Aman Kanojiya, Author at Media India Group

Anganwadi workers reject offer, to continue protest

February 28, 2022

On Thursday, the 25th day of protest by over 20,000 anganwadi (day care) workers, the Delhi government reached out to the protestors and offered them a carrot and a stick. While it marginally hiked their wages, it also issued a stern notice, warning the workers that if they faile...

Anganwadi workers to continue protest despite offer of hike in wages

February 25, 2022

On Thursday, the 25th day of protest by over 20,000 anganwadi (day care) workers, the Delhi government reached out to the protestors and offered them a carrot and a stick. While it marginally hiked their wages, it also issued a stern notice, warning the workers that if they faile...

College Comes Calling

February 18, 2022

Colleges and universities in Delhi have reopened after nearly two years since the onset of lockdown due to Covid-19 in March 2020. Many parents have come to see off their children as they walk into a new phase of life in colleges in the post-pandemic era.

Colleges come calling: Students excited to revisit college

February 17, 2022

Weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a general and very stringent lockdown shutting the entire country down on March 25, educational institutions had already been closed as a preventive measure to curb the spread of novel coronavirus that had started ravagin...

A burst of yellow: Basant Panchami at the Nizamuddin Dargah

February 7, 2022

Threads tied around the dargah multiply with wishes (mannat) sought by the devotees. People hailing from different parts of the country, following different faiths and belonging to different socio-economic classes gather here in hope the saint granting them their boon. Typ...

Homeless in Delhi: Surviving wet, windy winter

January 29, 2022

Earlier this week, a Delhi-based NGO Centre for Holistic Development that works for empowerment of the homeless, especially women, wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that at least 106 homeless persons had succumbed to the extreme cold wave that has gripped the nationa...

Delhi’s wrestlers aspire for Paris Olympics

January 5, 2022

Wrestling or Kushti as it is known in India is one of the oldest traditional sports in the country. Medal-winning performances by some Indian wrestlers in World Championships and the Olympic Games have spurred many others to set their sights high and are working towards replicati...

India In 2021

January 3, 2022

A year that brought for many, more negativity than positivity. In 2021 India was hit hard by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and many other natural and human disasters. There were barely a handful of positives like performance of Indian team at the Tokyo Olympics. As we star...

Farmers Protest: A year of struggles, losses and wins

December 25, 2021

On a wintry Saturday afternoon, as the Sun begins its descent on the horizon, the tension that had been ever-present at the Singhu Border, the site of farmers’ protest in New Delhi for over a year, seems to have disappeared. Instead, there is an air of relaxed humour and banter...

Devotees throng churches to celebrate Christmas

December 25, 2021

The entire world takes some time off this time of the year. On December 25, people with their family and friends meet and celebrate the joyous birth of Lord Jesus by sharing laughs, cakes and cookies. Christmas also commemorates the spirit of giving, affection and encourages harm...

Tears and cheers as farmers bid farewell

December 18, 2021

Mixed emotions dominate the mood at various sites on Delhi’s borders where thousands of farmers and their supporters have protested for almost 13 months. The happiness and cheer is clearly all around as farmers begin packing up to go back home at long last after their union...

Farmers Protest: A saga of sorrow and delight

December 13, 2021

“Jo bole so Nihaal! Sat Sri Akal” shouts a young boy, sitting in the driver’s seat on a tractor at the Singhu Border on Saturday as his family finished packing their belongings on the journey back home as the year-long farmers’ protest at Singhu Border was suspended by fa...