man living in Southampton in United Kingdom, came across the estimation of lost dogs by The American Humane Association, he was flummoxed. […]

The battle for ‘one’

Because why should anyone be Number 2? While the Bharatiya Janata Party has come out as a clear winner in the Lok Sabha polls, TV channels are still battling it out among themselves on who won the TRP race when it came to reporting on general elections. Over the past 24 hours or so, major […]

Opening up a dialogue on autism

The questions and concerns of parents and caregivers of children with autism or associated spectrum disorders are being collated by researchers Born to educated parents in Mississippi, five-year-old Donald Triplett was described by his psychiatrist and physician Leo Kanner in this way: “Even at an early time he was happiest when left alone, almost never […]

Internship exposes students to mental health issues

About 4,000 Class 11 and 12 students of 250 schools completed a 6-day summer internship with Fortis School Mental Health Programme in early June. About 140 schools out of these were from Delhi-NCR, and the others from metropolitan cities. This innovative programme was initiated by famous psychiatrist Dr Samir Parikh, who heads Fortis Healthcare’s Department […]

Dark secrets of the forest

An anthropologist goes on a trek with a Naxal platoon travelling from Bihar to Jharkhand and returns with an account that portrays rampant casteism among Left-wing extremists in India In Jharkhand, a London-based professor of anthropology discovered NGO workers in Land Rovers, development funds siphoned off by local elites, votes bought during elections, corporate honchos […]

‘You’re not even gay!’

A love story almost came to an end when one of the partners suspected the other of having heterosexual affairs. Relationship status: suspended animation They met five years ago in a gymnasium in central Delhi. Jimmy was 29 years old, a petite fellow with slender limbs, with some fat accumulation around his waist. A fairly […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

With over a decade’s experience in the hospitality industry, Chef Kapil Chauhan has honed his skills handling operations for food halls, a la carte, banquets and buffets. In his new role at Soul Pantry, Chef Kapil shoulders the responsibility of overseeing the overall operations of the kitchen, leading the kitchen team and crafting new menus. […]