Jamia Junction: The community in the cafe

Jamia Nagar was once a remote locality where only professors and students of Jamia Millia Islamia, cadres and activists of Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar lived. However, as middle-class population settled in with time, the area was gentrified gradually with cafes and restaurants springing up

‘Cool’ spots in Delhi to beat the heat

As summer days in Delhi become unbearable for many, people have started visiting popular ‘cool’ spots like parks, and even the Delhi Metro, to beat the scorching heat

No ‘ease of living’ for students returning to the city post-lockdown

As students return to Delhi from across the country with the reopening of educational institutions, the city’s shortage of hostels and low-cost rentals is being acutely felt 

Window to a community: artist Rabab Zaidi’s gallery in Jamia Nagar

For anyone living in the Capital, the first thought that comes to their mind when they hear the word ‘magenta’ would be the Metro lines. Taking a cue from this and paying a tribute to the same, Centre for Art and Free Expression (CAFE) in Jamia Nagar named their gallery space Gallery Magenta.