Caged for life

As the consumption of poultry products grows by the day, we need to look into how hens are being treated in cages the size of an A4 sheet At 16 weeks, they are ready to lay eggs. At 72 weeks, they are disposed of. Trait selected chicks yield 320 to 360 eggs a year, while […]

Defamation, misrepresentation, whitewash

Netflix series Delhi Crime, it turns out, was only loosely based on the official case files of the Nirbhaya rape case. The real-life patrol officer who called the Police Control room is not even in the picture, while the SHO and Nirbhaya’s friend say they have been defamed On a scorching afternoon, with the sun […]

Mathura revels in Hema’s star power

On the campaign trail in her constituency Mathura, Hema Malini delivers stereotypical dialogues and sticks to the script of promoting Modi as the only PM who can save India from Pakistan Hema Malini’s two-storey home in Vrindavan is the only evidence she needs, it seems, to show that she is a ‘Vrindavasi’ and not an […]

Encashing cult status

Kamal Haasan is canvassing for his candidates while saving himself for Assembly elections, but observers are treating him with caution Emerging out of the sun-roof of his SUV, Kamal Haasan seems fresh and ready for the next 15 days of election campaigning under the merciless Tamil Nadu sun. However, he didn’t seem to have anything […]

Smart thinking

Discussions on Master Plan 2041 have thrown up the need for a city where people drive less, use more public transport and exercise the option to walk Can you see Delhi as being Singapore? That is Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s promise if the Capital is given statehood. But even as Master Plan 2021 nears its […]

Adopted but neglected

Manoj Tiwari adopted Kadipur village in North East Delhi to be a model for development. In 2017, it became Delhi’s first free wi-fi village. But basic struggles continue to plague the area In one corner of North East Delhi, far from any metro station or bus route, lies the small village known as Kadipur. Delhi’s […]

The banking crisis fed unemployment

Whichever party comes to power in 2019 must pay attention to the Non-Performing assets With the election season heating up, one issue that is garnering limelight in the electoral fight is unemployment. There is significant rural distress and an obvious lack of jobs and employment creation, especially in rural areas. The government is trying its […]

Triangular contest

VK Singh is playing the army card in Ghaziabad. The SP-BSP alliance is concentrating on local issues. If the Dalit-Muslim-Yadav alliance forms, BJP is in trouble Ghaziabad is an important constituency, which is represented by former Army Chief VK Singh — who had won by a record margin of more than 5 lakh votes — […]