No longer a criminal

With the law decriminalising suicide coming into effect on May 29, those who are depressed will have a better shot at coming out in the open and seeking help It was as early as the age of three that Sanchana Krishnan’s parents noticed how she struggled to sleep at night, talking to herself, trying to […]

Metro must prevent harassment

It was around 9 pm. I was travelling from Rajiv Chowk to Kirti Nagar Metro station. In my coach, I witnessed a disturbing incident: Two boys were constantly teasing a girl. The girl tried to protest, but the boys kept on harassing her. They were even touching her hair. The girl warned them, sternly saying, […]

Hows and whys of autoimmune disease

My interest in autoimmune disease started 10 years ago — not as a doctor, but as a patient. I went to a dermatologist to have my moles (collection of melanocytes) removed by laser therapy. I had been told it could lead to melanoma (skin cancer). Long story short, the laser treatment was not done properly, […]

DEATH OF THE INVISIBLE

When an unidentified body is found on the streets of Delhi, a post-mortem is supposed to be conducted but police say family members become agitated if this is done. A look at this curious situation On May 14, a brutal killing was discovered in the DTC park near Shanti Van area of New Delhi. What […]

Opening up of cantonments

Nirmala Sitharaman’s decision is not only a serious security breach but also has deeply hurt pro-Army lobbies in the country With one nod of her head, Nirmala Sitharaman has caused the greatest divide between the armed forces and civilian community in the country in the nation’s 70-year history. Social media is abuzz with pro- and […]

Marvellous world

Fans of comics love graphic novels as much as ever, but the cinematic renditions have the younger generation in thrall To say that the DC and Marvel Universes have made a significant and somewhat quick segway into the Indian mind would be an understatement. From the release of the first few Batman, Superman and Spiderman […]

The racism chronicle

With a short film that had its world premiere at Festival de Cannes this year, Delhi boy Akshun Abhi, now based in Los Angeles, is on a high The film that took Akshun Abhi, all of 24 years, and the team of 7 Rounds to Cannes is based on last year’s Kansas racial killing in […]

‘Not without my daughter’

This is a story that deserves a happy ending but for that, the apathy of society and the administration will have to be overcome. Will a mother’s cry be heard? This is a story of a mother who lost her daughter. It is not the first such story in the world, and definitely not the […]