CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Om Nayak, Executive Chef and Co-Founder, The Pasta Bowl Company Chef Om Nayak is an award-winning chef, restaurateur and a true culinary explorer. He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2009 with Chef Om’s Hospitality, where he consults for various successful hospitality businesses and has added a feather each for creating reputed ventures all across […]

‘Stalking must be made a non-bailable offence’

Although many amendments have been introduced in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), stalking is still a bailable offence. Since the problem is so pervasive in nature, a private bill was introduced by Dr Shashi Tharoor, MP, was presented in the Lok Sabha on August 3. Patriot reached out to the office of Dr Tharoor for […]

Stray thoughts

The spread of infections in monsoons brings a large number of animals to animal welfare centres in Delhi that are finding it increasingly difficult to handle the situation “An animal shelter is a very heartbreaking place,” said Ambika Shukla, Director of the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre (SGACC), to someone over the phone. We know […]

Why the bill is needed

One man, and three cases of leading people into slavery. one of the reasons why a strong antitrafficking law is essential for the vulnerable The importance of a strong anti-trafficking law can be seen with the recent case of rescued bonded labourers. The recruiter, Ashok Reddy, is a serial offender, with two pending trials against […]

Vicious cycle of life

The death of a rickshaw puller’s three children highlights the failings of a welfare state that lacks the compassion to tackle a family wracked by alcoholism, mental illness and neglect of kids The life of rickshaw pullers is anything but easy. Inclement weather does not deter them from lugging a passenger to their destination, not […]

Go climb a mountain

Living in the city, it is easy to romanticise the adventure sport of climbing mountains. Here’s some advice from those who have been there, done that “My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so,” late George Mallory, an English mountaineer, once said. He died at the early […]

What the oddballs do

There are people who devote their lives to the pursuit of records. From sleeping with scorpions to eating glass, they do it all We live in a strange world where eccentrics and oddballs are out to establish new records, not for some glorious individual achievement, but for things which a sensible and level-headed person would […]

Horror tales from shelter homes

Terrifying tales of sexual misconduct from women shelter homes across different states have sent shock waves throughout India The recent rescue of 24 girls from a shelter home in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh amid allegations of a sex racket thriving on its premises has sent shock waves across the state, coming as it does […]