Tell a tale

The popularity of micro-fiction storytelling platforms is sky-high these days, with millions of people following their pages. Sustained by brand collaborations, these platforms give writers and readers a ground to connect Ashish Sharma, a 19-year-old hotel management student, started writing when he was in school. Being an introvert, he didn’t have many friends to talk […]

WHEN EXPATS DATE

Online dating sites are a convenient forum, which people use to escape from humdrum or to actively seek romantic or sexual relationships. Here are some intense experiences involving expats in Delhi Dating websites can be an exhilarating platform for finding a compatible partner. Some use these portals to indulge in sexual liaison, others think of […]

‘Patna Blues’ lets you down

The life of those who don’t make the cut should be a genre in itself Some 40 pages into Abdullah Khan’s debut novel Patna Blues (Juggernaut), you become envious of the lead character, Arif Khan. But you don’t quite empathise with or relate to him, even if you are an IAS-exam failure. By the end […]

Death by neglect

The deaths of 20 kids due to diphtheria has exposed the holes in the universal immunisation programme. Stronger action needs to be taken to fix this health disaster “Initially, he was having difficulty in breathing and soreness of throat,” says Abid, father of Wasim, a six-year-old who lost his life to diphtheria at the Maharishi […]

Raj redux

A restaurant known for authentic cuisine is bound to deliver when it hosts a Mangalorean food fest Yellow Brick Road, Vivanta Ambassador, near New Delhi’s Khan Market is always a good place for authentic cuisine in an ambience of ethnic chic. On a regular day, diners enjoy world cuisine at the cheerful, colourful and happy […]

A story of love that has no name…

A middle-aged married man talks about his relationship with another married men for the last 30 years. There’s no jealousy, ill-will or need to control… They met for the first time in their twenties, three decades ago, when they joined a training academy. They stayed there for a year to emerge as the officers of […]

Spin it like Gouri

When an air hostess with spare time on her hands takes up DJing, what you get is a role model for little girls Electronic music, EDM, turntablism and spinning, are all becoming familiar terms for music lovers. As one of the cultural hubs in the country, the national capital has seen the rise of many […]

Let the heart breathe!

To mark World Heart Day, Dr Naresh Trehan, CMD of Medanta – The Medicity and Delhi’s top cardiologist, answers questions about cardiac disease, its prevention and cure A recent report suggests that exposure to even low levels of traffic pollution can lead to heart damage. Do you agree with this finding? Yes, pollution damages the […]