No language barrier

Veteran Hindi journalists, despite having no knowledge of Urdu, churn out a leading Urdu daily under the leadership of Arshad Faridi India’s composite culture never fails to amaze. A good example is the leading Urdu daily Mera Watan. This Urdu newspaper is run by Hindi journalists, most of whom can’t read or write Urdu script. […]

Don’t take out your vehicle

How much blame for Delhi’s polluted air can be attributed to vehicles? Patriot talks to an expert to find out In the middle of the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that Delhi will be free of all kinds of pollution in three years. He also claimed that […]

Our CM is unsafe

Despite nine attacks on Arvind Kejriwal, his security has not been beefed up. Nobody in Delhi Police can locate the case file, which must be lying in cupboard tied in red tape Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal feels unsafe. And there are reasons for it. Nine times he […]

Why Delhi is so power hungry

Delhi keeps beating its own record for highest electricity consumption as more and more people opt for air-conditioners. Patriot explores the reasons why Being in Delhi during the summer is like living in an oven, with occasional breaths of cool air when someone opens the door. No wonder, Delhi’s electricity demand in peak summer has […]

Running dry

Not many Delhiites would like the comparison with Karachi but both cities are on the verge of acute water shortage, as a study by journalism students of the crisis on both sides of the border shows A usual day in the urban slums of India and Pakistan starts with uncertainty among residents, as they wait […]

KITTY SU STORY TELLING SESSIONS

Keshav Suri’s establishment Kitty Su, has adopted a practice only seen in the West this far. The drag queens performing at his club are now conducting story telling sessions for young children, and interacting with them as their drag personas “My favourite colour is the whole rainbow!” a little child had exclaimed excitedly when asked […]

You’ve GOT male

Game of Thrones stayed true to its sexism, which was apparent in the first few seasons and reached its peak in the final episode, when a boy-man got the crown Did we really believe that a woman would be made the Queen of the seven kingdoms? Yes. Did they cheat all of us when they […]

Of lives and loves

This slim book of poems holds up a mirror to the journey called life, running the gamut from despair to hope, cages to freedom, beginnings to endings Sarah B’s poetry in the anthology titled Kasturi is meditative, philosophical, giving direction to lives caught up in the city’s whirlwinds. For instance, she writes in The Journey […]