Thousands of elderly workers of the unorganised sector converged at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding that they be paid a pension so that they can live with dignity in old age.
By Pavithra ...
The building boom has been winding down for some time, but prices seem to stay up forever. The reason is a cosy collusion between builders, politicians and officials to ensure that the buyer is in a ...
Palliative care in India is denied to millions every year because there’s no
policy, resources or even awareness. A determined group of doctors
are changing things bit by bit.
BY G B S N P ...
The last days of a patient riddled with cancer can be terrible, with body weakening and mind wandering. All that is possible is care and pain management. In India only a handful of hospices for the ...
The life and times of Maha Laqa Bai, a poet, courtesan and
noblewoman in the Nizam’s Hyderabad.
TEXT BY GOVIND KRISHNAN V
PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARSHA VADLAMANI
The people of Hyderabad have not ...
IT’S SAID THAT DISTANCE RUNNERS WAKE UP TIRED AND GO TO SLEEP EXHAUSTED. BUT THAT IS FOR THE 26-MILER. FOR
THE ULTRA RUNNERS IT'S AN ACT OF TRANSCENDENCE.
BY ADITYA BEE
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY ...
Thousands of widows in Vrindavan lead a life of deprivation. Often forced out of their homes, the women here are at the mercy of a few shelter homes, private charitable institutions, and some ...
Minutes after the bomb blasts, doctors and staff at Hyderabad’s Yashoda Hospital knew what they had to do. There was an emergency plan in place and mock drills conducted in the past ensured that it ...
The Arab Spring entered Syria two years ago but unlike Egypt where the tyrant stepped down, it is a scene of civil war and chaos. Three actors in the fight for rights share their hopes and beliefs as ...
How the police and CBI failed the victims of the serial killings
BY ARPIT PARASHAR
PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUNIL
COVER AND TITLE PAGE DESIGN BY DEEPAK
D-5 in Sector 31, Noida, is the second last ...
