Vijaya Pushkarna | Citizen Matters

Gaps remain, but technology is the best bet for Delhi schools today

August 6, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Despite niggles over unequal access, missing interaction etc, students and teachers are trying to derive the most out of the various initiatives introduced to facilitate schooling online.

How COVID-19 has transformed jobs and the skills they require

July 15, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

How do you sell a house when you can’t take the prospective buyer around? How do you use technology to carry out people-centric roles? What will a post-COVID world demand of employees?

Delhi: 45 sanitation workers test positive for COVID, 15 succumb, but where are the yellow bins?

July 9, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Municipal corporations have not sensitised people about the need to have a third bin. This puts sanitation workers at maximum risk, but also threatens citizens.

What to expect and how to cope if you test COVID positive in Delhi

July 4, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

As the Delhi government ramps up testing and the number of COVID-19 positive cases show record numbers on a daily basis, we share with you a guide on what you need to be prepared for, if you test positive.

COVID chaos in Delhi: Who stole all the hospital beds?

June 12, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

The information on bed availability in Delhi’s corona app and actual patient experiences are at great odds. The fact is beds are simply not available! And where they are, they are often unaffordable.

Delhi: What happens if you have a heart attack in these times of COVID?

May 5, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

The nationwide lockdown that was meant to save lives, is taking a toll of non-COVID patients too. Hospitals are demanding COVID-negative certificates from critical patients as well.

With schools closed, exams suspended, big e-learning push for teachers and students

April 22, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia interacted with teachers and parents via YouTube, promoting the theme “Every Home a School, Every Parent a Teacher.” ‘Online’ seems to be the general mantra in education, as students are stuck at home, uncertainty clouding their immediate academic future.

How India’s cops play Good Samaritans and brutal oppressors, dealing with a national emergency

April 10, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Ever since India went into lockdown, the police have been the most visible on the ground trying to enforce it — donning various caps at different times. But lack of adequate training in disaster management often leaves them as much out of depth as anyone else.

As harvest season draws near, will it be business as usual for the agricultural sector?

April 9, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Some relaxation from the lockdown has been granted to ensure harvesting gets done, along with detailed health guidelines from the ICAR, with the promise that every grain that reaches the market will be procured.

Little relief for these migrant labourers as they stare at a long, hard struggle ahead

March 28, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Caught between the devil and the deep sea, migrant workers in the Kausambi area of NCR, which falls in UP, face a stark choice: stay put and starve or get home somehow, which for most is 700 km away.

Coronavirus relief for the economy: What the Centre can and should do

March 24, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Citizen Matters shares the recommendations of two experts on the immediate steps that the Centre can take to provide relief to those whose income has dried up because of the virus outbreak.

From Shah Jahan’s court to the present: Tales of a dying trade from Delhi’s last deed writer

March 16, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Satya Narain Saxena, the tenth generation of a family of legal deed writers, is today the last surviving document writer of Delhi. His family history goes back to the times of emperor Shah Jahan while some of his ancestors were in Maharaja Jai Singh’s court in Amer. 85-plus Saxena regales us with his stories

#SheInspiresUs: The seven women who spread hope through the PM’s Twitter handle

March 10, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

On Women’s Day this year, when our PM signed off from his social media accounts for the day, what we saw by way of tweets from @narendramodi were messages and tales of seven exceptional women, who spoke of their passion and work. Who were they?

Delhi Report Card 4: Will AAP’s doorstep delivery of services prove to be the clincher in 2020 polls?

February 4, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

While the party admits that it could not crack down on corruption the way it would have liked to because of the Centre’s control over the anti-corruption branch, its two major initiatives — doorstep delivery of services and installation of CCTV cameras — have won the trust of many citizens.

Delhi Report Card 3: Enough ‘free lifeline water’ for all, but quality and impact under scanner

February 3, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

In the run up to the Feb 8 polls, the impact of the AAP government’s provision of free water to Delhiites on groundwater, and the quality of the water provided, have been questioned by experts and the opposition. But are voters likely to be swayed?