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 […]

Misconceptions

Men’s reluctance to use contraception has pushed women into opting for measures that are injurious to health, despite rising levels of education “There are times when I’ve told my husband to get sterilised. I have already had two surgeries for our babies, I don’t want another surgery”. But 33-year-old Reena Lal’s* husband, has given her […]

It happens every month

It’s high time we stopped treating the topic of menstruation as a taboo in front of men, and stopped keeping napkins under wraps I was nervous, but still proceeded towards the medicine shop. It was full of men — not a single woman was present. I left behind all my hesitations and finally asked for […]

Killing it in a man’s world

To celebrate international Women’s Day, this entire edition is devoted to the women who are breaking new ground, refusing to be confined to the stereotypical roles Playing with fire SHUBHAM BHATIA When Taniya Sanyal from Kolkata was doing her Master’s in botany, she had no idea that one day she would become the first woman […]

Period: Start of a journey

After the documentary Period: End of Sentence won an Oscar, Patriot visits Kathikeda village to find a lot has changed for its women About 100 km from the city of Delhi, in a small district called Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, there’s a small village called Kathikheda. Over the past few days, visitors have been pouring […]