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Delhi’s homeless women: the street, my shelter, my home
Written by Rahulkumar
The past couple of years women have been raising their voices in cities all across the world. And it all began in the Canadian city of Ontario, sparked by a Toronto police officer’s contemptuous comment that “women should avoid dressing like sluts” if they wanted to avoid harassment on the […]
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Unboxing new cultural practices
Written by Ajinkya
Unbox festival is a design festival held in Delhi. The last among 3 article, this one gives a glimpse into the creative collaborations that are shaping new cultural practices.
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Delhi Gives Hope but not Work
Written by Rahulkumar
“People need hope, people need loving People need trust from a fellow man People need love to make a good living People need faith in a helping hand…” So sang Abba a few decades back. Sadly, hope, trust, love and faith are all in short supply. Well, so are jobs, […]
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Good Sport Bad Sport
Written by Rahulkumar
It is inevitable. Comparisons will be drawn between the now concluded London Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) hosted in Delhi, India. Besides the commonalities—international sporting events, extravagant ceremonies and billions spent on infrastructure—there is a sea of difference between how the British held their event and how the […]
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Internal Migrant Workers in Delhi
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
“I was just twelve years when I came from Uttar Pradesh (a northern state of India) as a migrant worker with the help of a relative,” says Ram Charan Yadav my neighbourhood vegetable vendor. He sits outside my apartment complex and claims to have been selling vegetables here for the […]
