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Proma Chakraborty -October 2, 2020

After months of ordering in, finally got the chance to revisit Delhi’s go-to place for Chinese cuisine, Bercos, which as expected was a pleasurable visit    Ask anyone in the city and they will tell you that Bercos is almost synonymous with good pocket-friendly Chinese. From ordering in to just dropping by in one of […]

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Sashikala VP -September 30, 2020

Girls in the capital city still struggle to get education beyond 8th grade, yet less than 13% of the Centre’s scheme to promote education of the girl child was used When Maya saw the status of girls’ education in her neighbourhood in South Delhi’s Jasola, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She […]

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MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -September 30, 2020

When it comes to pollution in Delhi, it seems slum dwellers are being held accountable while the affluent escape scrutiny for their lifestyles which create it   In a recent order, the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of 48,000 slum dwellings located in safety zones, around 140 km of railway tracks, of Delhi. The order […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 30, 2020

Turning the lockdown into an opportunity, Tanmoy Samanta gave new life to everyday objects through his art Chair, comb, telephone, sewing machine – the most mundane domestic things lying around in the house, aren’t just so ordinary for artist Tanmoy Samanta. During the pandemic, staying at home, these regular objects are not restricted to being […]

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MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -September 29, 2020

As people start commuting for work, Patriot’s survey of public toilets in Delhi-NCR shows that you are more likely to come across a dirty one than a clean one. As for slum dwellers, they still go for open defecation even in ‘posh’ South Delhi In a small slum of 20-25 families in Nizamuddin lives 40-year-old […]

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Mihir Srivastava -September 29, 2020

As Delhi is limping back to normalcy despite the rising number of Covid cases, more and more people are using public transport. Whether they are safe is anyone’s guess In a complex metropolis like Delhi, it’s difficult to categorically say if public transport is safe as the number of Covid-19 cases spikes again. But people […]

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Proma Chakraborty -October 18, 2019

For anyone living in the Capital, the first thought that comes to their mind when they hear the word ‘magenta’ would be the Metro lines. Taking a cue from this and paying a tribute to the same, Centre for Art and Free Expression (CAFE) in Jamia Nagar named their gallery space Gallery Magenta.

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Meghnad S -September 13, 2019

Millennials need to realise that it’s all their fault. All of it

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