Nights of puja passion

The lanes of Kolkata’s Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light area, come alive during Durga Puja as the sex workers organise a one-of-a-kind puja with festive fervour Payal (name changed) is a busy woman during Bengal’s biggest festival, Durga Puja. She does everything from arranging fruits for the puja to dancing during the immersion celebration. Then she […]

How can they SLAPP?

SLAPP suits have been used to silence accusers, but time’s running out on the sexist and misogynistic status quo Tens of thousands of posts on social media and a record 10 days of the news cycle has been devoted to developments on the many high-profile men named this past week as sexual harassers in academia, […]

A medical sham

Delhi-NCR has many fake labs that do not even have the equipment to carry out blood tests. Shockingly, the clinical establishments law to regulate path labs has not yet been implemented in Delhi, pushing the diagnostic system in a mire “The report stated that I was HIV positive. I was scared for my child as […]

Hub of champions

With as many as six representatives in the bronze medal winning Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games, and more than 100 trainees every day, North Delhi’s Majnu ka Tilla is slowly emerging to be the Sepak Takraw hub of India As the clock strikes six in the morning, when most of the Delhiites are […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Harangad Singh is the Corporate Chef of Biggie Hospitality, running two popular restaurants in Gurugram— the award-winning Prankster and first of its kind, the whimsical wonderland of a restaurant called PraPraPrank. In both the restaurants, the ambience showcases his philosophy about food; it is fun, textural, appealing to the eye and above all, the food […]

From Beijing streets

China Kitchen has crafted a new menu that scores not just on authentic flavours and ingredients but also on amazing presentation For a true Chinese dining experience in a contemporary style, The China Kitchen at Hyatt Regency Delhi, fits the bill perfectly. Having served Delhi diners for 11 years, the team of six chefs headed […]

A dying pride

The Asiatic lion has only one habitat in the world – Gujarat’s Gir National Park where 23 lions have died in less than a month. This calls for immediate steps to repopulate the endangered species in an alternative abode The only surviving population of the Asiatic lion resides in Gujarat’s Gir National Park (GNP)—Prime Minister […]

Fanfiction takes wing

Where the writer stops, the fan continues writing. A whole community of like-minded people are spinning tales to keep alive their most beloved novels Can a story ever end? Does a story die? Young Arundhati Das, 21, says no. Not wanting stories by her favourite authors to ever end, she continued where the writers left […]