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Neelima Mathur

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India and the world: Views from a small town

‘India is the guru of the world. Who asks the guru why? Ask the chelas (pupils/learners).’ India…World… I am approaching...

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Two concepts of the feminine

‘We are just women. Supposed to bring wealth (Lakshmi) into the home, but with no rights to our own wealth,...

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What the future holds

‘Life brought us here and here is where we are stuck. It doesn’t look like we are going anywhere from...

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Baabu’s story

What about work, employment, today’s youth? Tauji is quick to answer. ‘Oh all they can think about is selling the...

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Hopes and dreams

Prashant, 46 years, a driver, is good at his job. Again, the same silences before he speaks, with bent head,...

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While on duty

This the second and concluding part of the article, ‘Times, they are changing’ that appeared on 21 August 2022. Parvati,...

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Times, they are changing

‘You will not just leave me and go, will you?’ Without a moment’s hesitation, Parvati replied, ‘Well, it is kal...

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ASHA: The frontline activist

ASHAs have a long list of tasks. Post-natal care, gathering sex behaviour details, birth and death details, polio vaccinations, family...

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The lost women groping in the dark

They are wandering like ghosts in the very world where we live vibrantly. Meera is desperate, on the road, going...

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Secrets, mysteries and horror stories across generations

In the midst of the euphoric dark night, this or that man or woman will make proclamations. Or ‘sweep away’...

4G Internet to be restored across Jammu And Kashmir after 18 Months,

Internet in rural India: Something is brewing

V spends 2-3 hours on the mobile. His YouTube go-to is for facts and games or school questions He also...

A class 11 student Sandhya Sahani rows a boat daily to reach her school in a flooded area

Let things be

All these lives are sealed. At the cost of not bothering, not caring, not interfering in the Apne aap syndrome....

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By the lakeside

Taal Kinaare is as much a place to earn an income in a tourist locale, as it is for other...

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Set adrift: B.Com, the common strain

Girish somehow managed to complete not just B.Com but also M.Com through correspondence courses. Life vacillated between his hometown and...

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Ajay’s story

He walked in one day. With a beautiful little daughter beside him. Then the story unfolded. Ajay originally belongs to...

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The sorry state of rural polytechnics

Time has passed. Niharika with almond eyes, a lovely smile and quiet demeanour, from an earlier story, has moved ahead...

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Touched, untouched

Their shadow could not fall on anyone a caste above them. No right to draw water from the village well....

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That time of the month

Age-old barriers are still put in place for the menstruating period. No cooking, in fact, no entry into the kitchen....

Students plant saplings during a mega Afforestation Drive

Afforestation: Not so green tales

There is a huge gap of information and availability in the afforestation process. Tracking the botanical names of fodder species...

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Poor and female

Recent reports state that Uttarakhand tops the Himalayan states in the number of rape cases. Vulnerability certainly dictates choices and...

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State of rural education is grim

It is a conundrum between the English divide, the digital divide, the absence of windows of opportunities, distances in difficult...

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Traditional healing and modern psychoanalysis

When first fully exposed to words like ‘vibhuti’, ‘jhaadnaa’ and ‘jaagar’ in a rural setting, an urban mind can be...

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The tourism trap and the lure of instant money

Boys are drawn into the dragnet of the ‘customer’ and quick money syndrome. Families who have faced generational poverty tend...

Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders stand in queues to get the ration

The yellow and white of ration cards in rural India

The white ration card is issued to the families living below the poverty line, BPL. The yellow card is given...