Tags : Delhi Metro

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Enhancing travel experiences with airport and Metro art

Rajesh Krishnan Imagine coming out of a 20-hour flight worn out, drowsy, and desiring anything but the usual monotonous encounters at airports. Nonetheless, as you enter the terminal building, something distinctively colourful catches your attention. In place of lifelessness, as expected, a vibrant mural depicting a verdant valley unfolds before you or a captivating sculpture […]Read More

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For a better tomorrow, begin today at home

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The other day, I was chatting with a group of friends when the conversation veered around on how the times are changing, how neither small girls nor old women are safe in our country, how the crime is increasing, how the boys are indulging in sexual crimes. “We must do something, may […]Read More

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What not to do when in Metro

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha I have been travelling by Delhi Metro regularly ever since it started operations in the city. Initially, when the trains were new, people were a little in awe of these meticulously clean compartments and they travelled with care. I remember there used to be pin-drop silence in the compartments, at best travellers […]Read More

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My (Un)fair lady

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The other day, while returning from office, I boarded the Delhi Metro at Jungpura Metro Station and moved to a relatively quiet corner to rest my tired mind and body. Suddenly, I heard a woman shouting loudly. At first, I couldn’t understand—since it was a ladies-only coach, eve-teasing was out of the […]Read More

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It’s a girl, ma’am…..silence

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Heard a woman talking so loudly on her handphone in Delhi Metro on a Monday morning. This woman, in her late thirties or early forties, was talking to her friend about someone, may be her sister-in-law. From what I could gather from the forcible evesdropping (she was so loud, I couldn’t help not […]Read More

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