College sees chaos as top functionaries feud

Dyal Singh College Principal IS Bakshi refuses to accept his “illegal” suspension by BJP-affiliated chairman Amitabh Sinha. an fir has been lodged at the police station On Monday, the morning of September 24, the students, faculty, working staff and even the principal of Dyal Singh (Morning) College stood outside the college premises, caught by surprise […]

Not by law alone

The Right to Education Act will only achieve its goals if fee-paying parents participate in the process of making disadvantaged children and their families feel socially included If one moves out of one’s bubble of the immediate neighbourhood, one can observe a diverse group of people. Take a stroll a couple of blocks down and […]

Outrage in the sewer pits

What will it take for the government to effect a complete ban on manual scavenging? “They offered him Rs 500 and made him enter the sewer,” recalls Suraj Kala. Her 22-year-old son Armaan entered the sewer and never returned. “He was given no safety gear,” she says. A resident of Ludhiana, Suraj Kala along with […]

Myth of the ‘bad touch’

The assumption that all children and adolescents experience guilt, shame, and fear, when abused, is not true Educating children to help them protect themselves from sexual abuse uses the ‘good touch bad touch’ paradigm. The basic assumption of such nomenclature is that children feel scared, ashamed, and even guilty when they are touched in their […]

Shout from the rooftops!

The government is doing its bit to make institutions in the Capital run on solar energy. What would really be a gamechanger was if ordinary citizens took the initiative to generate solar energy “Ever since solar panels have been installed in our school, we’ve been saving almost 30 per cent on the electricity bill,” says […]

Unsung soldiers

As the Swachch Bharat mission enters its fifth year on October 2, a salute to the army of ragpickers who work tirelessly to keep the city clean and segregate waste to fuel the informal recycling industry. Surprisingly, they have no government support Meet Ram Mugra, 42 years of age, who has been ragpicking since he […]

Lust, actually

A bachelor who has been barred by some of his married friends from visiting their homes reacts to the decriminalisation of adultery I’m an ideal candidate for adultery as I have been an eligible bachelor for now over a decade, earn enough, paint nudes and prescribe a bohemian lifestyle. That’s what some of my married […]

APPLY APPLY NO REPLY

With substandard engineering colleges mushrooming across the country, students are finding it increasingly difficult to get jobs. Many end up turning to other professions or prepare for competitive exams What do parents first say when their child is born? “Hope he/she becomes an engineer or a doctor?” This might sound like a ludicrous exaggeration but […]