Perils of pedalling solo

With the increasing popularity of cycling in the National Capital, the challenge of ensuring the safety of cyclists, especially women cyclists, is a major challenge  On 26 October, a 35-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector was arrested for sexually harassing and stalking three women and a minor girl in Delhi’s Dwarka between 17 and 20 October. One […]

Spectrums of art 

Bringing together the works of two diverse artists, Chitra Ganesh and Manjunath Kamath, Gallery Espace is hosting a unique online exhibition on Art In Touch  Two artists with very different visual vocabularies are comparable in the way both use pastiche and fantasy to interrogate reality and open new ways of considering the world Gallery Espace […]

Modern at 100

An alumnus celebrates the quirkiness of his alma mater Modern School, Barakhamba Road is celebrating its centenary year.  The institution was founded at a time when the capital of India was shifting from Calcutta to Delhi by Lala Raghubir Singh, a prominent Delhi-based businessman and philanthropist who wanted to create an educational institution that would […]

Beyond borders 

Geetanjali Shree’s Ret Samadhi is one of the rare pieces of Hindi literature that brings to life the struggles and growth of women in India, without being preachy In last few decades, Hindi literature, especially novel writing, has become quite inclusive with many Dalit and women authors keeping abreast with contemporary socio-political dynamics, writing with […]

Liberal Noida 

Many of Delhi’s Africans, Afghans, and other foreigners who feel discriminated against and alienated have shifted to Noida and Greater Noida There are localities in Delhi that have become ghettos for people of certain ethnicity and community—Afghani, Nigerian, Koreans, people from the North-Eastern states of India, not to forget Muslim ghettos.  There’s a general tendency […]

Old tweets land NCW chief in hot water 

NCW chief, Rekha Sharma, is facing a backlash on Twitter for earlier allegedly misogynistic tweets, with several users and the AAP demanding her immediate removal from the post  On Wednesday, at a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party demanded the removal of Rekha Sharma from the post of chairperson of the National Commission for Women. […]

The ‘Injury’ Premier League

Delhi Capitals have had the highest number of injuries among all the IPL teams. Patriot finds out it may be due to Vitamin D deficiency We’re past the halfway stage in IPL 2020 and the list of injuries continues to get larger. As many as five teams have had players missing action through the tournament. […]

Stoic in the line of duty

A sub-inspector and a head constable of the CISF talk about the challenges to keep Delhi Metro safe for commuters in a pandemic One of the toughest and the riskiest jobs in Delhi is to provide security cover to Delhi Metro that connects three different states that are part of the NCR—namely Delhi, Uttar Pradesh […]