India in 2020

As we start a New Year, with hope for a better tomorrow, let us go through some of the main events that happened this year.

Okhla Mandi vegetable sellers support protesting f

Spread out over a massive 10 acres, Okhla sabzi mandi (vegetable market) houses around 300 shops selling assorted fruits & vegetables. People eager to buy fresh green groceries at throwaway prices throng the mandi, which starts as early as 5 am in the morning & continues ...

Covid-19 bites stray dogs in India hard

stray dogs, It’s not just the humans that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Animals, notably the stray or abandoned ones, are paying an equally heavy price and the few NGOs still operational in the field struggle for survival.

Fate of print media in the digital world

Magazines have always had a glamour and charm of their own. However, with the advent of internet and digital space, magazines and other print media has been facing challenges like loss of readership and dwindled sales. Nicholas Coleridge, former president of Condé Nast Internat...

India in 2019

Smart Starts feat. Flying Fur

Flying fur is a Delhi based start-up that provides grooming facilities for our furry friends at their doorsteps. A network of six well-equipped vans, this three-year-old parlour on wheels provides an array of grooming facilities from simple clean-up to aroma therapies for both ca...

Bonesetting- A 3000 year old practice

The Lajpat Rai Market in Chandni Chowk, one of Delhi’s oldest areas, is a hub of electronic goods and repairing. From a transistor to broadcasting systems, from LEDs to HMIs, here you can buy anything and yes, even get them repaired! However, it’s not just the electronic part...

Balaknama – An echo of Delhi’s child j

Started in 2003 under a programme called Badhte Kadam (Stepping Forward), Balaknama is a newspaper that voices the issues and hardships faced by street and working children in Delhi. Street children and their lives is in fact the only beat that the independent newspaper covers. A...

Roadside tattoo art- a risky adventure?

A tattoo on the body is a companion to the grave. But what if the same tattoo pushes you to a number of diseases and skin problems? Roadside tattoo art is a very prominent job in Delhi especially at the tourist arenas like India Gate and Connaught Place. Besides the tourists visi...

The Indian Truck Art

Trucks on Indian roads are no less than drivable canvases painted with innumerable designs and messages. Yellow, Red, Brown, Orange, Blue, just name a colour and you’ll spot it on these bride like vehicles. In order to find the hands behind this art, MIG TV reached Sanjay G...