Stick with science

Indians need to stop glorifying the past and work towards a better future by embracing science ‘No one saw an ape turn into a man’, claimed Satyapal Singh, HRD Minister of State, while commenting on Darwinian evolution. Moreover, our country’s Science & Technology Minister himself made a comment claiming that Stephen Hawking considered theories of […]

Great food, great plating

Delhi’s pluck restaurant is a must visit if you are looking for something interesting. here’s why Pluck restaurant at Pullman, New Delhi Aerocity, has a pretty decent repertoire of modern Indian and contemporary European dishes. I am here to taste the new dishes introduced by the restaurant. The menu has some exciting dishes, the USP […]

Trauma centres

Female bonding is one of the most endearing aspects of this book, which creates a world inhabited by victims of various riots from around the country Here is a historical fiction that obsessively deals with the nightmares (literally) that took place in Delhi’s Trilokpuri, Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society and Kandhamal. Only those unaware of the fear […]

Nehruvian vibes

To mark Jawaharlal Nehru’s 54th death anniversary, it’s interesting to analyse how Hindi cinema portrayed the leader Independence had come at a time when the Hindi film industry had already emerged as the site of country’s cinematic expression in a language that was spoken and understood more widely than other languages in the country. That, […]

Online market for stolen bikes

There’s a flip side to the technological revolution — outlaws use it to their advantage. This is about how vehicles are stolen with the aid of technology Two unemployed youth in their early twenties from Loni, an industrial town on the Delhi-UP border, found a novel way of stealing bikes. This is what they did. […]

Through the lens

India, with its diverse culture, offers a variety of festivals. There are celebrations on one hand, on the other it has issue like poverty, political identity crisis and farmers’ unrest. citizens from different parts of the country try to portray such stories. Let’s have a look… Battle of colours Religious fervour Deliver us from evil […]

Monster city

ALMOST ONE CRORE PEOPLE WILL BE ADDED TO THE BURGEONING POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL CITY. WE ARE LOOKING AT CRIPPLING TRAFFIC, OVERFLOWING SLUMS, WADING THROUGH GARBAGE, AND SEWAGE ENTERING OUR FOOD “There once was a fair city, among cities of the world, the first in fame, it hath been ruined and laid desolate, to that […]

LONG LIVE CARBS!

In modern weight loss diet, carbs have never been hated this much. But is it wise? Those were much simpler and much tastier times. Breakfast would be alu paratha made in ghee with fresh butter and curds. Lunch would be a lighter dal-chawal, or if it was a weekend, then rajma-chawal. Pakodas in the evening, […]