Gateways to heaven

Book exchange events and websites are giving avid readers the opportunity to find books they always wanted to read by creating innovative book banks Bibliophiles will attest to how heart-wrenching it is when a book comes to an end. What feels worse is when one actually runs out of material to read or when one […]

The foreign calling

Killer pollution, eternal corruption, social despair and economic frailty are some of the reasons why indians do not mind spending thousands on an english profiency test In October, Priyanka Mathur*, who works in a multinational company, made a third attempt at the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), a global test of language proficiency. She […]

Fatal fracas

A thorough investigation of South Delhi boy Mohammad Azeem’s death derails the ‘mob lynching’ narrative. The truth is that a scuffle between minors took a nasty turn As recorded on the CCTV camera installed in the Jamia Faridiya Madrasa compound and related by three of Azeem’s friends, a scuffle broke out between two groups of […]

Fake Aadhaar aids abuse

‘Unique’ identities are forged to prove that the children labouring in sweat shops are not minors The dusty lanes not too far from New Delhi railway station – the lifeline connecting all of India to the national capital – leads to the wholesale and manufacturing units of Nabi Karim. When you walk into its heart, […]

Banking on politics

It’s in Modi’s best interests to not meddle in the working of the central bank The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Narendra Modi government are at loggerheads. Media reports now suggest that the government has been sending letters to the RBI under Section 7 of the RBI Act, 1934. As per this section: […]

Tall to tallest

The tallest statue in the world — the Statue of Unity — was unveiled recently. Patriot revisits the making of the Statue of Liberty, which stands at half its size, but was the greatest engineering marvel of its time Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the gigantic statue of Sardar Patel on his […]

The Selfitis Syndrome

The obsession with taking selfies has proved fatal time and again, but the trend is far from dying out. In fact, its gravity has only been increasing with several physical and mental risks attached to it “There have been times when I’ve made cab drivers wait because I could not get the perfect selfie before […]

Top of the morning

‘Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper’. This proverb is often heard when Indians are advised to change their eating habits. so Here’s where the early bird can get a royal repast Breakfast doesn’t have to always be a hurried bread-omelette or idli-sambar. On weekends and holidays, head out and […]