2033: Not a drop to drink

This will be Delhi’s fate just 15 years from now. So says the NITI Aayog, and also cautions that ground water aquifers are drying up Delhi is looking into the face of disaster, where taps will run dry, and people will kill each other for a bucket of water. NITI Aayog’s most recent warning in […]

The cult of violence

Shujaat Bhukhari’s death carries with it the burden of all the human tragedies and ugly brutalities of a conflict The sight of Shujaat Bukhari’s metal coffin carried by a posse of men, amid the streaming rows of people walking in a procession on the narrow lanes of Kreeri, from his ancestral house to the graveyard […]

Dusty Delhi

Heat and dust of Delhi are real problems. All-pervasive dust has ensured Delhi remains the most polluted city in the world, whether it’s winter or summer. Is there a solution? Delhi remains the most polluted city of the world, irrespective of whether it’s winters or summers. This year has been uncharacteristically bad. Last week, a […]

Women-only pools?

The government has made a splash with new ideas to improve safety of women passengers who use Uber and Ola cabs. Patriot meets riders to find out pros and cons of the proposed features AT first, it seems like a good idea. Like ladies’ compartments in trains, women’s coaches in the Metro, and ladies’ special […]

Read, eat, play

The Grammar Room For a person who is passionate about books, games, food and coffee, can there be any place better than that which offers all of them? The Grammar Room (TGR), a charming hideout within the premises of Mehrauli’s ‘Olive Bar and Kitchen’, is the go-to place when you need to be by yourself […]

Passionate chronicler

Rana Safvi’s book The Forgotten Cities of Delhi is a reminder of our composite culture, manifested in art, music, culture and architecture of the past 1,500 years An outsider is out to reveal the hidden secrets of Delhi, with much success and in quicktime. Rana Safvi’s association with Delhi started only in 2012, when she […]

Journey unto self

Britta Petersen is one of those yoga practitioners who didn’t need an international celebration to kickstart her journey into spirituality. The journalist, social worker and entrepreneur was always a seeker of nirvan Britta Petersen was a Nirvana seeker from an early age. She has tried many things in her quest for enlightenment. In the process, […]

Age is just a number

A number of senior citizens don’t believe that retirement is an option. And keep working tirelessly to give back to society Vimla Kaul, 83, has been tirelessly working towards educating under-privileged children. Her school-cum-learning centre Guldasta at Madanpur Khadar is where she is providing education, free of cost, for 23 years. She shares with us […]