Flash News
How to fix Air India
Just 10 days before the London Gatwick-bound Air India flight AI 171 crashed within seconds of takeoff in Ahmedabad on June 12, the airline had been busy staging its most high-profile media blitz since privatisation. On the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual general meeting in New Delhi from June 1-3, Air…
Interview with Indian K-Pop idol Aria | ‘I can’t imagine myself doing anything else’
In 2021, Aria was Gauthami, a dorky teenager on a year-long break from studies. Then she decided to audition online to be a K-Pop idol. “When I first introduced my dream to my family over dinner, everybody laughed and felt it was one of my crazy obsessions,” she says. Today, she’s a member of the…
India’s K-craze | K-drama, K-Pop, K-beauty, Korean food and everything Korean
An unusual ARMY of 80 assembled in a studio in Mumbai on July 13. All clad in purple, they screamed what seemed to be the names of their deities: “Kim Namjoon! Kim Seokjin! Min Yoongi! Jung Hoseok! Park Jimin! Kim Taehyung! Jeon Jungkook! BTS!” They were chanting the names of the seven members of the…
Photo feature | Inside Dharavi
These images, taken on a rain-lashed day inside the Indiranagar 3 locality of Dharavi, capture the stubborn heartbeat of Asia’s largest slum amid dystopic surroundings. It is where dreams navigate sun-deprived days, one precarious breath, one bucket of water, one encroached inch at a time. Source link
‘The objective is proper housing for all’: Dharavi Redevelopment Project CEO S.V.R. Srinivas
On the ‘new’ Dharavi: Dharavi should look like a modern town, no gentrification and ghettoisation, with access to amenities for all. It will be a formalised, thriving, much-larger economy than even before. It will also be a huge step towards a slum-free Mumbai. Source link