Specials

-June 28, 2025

Up and down all day: The hidden world of lift operators in Delhi high-rises

Up and down all day: The hidden world of lift operators in Delhi high-rises

The undimensional life of Delhi's lift operators is mostly dreary, but every once in a while, it's punctuated with interesting episodes

-June 27, 2025

Delhi demolitions: Thousands left homeless despite court stays and housing promises

Delhi demolitions: Thousands left homeless despite court stays and housing promises

Despite stay orders and policy promises, bulldozers have razed hundreds of houses across parts of the city, including Bhoomiheen Camp, Jailorwala Bagh, and Madrasi Camp, displacing thousands of financially disadvantaged families

-June 26, 2025

Despite machines, manual scavenging, only 70% of desilting finished in Delhi

Despite machines, manual scavenging, only 70% of desilting finished in Delhi

Stormwater drains filled with sewage continue to be cleaned manually despite prohibition and government's claims of modernisation

-June 22, 2025

Between survival and suspicion: Bengali-speaking ‘illegal immigrants’ in Delhi battle deportation fear

Between survival and suspicion: Bengali-speaking ‘illegal immigrants’ in Delhi battle deportation fear

Amid a Delhi Police crackdown on illegal immigrants, people living in South East Delhi’s Kanchan Kunj, claiming to be Assamese citizens, are struggling to make ends meet

-June 21, 2025

Total recall: The forgotten victims of the 1972 JAL crash in Delhi

Total recall: The forgotten victims of the 1972 JAL crash in Delhi

At Delhi’s Royal Cemetery, a lonely black sandstone memorial reminds visitors of a plane crash that shook two continents and remains shrouded in mystery

-June 16, 2025

Delhi: Fight to reclaim monuments goes on

Delhi: Fight to reclaim monuments goes on

Only two of nine protected sites freed despite notices and demolitions

-June 13, 2025

Seeing the self: Transgender persons in Delhi find hope in surgery, but hurdles remain

Seeing the self: Transgender persons in Delhi find hope in surgery, but hurdles remain

The Capital is seeing a rise in gender affirmation surgeries, but bureaucratic delays, social stigma and lack of support infrastructure continue to plague access and outcomes

-June 12, 2025

Plan to clean Yamuna by diverting Ganga water draws experts’ flak

Plan to clean Yamuna by diverting Ganga water draws experts’ flak

Experts slam the move as ecologically flawed and a cover-up for decades of mismanagement by successive governments