Vishnu Varma NEW DELHI, March 5th: The Jan Ahaar Yojana, a scheme of the Delhi government to provide wholesome and nutritious food for Rs. 15, continues to suffer glitches and is being used by political parties to score brownie points ahead of the state assembly elections in November. The scheme was an ambitious food program …
By Vishnu Varma NEW DELHI, February 14th: The Supermen, Spidermen and Batmen from across the country converged on Delhi Haat in South Delhi to celebrate the 3rd Annual Indian Comic-Con Festival. According to the authorities, the three day event saw more than 3 Lakh people and brought together under one roof a large number …
By Vishnu Varma Children belonging to homeless migrant families aspire to study and go to school, but are forced to sell flowers at traffic intersections in Delhi. NEW DELHI, January 13: Delhi’s traffic intersections are increasingly becoming hubs where small children can be seen selling flower bouquets along with their family members. These children belong …
By Abhinav Mishra In the college canteen, students ask this burly figure to make a special masala Maggi with veggies. He obliges gracefully and lets your taste buds enjoy a Maggi cooked to perfection. It makes you nostalgic and brings back innocent memories of childhood and comfort food. Twenty-two year old Bharat Singh Bhist is …
Tall, toned and smart, she meets me in a room at the end of a serene pathway every Wednesday and Friday where I often find her writing the lesson plan for the day on the white board. Theodora Yardley or “Theo”, as she prefers to be called, is my first experience of being educated ‘the …
By Gargi Singh Driving my scooter in the soft sunlight of the early morning hours, I cruise past houses in the narrow lanes of Puducherry, looking for a motif. A motif that I will find outside any house whose inhabitants have woken up, cleaned their home and are beginning their day’s work. I found some, … Continue reading »
Photo Courtesy: CNN By Sucharita Sen The spell – binding festival, attracting pilgrims and tourists across the world comes to a close on the 10th of March 2013. The 55 – day long Maha Kumbh Mela invited elaborate security arrangements especially after the recent twin blasts in Hyderabad to thwart any possible terrorist attacks … Continue reading »
By Sucharita Sen With technical flaws being a deterrent to the government scheme of installing GPS devices in auto-rickshaws, will it provide better amenities to passengers? NEW DELHI, January 13: The Delhi Government plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in new auto-rickshaws in order to ease the problem of extraneous charges and to … Continue reading »
Tanya Krishna New Delhi - As the city temperatures fall to zero degrees, the homeless in the city look for ways to stay warm. Ghirran, lives on the street with barely enough covering to protect himself. It’s been 20 years since he ran away from his home in Allahabad. He has lived on the streets ever since. “We … Continue reading »
By Vinod Kumar After a disastrous tour in Australia, Indian cricket team made a come back by winning the Hyderabad test with innings and 135 runs in less than three and half days. They are leading the four test match series2-0. Cheteswar Pujara was awarded man of the match for his splendid double hundred and … Continue reading »
Paintings on Display By Oindrilla Bhowmick Around 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Delhi Art Gallery at Haus Khas Village to protest the art exhibition, The Naked and the Nude. Women marched towards the gallery shouting slogans and demanded the immediate closure of the exhibit. The demonstration was led by the women’s wing of Vishva Hindu … Continue reading »
Beauty Salon By Oindrilla Bhowmick Living in a small two bedroom apartment in Jahangirpuri with her mother and two brothers, Rekha has accomplished what very few women of her socio-economic background in India have achieved. She works in a beauty parlor in North Delhi, where she earns Rs.14,000 a month. Rekha’s family hails from Uttar … Continue reading »
