Unfavourable weather conditions drive up air pollution levels in Delhi

Air pollution levels in Delhi worsened on Friday morning due to unfavourable meteorological conditions — low temperature and slow wind speed — and the air quality index read 403 at 9 am, which falls in the severe category Low temperatures and slow surface winds allow accumulation of pollutants. The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) […]

Gushing life into a civilisation

With a complete new body of works, artist Jayasri Burman is back with a new show titled  “River of Faith” Presented by Gallery Art Exposure, the exhibition focuses on Ganga which occupies a foremost place among all the sacred rivers and has many stories surrounding it which have fascinated students, historians alike. Centering around this […]

An author who fought for writer’s moral right over their creative work

One of the leading personalities of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) movement of Hindi literature, Mannu Bhandari was quite unlike her peers One of the stalwarts of the Nayi Kahani literary movement in Hindi, Manu Bhandari stands out when looking at her peers like Kamleshwar, Bhisham Sahni, Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav, and Mohan Rakesh, among […]

The chroniclers of Delhi: preserving the city’s soul on Instagram

Digitising the beauty of the city, these new age chroniclers are preserving and reidentifying the lost culture of the capital, through Instagram   “Ek roz apni rooh se pucha ke Dilli kya hai, to yu jawaab mein keh gayi, ye duniya maano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan” -Mirza Ghalib (I once asked my soul what […]

‘High’ secrets of darknet  

With no regulations on the use of crypto currencies in India, they are fast becoming the preferred payment method for procurement of drugs on the darknet   Sumit (25) * name changed, likes to smoke weed every now and then. Alcohol, nor its hangovers are something he takes delight in, and weed seems the perfect […]

Events of the week

Handloom fair What: Antaran, Transforming Crafts, an initiative of Tata Trusts, brings to you ‘The Grand Handloom Bazaar’, an exhibition and direct-to-artisan sale of handwoven textiles in cotton, tussar, eri and mulberry silk from Assam, Nagaland and Odisha. Handcrafted with love, the exhibit across 10 days will have a wide range of handwoven exquisite sarees, […]

What if Rahi Masoom Raza’s character Topi Shukla died by suicide in 2021

Rahi Masoom Raza’s novel Topi Shukla is a tragic story of a man, representing a secular Indian imagination, who doesn’t compromise on his ideals. His life was a dark comedy of our time “What is it, brother or sister?” an old lady servant asks. Six year old Topi Shukla curiously retorts, “why can’t it be […]

‘Better late than never, protest over other demands to go on’, say farmers at Singhu

Celebrations broke out at the Singhu border protest site soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing the farm laws, but some farmers said the agitation will continue till Parliament repeals the legislations and their other demands are met Distributing sweets and dancing to songs blaring out of music systems placed on tractors, farmers, who […]