In Jails Across India, 3 Friends Are Giving 11000+ Prisoners the Chance They...
Mohit Raj (36) an MBA-finance graduate from Uttar Pradesh recalls the first time he stepped into the premises of Delhi’s Tihar Jail. He was there at the behest of the then DG (Director General of...
View Article‘You Don’t Need To Panic’: What Overwhelm Looked Like for People Who Make Us...
On a packed stage in 2026, Samay Raina stood in front of an audience again after months away. His new set, Still Alive, came after a period when his show had stopped, his schedule had gone quiet, and...
View ArticleWhy Young Indians Are Choosing Silent Reading Meetups Over Book Clubs
What if reading didn’t have to be a solitary habit anymore? Imagine this: you walk into a park, a café, or a quiet corner of the city with a book in hand. No one checks if you’ve finished it. No one...
View ArticleFires Are Only 27% of the Job: What India’s Firefighters Really Do
Ask most people what a firefighter does, and the answer comes quickly: they put out fires. The helmet, the hose, the red engine screaming down the road. The image is so fixed in our minds that we...
View Article‘It Ends With Me’: From Rural Rajasthan to Urban Delhi, 5 Moms Breaking...
Every year, on the second Sunday of May, we celebrate mothers. We thank them for their sacrifices, patience and love. But there is a particular kind of mother we rarely stop to honour — the one who...
View ArticleMattress Seller Sacrifices Rs 2 Lakh in Stock to Help 8 Escape Delhi Fire
As thick smoke billowed out of a hotel in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, panic spread through the building. Guests rushed to windows, shouting for help as flames and smoke closed in around them. Some leaned...
View ArticleKhichdi at Cannes! Meet the Delhi Boy Who Made India Proud Through Food
Originally reported and written in June 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. “Haath mein hai,” chef Manu Chandra’s grandmother would often tell him while he was...
View Article10 Fascinating Tales of Delhi’s Lesser-Known Monuments Through Stunning Pics
“At the age of 12, I was the youngest of a senior citizen coin club,” Shah Umair tells me as I marvel at his Instagram page, akin to a history book come alive, only more interesting. He recounts how...
View ArticleAt 77, Delhi’s ‘Matka Man’ Serves Hundreds of People With Water, Meals &...
Every morning, long before most of Delhi wakes up, 77-year-old Natarajan begins his day with a mission. By 4 am, he is already working to ensure that earthen pots filled with drinking water are...
View ArticleAt Just 17, Delhi School Student Built an AI-Powered Robot That Sorts Waste...
On a school trip to Delhi’s Sundar Nursery in 2023, Mahi Malhani was trying to take in the heritage park’s history and restoration. But her attention kept returning to something else: wrappers, bottles...
View ArticleAfter His Parents' Motorcycle Accident, 15-YO Built an AI Tool to Fix Delhi's...
Every time we navigate around a pothole on India's roads, swerving our two-wheelers at the last second or bracing ourselves for that familiar jolt in our cars, we go through the same mental routine. We...
View ArticleHow One Video Helped Delhi Street Children Get Books, Rations & Hope From 8...
Every evening, on a roadside in Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai, a small classroom comes alive. There are no school gates, polished desks, or painted walls. But there are children sitting together, books in their...
View ArticleThis Delhi Mom Beat Burnout By Growing Tiny Green Paradise In Her 98 Sq Ft...
The clock had just touched 11 on a weekday morning when I called Dipalee Nitin Rahangdale. On the other side of the phone came the soft sound of water splashing against terracotta pots, followed by a...
View ArticleA Fire Destroyed the Second Home of 85 Disabled Children in Delhi. Help...
It's a Tuesday morning, and 16-year-old Bhumika is kneading dough for rotis. Her hands move slowly and unevenly as cerebral palsy makes even this simple task an effort of balance and patience. Her...
View ArticleA Delhi Student Used AI to Build a Platform Where Indians Can Report Bribe...
Editorial note: This story has been written using secondary information from published reports and publicly accessible information about Bribes.fyi. The creator was not interviewed directly for this...
View ArticleHow Railway Noise May Affect Health in India – And What India Can Do
Every night, in slum clusters strung along Delhi's railway lines, families fall asleep to the same sound: a freight train thundering past at nearly 100 decibels, almost double what India's Central...
View Article‘We Loved Chaap but Wanted More Protein’: Delhi Couple’s Kitchen Experiment...
Smoky, juicy, spice-coated soya chaap, fresh off the tandoor— it is hard to resist. But would you still dig in if you knew what might be hiding inside it? In 2022, a Faridabad factory was busted for...
View ArticleOne Has No Potato, Another Is Square: 6 Samosas From Across India That Break...
There is a reason no two Indian households argue about the same samosa. The pastry began its journey thousands of kilometres away, carried by Arab traders and Moroccan merchants who packed...
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