To pee or not to pee

When you gotta go, is it easy to find a public loo nearby? You can use Google Maps or ask around, but in the end the facilities may not be up to the mark If a CapitAL city should be a model for the rest of the country, one of the basics it has to […]

No place at the table

For 20 years, students have been denied representation on the Academic Council of Delhi University. But if murmurs become a shout and legal action succeeds, things might change in the near future The student body of Delhi University often finds itself organising protests and dharnas. This is often a last resort when pleas are ignored, […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

With food in his DNA, Chef Sahil Singh proceeded to complete his Bachelor’s of Science in Hospitality & Hotel Administration from the Institute of Hotel Management, Jodhpur in 2007. Recognised as one of the finest pan-Asian Executive Chefs in the country, he has over eight years of experience of working with the greatest chefs in […]

Tailoring lives

With all the talk about sustainability in clothing, are we being negligent by dumping our old clothes for just a minor defect that can be fixed easily by the tailor in our local market? The urge to buy a new outfit is difficult to resist, especially if one is surfing apparel shops online, which is […]

Don’t let your bones weaken

Brittle bones are quite common among women of a certain age – only because there is little awareness of the highly preventable nature of this condition Older women are often told to make sure that they are getting enough calcium in their diet — if not, they should take supplements. Not many women are convinced […]

Together, we stand

Meet Zuber and Yasmin, the Muslim couple fighting for women to be allowed into mosques. The Supreme Court said it might hear the plea due to its Sabarimala judgement, and asked the Centre to respond When Zuber and Yasmin got married in Pune back in 1999, little did they know that one day they’d be […]

A booth too far

Migrants tend to miss their opportunity to cast their vote due to job compulsions. And this is true of labourers as well as white collar executives India has a colossal inter-state migration, which makes it a melting pot of cultures and people. In such a situation, with the mammoth task of getting at least 83 […]

Back alley with little hope

Lutyens Delhi has a shanty town right behind Rahul Gandhi’s residence. What do those living in such deplorable conditions keep in mind when casting their votes? There is a cluster of 250 shanties called JJ Tughlak Lane Camp just behind Rahul Gandhi’s bungalow, 12 Tughlak Lane. Actually, it is situated in the lane that separates […]