It’s a long drive home

The dark clouds hovering over NCR’s home buyers now have a silver lining, as some of their issues are being resolved in court. But by and large, possession is still not visible on the horizon “It is nothing less than robbery,” says Raj Jha, an IT professional who was promised possession of his dream home […]

Unfailing pressure

Many students who fail their exams go into depression, some even commit suicide. But several reasons can lead to this failure, which does not indicate a bleak future Ramesh (name changed), a student of a reputed private school in Gurgaon, was never good in studies. Rather he was always fond of playing cricket. “He was […]

Enabling judgement

Medical colleges can no longer shut the door on students with certain types of disability, as the Medical Council of India sought to do. The High Court has upheld their rights In August this year, four aspiring medical students with low vision, hearing impairments, specific learning disabilities and disabilities to do with blood disorder were […]

AFSPA and the way forward

The armed forces, the government and the Supreme Court have not focused on the refinement of the AFSPA On September 10, the unprecedented petition of 356 officers and soldiers against the dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), without specific amendment to that effect—and the perceived prosecution and persecution by the CBI for […]

Cooking up a living

Single mothers from Afghanistan are striving hard to make a living in Delhi with a catering startup. But with orders falling short, they find themselves engaged in a grim battle against poverty Khatera began working in a hotel when she came to Delhi but lost the job when the hotel closed down. She then took […]

Unhealthy exclusion

Delhi government’s decision to increase reservation for the locals in GTB Hospital, to be implemented from September 15, has evoked strong reactions. Outstation patients might get elbowed out unless more beds are created A 57-year-old man from Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) who has a urinary bladder tumour; a 32-year-old man from Kanakpur village (Bikaspur, UP) who […]

Mishmash bhasha

Succumbing to the hybrid culture of Delhi, people have blended several dialects to create a concoction of amusing words and slang ‘Gorom Lagche’ is the cool new lingo of the town. Women’s social media platform, iDiva, has given the Bengali term a new meaning. Anything that requires appreciation is affirmed with the expression that actually […]

Unsocial medium

Remote in hand, Facebook decides at will when to move swiftly to block activists and when to let communal posts get ample play before suspending accounts Facebook is getting flak for not doing enough to stop fake news, and at the same time going out of its way to assuage those people who get pinched […]