With professors continuing their anti-autonomy protest, the evaluation process has been stalled and is affecting final year students What is the link between the latest Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) protests and exam paper evaluation? In their latest attempt to draw the attention of the university administration and the University Grants Commission, the teachers have […]

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An English girl adopted a lower middle class family residing in Delhi as her own – and lived happily for a year before things went awry A 23-year-old girl who grew up in London came to Delhi in the early summers of 2015. Mary (name changed on request) was fresh out of college and sought […]

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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 […]

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This is the story of freelance foreign journalists who adopt India as their home and grow rich in experience Delhi is one of the most difficult cities to live, perhaps, that’s what make it intense — and in some measure, engaging — to some free souls drifting across the globe. Like some of the freelance […]

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I have recently moved into a rented accommodation in Sant Nagar, East of Kailash because of its proximity to my office in Greater Kailash. I was told that water supply in the area would be erratic but there are motors and automated systems in place to ensure every house gets water. While the first month […]

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I am 33, and live with my parents, both retired bureaucrats, in an independent house in Noida. I drive on all working days to Gurugram, where I am a senior functionary in a call centre. I spend about three hours, on average, in my Hyundai I-20, negotiating traffic to and back from work. I have […]

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With over 8,000 cases in 2017, incidents of snatching continue to torment the lives of Delhiites, and give major headaches to Delhi Police It was 10:30 in the morning. Ruma Ganguly was walking towards her daughter’s school in Mayur Vihar for a parent-teacher meeting. Engrossed in talking to her daughter, she did not even have […]

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French artist Michel Testard is in Delhi with an exhibition of his paintings of India created over two decades With an engineering degree from Paris followed by an MBA from INSEAD, Michel Testard never knew he would end up as a painter in India. One visit to the country, and he was inspired to go […]

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