Coughing, choking, gasping!

With every breath, we inhale heavy metals like nickel, lead, silicon and manganese. No wonder, the number of patients suffering from respiratory issues is on the rise With no previous history of respiratory ailments, 52-year-old Keshav Mohanan began complaining of persistent cough and breathing issues in November when the air pollution in Delhi reached unprecedented […]

We the people

No jubilation here: R-Day has little meaning in the lives of the working class, even 69 years after we got sovereignity While the middle class rues that Republic Day falls on Saturday this time, which is anyway an off day for most, in the informal sector, not many people can enjoy a holiday. The working […]

Corporate deceit

What price should be put on multinationals violating our environmental laws? The Rs 100 crore fine on Volkwagen is a mere drop, says petitioners In 2015, millions of car owners of Volkswagen woke up to the news that their German engineered car was one enabled to cheat its consumer. This was a major piece of […]

Delhi Policewali

Netflix release Soni is an honest take on a woman in a position of power struggling to find space in a man’s world Which Indian woman hasn’t heard of the familiar trick of applying sindoor (vermilion) in the parting of our hair as an acceptable measure to ward of sexual harassment? After the December 16 […]

Using data for good

Even if the Internet trend is being mined for facial recognition data, it’s beneficial to further machine learning 2019’s first Internet trend has probably been the #10YearChallenge, which encourages people to post contrasting images of themselves today compared to what they looked like 10 years ago. As with everything, activists who like to visualise an […]

Easy targets

The year 2019 has already seen two train robberies, despite promises in Parliament and performance audits that flag the vulnerable spots Two robberies on trains in the first three weeks of this year remind us of the old days when dacoits on horses used to raid trains — and remind us how unsafe our trains […]

Unlucky, Oye?

Car theft is rampant in some parts of Delhi, even if police stations are a stone’s throw away. So if you are unlucky enough to find your car missing, don’t expect it to be ever found or the auto thieves to be caught If you ever happen to travel to Prashant Vihar, Rohini, keep your […]

In service of Bharat Mata

Only five freedom fighters are still alive in Delhi. Patriot visits two of them, In their nineties now, Bharti Choudhry and Lajpat Rai Yadav, to record their memories “Maa ne uniform pehnaya aur kaha hamare baarein mein kabhi mat sochna. Ab tum Bharat Maa ki beti ho,” (Ma put me in uniform and said, ‘Don’t […]