AAP WINS BACK MLAs

As Kejriwal gets back his MLAs, ‘office of profit’ remains a contentious issue, not just in Delhi, but in other states as well In a major embarrassment to the Election Commission of India (EC), the Delhi High Court declared the disqualification of 20 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ‘bad in law’ and a violation […]

A MOTHER’S LONG, PAINFUL WAIT

Delhi Police are unable to resolve the curious murder of a young doctor by another. Is someone really powerful protecting the killer? Surrounded by boisterous executives discussing sales targets at a Starbucks store, a distraught mother of a slain doctor narrates her woes, the pain of the murder weighing heavily on her. Dr Shalini Pandey, […]

HACKING LIVES

Millions of people logging onto social media sites are not engaged in a private activity, as they imagine. They are putting themselves out in cyberspace to be exploited Nothing is private. Certainly not your time on the internet. One was afraid of surveillance by governments and policing agencies marking one’s every move. But that’s just […]

Veil lifts for Saudi women

They still crave for the rights that women in other countries have, but Prince Mohammed bin Salman deserves credit for easing restrictions Rohit Dhyani Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, 32, has said that it is for women to decide whether to wear abaya or not. His statement on women’s rights in Saudi […]

ONE STORMY NIGHT

The story of the president and the porn star brought out the worst of the US media and trolls, including the latter’s career When it was recently reported that Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen paid $130,000 in ‘hush money’ to porn star Stormy Daniels (Stephanie Clifford), presumably to buy her silence about an alleged affair […]

LOVE IS A PAVLOVIAN REFLEX

We are looking for love in the strangest places but one day it might just vanish without a trace. Here’s how to find it in safer places Love is a victim. I don’t mean the act of love. I mean the word love. It is a victim to mostly ill- composed paeans by melancholic youths […]

TASTE OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS

The presentation is not too fancy but the flavours are tempting and the fare comes at a reasonable price at foodies gourmet kitchen  For many of us, childhood was the time we enjoyed the neighbourhood restaurant’s butter chicken and dal makhni the most. It would be ordered on rare occasions like ‘good results’ or a favourite […]

‘UNSKILLED’ AND UNDERVALUED

Our craftspersons make the most beautiful work, they’re artists, but are considered ‘unskilled’ under labour laws When they collaborate with Indian designers, great products are produced for export but meagre wages are given to those who have honed their craft to the point where it can only be called exquisite. For millennials, the current craze […]