Is it greed or need?

With every country competing to exploit scarce natural resources, a time will come when humanity as a whole pays the price for our mindless pursuit of profit, writes ecologist Bane Singh in his new book Environmentalist Bane Singh has recently come up with his latest book, Resource Wars: Mapping Global Greed, an overview of earth’s […]

Old wood in new avatars  

Delhi’s oldest trader in antique furniture, some of it repurposed, employs technology to entice customers Delhi has something for everyone. A good example is the Amar Colony furniture market, one of the most unique places for any city in the world. The market has some two dozen shops which sell antiques — actually newly-made old-looking […]

Back to Bercos

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 […]

‘Beti Bachao’ funds lie idle

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 […]

Rich generate waste, poor pay the price

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 […]

Where things have a life

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 […]

Public toilets in Delhi-NCR a ‘no-go’ area

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 […]

Out and about amidst a pandemic

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 […]