A glimpse of MV Dhurandhar’s paintings at the book launch at IGNCA Not enough has been said about artist Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar. This belief led researcher and art historian Sandeep Dahisarkar to author a book on the painter. Seeking to correct a historical oversight, Dahisarkar wrote a 370-page volume titled Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar:…
Parking chaos on city streets as vehicles struggle for space amid congestion. Parking disputes in cities like Delhi and Bengaluru are no longer just minor neighbourhood issues. In many cases now, they are ending in violence.Over the past two years, there have been several incidents where arguments over parking have led to assaults, firing and…
In the frame: Exhibition titled The Architecture of the Void: Lines on a Postcolonial Skeleton Gallery Dotwalk marked the opening of its second exhibition at its new Defence Colony space with The Architecture of the Void: Lines on a Postcolonial Skeleton.The well-attended preview brought together members of the art community, collectors, curators and patrons for…
The murals depict the intensity of heat and how it impacts outdoor labourers, home-based women workers, and children navigating deadly temperatures with minimum relief and protection Badhti garmi, naa rukta kaam… kaho yeh naainsafi kiske naam?: This line, written on one of the murals, raises a poignant question. On International Labour Day, three community murals…
NEW DELHI: A pall of gloom descended on west Delhi’s Khajan Basti on Friday as the locality mourned the loss of three members of a single family after a cruise boat sank in a dam on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Thursday.Three generations — 39-year-old Marina, her young son Trishan (4) and her…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has successfully secured the extradition of Red Notice accused Kamlesh Parekh from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India.According to the CBI, Parekh is wanted in connection with a large-scale banking…
Street vendors and small eateries in Delhi are facing immense distress due to a steep hike in commercial LPG prices. NEW DELHI: “Bada cylinder khareedne ke paise nahi hai, aur chhota mil nahi raha hai (I don’t have the money to buy a big cylinder, and am unable to get a smaller one),” said a…
India has rolled out a nationwide mobile disaster communication system, with users across the country receiving test alerts on their phones during the trial phase NEW DELHI: India has stepped up efforts to strengthen its disaster preparedness system, with the government rolling out nationwide testing of a mobile-based emergency alert mechanism that has already reached…
New Delhi: If The Eagles had ever spent a night outside an ICU of a Delhi private hospital, “Hotel California” might have gone like this: “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave… the waiting area”.Because the longest nights in these hospitals are not just endured by patients, they are…
New Delhi: In the narrow lanes of Jahangirpuri, a school dropout with a history of petty offences is being given a chance at reform as police step in as mentors to help him return to the classroom.The staff at Jahangir Puri police station — in a shift from the traditional role of enforcement — have…
