Up on a tasteful terrace

Pita pockets and bajra tacos are just two of the glocal cuisine items on the menu at this Air Bar Why is it called Air Bar, I wondered as I entered the restaurant interestingly done on the theme of World War II with bunker-style décor. I got my answer when I was escorted to the […]

When speed kills

It’s not an exception but a trend: inebriated rich brats drive their expensive luxury car rashly, and often end up killing people. Most cases go unreported Two weeks ago, 51-year-old Turkmenistan national Gulshat Alijanova was killed, three others were critically injured when a speeding Bentley car banged an auto-rickshaw she was travelling in. The speeding […]

A discovery of rural India

Varun Gandhi’s magnum opus is a comprehensive and anguished exploration of the missed opportunities and botched policies that have kept the marginal farmer mired in debt and deprivation The timing of this book is serendipitous, for a BJP Member of Parliament comes out with a book on the rural economy in the same winter that […]

Surgical scamster on the run

The kidney racket that was busted three years ago in Delhi seems to have shifted to Kanpur with its kingpin a Kolkata man who was nabbed earlier and is out on bail recently in Kanpur and six people were arrested in connection with it. This racket seems to have a link with the 2016 kidney […]

Thru thick and thin

Body shaming those who weigh on the lower side is just as bad as giving diet advice to those who have an air of prosperity Matchstick. Toothpick. Stick-like. Malnourished. Skeletal. These are a few words that were often ‘jokingly’ used to address me when I was in school. Since weight is the most important aspect […]

The Insta chronicles

Politicians have taken to Instagram like ducks to water. This social media platform allows them to post a plethora of images to project their personalities Move over Facebook and Twitter, photo sharing platform Instagram is more happening in the world of social media. Celebrities from all over the world post pictures on a regular basis […]

How to tackle the dreaded flu

About 12,000 people have been infected with swine flu this winter, including 2,278 in Delhi. It’s high time everyone learnt how to take precautions and manage it when it strikes Swine flu – the very name is so offputting that one doesn’t want to have anything to do with it. So let’s call it by […]

Over or under?

A recent survey of Delhi government’s Planning Department concluded that pedestrians prefer subways over foot over-bridges. However, Patriot finds that the real picture is different Forty stairs, 19,120 users and “too many beggars and junkies.” These are the vital statistics for a foot over-bridge (FOB) adjacent to ISBT Kashmere Gate in a Planning Department survey. […]