Amid trying times, good samaritans lend a helping hand

Several NGOs, organisations or volunteers in Delhi, some via social media, are offering food delivery service to those Covid-19 patients quarantined at home. Humanity, it seems, isn’t dead India is in the grip of a second wave of Covid- 19. In these trying times, when cases are spurring and the death toll is rising everywhere, […]

‘No matter the effort, we are unable to make them survive’

Patriot speaks to nurses, who reveal how symptoms of the new Covid strain are worse this time – with hospitals in the Capital city short staffed, and many contracting the virus A couple of days earlier a video showing two Covid-19 patients sharing a bed at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital bore […]

No room for treatment: Only 46 Covid-19 ICU beds in Delhi

Ganga Ram hospital shows 14 beds available on Delhi government’s Corona dashboard, but when Patriot calls to check – the officials say none are available, and claims 500 people on waiting list Delhi is facing an acute shortage of Covid-19 ICU beds. While the Delhi government has its website “Corona jantasamvad” where one can check […]

Delhi faces yet another migrant labour crisis, repeating last year’s horror

With Covid-19 cases reaching its all time high in India, labourers and blue collar workers in Delhi are going back home, again It’s April 2021, but nothing much has changed. With Covid cases surging, migrant labourers are vulnerable, facing the horrors of last year yet again — apprehensions about another lockdown is forcing them to […]

Distracted killer driver in a careless city

Elderly couple’s death in Dwarka shows how unsafe roads are for pedestrians A death of an elderly couple, Shanti Swaroop Arora (79) and his wife Anjula Arora (62), in a road accident puts the spotlight back on how unsafe walking on Delhi’s roads are. The CCTV footage of how and what led to the deaths […]

Weekend curfew in Delhi, malls, gyms and spas to be closed: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced sweeping restrictions, including a weekend curfew and the closure of malls, gyms, spas and auditoriums, in a bid to break the chain of COVID infections in the city. There will be no in-house dining in restaurants and cinema halls will be allowed to operate with only 30 […]

Events of the week

Film fest What: The four month long, online Rising Gardens Film Festival culminates this April with its online edition from 16-19 April, and an Earth Day celebration with three days of screenings at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from 22-24 th April. The Rising Gardens Film Festival began in January 2021 as an online festival […]

A treat from India’s Dravidian heart 

Breaking the chains that shackle the minds of foodies when it comes to South Indian cuisine, Savya Rasa is one of the capital’s not to be missed culinary experience  Idli, Vada, Sambar, Dosa – this is what comes to mind when people outside the South think of South India cuisine. However, South Indian cuisine has […]