Inter-faith imbroglio

An extract from House of Discord by Sadiqa Peerbhoy, set in 1992 Mumbai, where the life of a family gets inextricably tangled due to the communal riots sweeping the city He jammed his foot on the accelerator. Thankfully the rush-hour traffic had dwindled down and he could speed towards Kala Ghoda where Salma was waiting […]

Taxi journalism and Bajrangbali

India has a history of festivals spreading to different parts of the country either for greater cultural interaction or political mobilisation Mornings in a large part of the Hindi heartland often reverberate with chaupaiis (verses) of poet-saint Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas. In one of the most widely sung and popular verses, Tulsidas runs out of possible simile […]

Story time in the village

Libraries run by an NGO in seven Rajasthan villages are not only encouraging children to read beyond textbooks but also create their own stories It takes a certain thoughtfulness to not miss the resemblance of a scalloped leaf with an imaginative form of human heart and also name it Lokesh. If you read the full […]

MR MAMAGOTO’S NEW AVATAR

The new outlet at Cyberhub has added world street food to the Japanese menu to catch the attention of office-goers Mamagoto caught the fancy of the college-goers when it opened at Khan Market. Now it has a new incarnation. As per Wikipedia, Mamagoto is an interactive, context-aware Japanese dining system which encourage kids to ‘play’ […]

DRYING UP

The UN World Water Development Report 2018 paints an alarming picture of India’s plight by 2050, a result both of climate change and population growth A new report released by Unesco makes grim reading. It shows that the water crisis will be intensifying across India by 2050. Central India is staring at deepening water scarcity […]

WILL PAK POLL BE FREE AND FAIR?

In a fair election, his party the PMLN would be in a pole position. If it doesn’t manage to get a simple majority, it would at least be the single largest party Despite being badly wounded and pushed into a corner, the tiger (election symbol of Nawaz Sharif’s party and his own image among his […]

CRIMINAL MINDSETS

Encounter killings will hardly be able to decriminalise UP if the chief minister continues to extricate the BJP’s own legislators accused of crimes as heinous as rape and murder The BJP-government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh seems to have been caught into its own web. Taking in turncoats having criminal antecedents […]

SUMMER ACTION

The heat is around the corner ad so are the holidays. Don’t waste these precious weeks, especially as the capital bristles with opportunities Summer holidays should be spent in having fun while also learning something new. With schools piling up students with homework one might want to look at some activity that doesn’t make you […]