Bonanza for Dwarka

The residential township is getting some glamorous additions – a diplomatic enclave and a convention centre With a Diplomatic Enclave under construction and Asia’s second largest convention centre being constructed, Dwarka may become a big hub for entertainment and international events. Under clear blue skies, on barren land, a few construction workers are seen constructing […]

Hack that!

The Cyber Cell is struggling to ward off cyber crimes with their limitation in terms of manpower and training, which resulted in 80% of the cases remaining unsolved Throughout the year 2018, a number of states in India had been targeted with cyber frauds. And as it turns out, India ranks fourth in the list […]

Masterly ineptitude

Drafters of the Delhi master plan 2041 need to come out of their ivory tower and see how pathetic has been the implementation of the 2021 Plans Javed has wandered through the lanes of Chawri Bazaar since he was a child. Now a man in his 40s, he says there has been no improvement in […]

Sweeping away woes

The family of a sweeper, who lost both his legs to an injury he suffered while cleaning the drainage without any safety gear, is struggling to make ends meet Suman, 40, wakes up at 6 am every day, completes the household chores, prepares her dabba and leaves with her son Mohit to sweep the streets […]

A talk for the missing

A conference was recently held in the Capital to discuss the issue of missing children, child trafficking and the different measures that can be adopted to deal with the menace On a seemingly ordinary day, March 12, a discussion of mammoth importance took place. But there was a surprisingly small audience in attendance. A conference […]

A delectable war room!

I stepped in and found myself in a tube station stair that took me to an air raid shelter! Well, that was the first surprise I got that afternoon when I decided to decode a lively menu at the bar lounge decked with mysterious curios and machines. Yes, ‘Decode Air Bar’ is that war room […]

The swag machines

It’s not just tycoons and celebrities who drive luxury cars — the upper middle class is buying second-hand vehicles as if to the manor born The middle class in India is driven by aspirations, not ideology. Big cars are regarded as symbols of wellbeing, the bigger the better. A car is not merely a mode […]

Treasures from the valley

For the past few weeks, Kashmiris have faced unprecedented backlash in the country. Patriot meets craftsmen in Delhi who try and continue their work amidst the cloud that hangs As someone who has been to Kashmir as a young college student on an assignment to understand and document the lives of craftsmen there, I can […]