‘India is the guru of the world. Who asks the guru why? Ask the chelas (pupils/learners).’ India…World… I am approaching...
‘We are just women. Supposed to bring wealth (Lakshmi) into the home, but with no rights to our own wealth,...
‘Life brought us here and here is where we are stuck. It doesn’t look like we are going anywhere from...
What about work, employment, today’s youth? Tauji is quick to answer. ‘Oh all they can think about is selling the...
Prashant, 46 years, a driver, is good at his job. Again, the same silences before he speaks, with bent head,...
This the second and concluding part of the article, ‘Times, they are changing’ that appeared on 21 August 2022. Parvati,...
‘You will not just leave me and go, will you?’ Without a moment’s hesitation, Parvati replied, ‘Well, it is kal...
ASHAs have a long list of tasks. Post-natal care, gathering sex behaviour details, birth and death details, polio vaccinations, family...
They are wandering like ghosts in the very world where we live vibrantly. Meera is desperate, on the road, going...
In the midst of the euphoric dark night, this or that man or woman will make proclamations. Or ‘sweep away’...
V spends 2-3 hours on the mobile. His YouTube go-to is for facts and games or school questions He also...
All these lives are sealed. At the cost of not bothering, not caring, not interfering in the Apne aap syndrome....
Taal Kinaare is as much a place to earn an income in a tourist locale, as it is for other...
Girish somehow managed to complete not just B.Com but also M.Com through correspondence courses. Life vacillated between his hometown and...
He walked in one day. With a beautiful little daughter beside him. Then the story unfolded. Ajay originally belongs to...
Time has passed. Niharika with almond eyes, a lovely smile and quiet demeanour, from an earlier story, has moved ahead...
Their shadow could not fall on anyone a caste above them. No right to draw water from the village well....
Age-old barriers are still put in place for the menstruating period. No cooking, in fact, no entry into the kitchen....
There is a huge gap of information and availability in the afforestation process. Tracking the botanical names of fodder species...
Recent reports state that Uttarakhand tops the Himalayan states in the number of rape cases. Vulnerability certainly dictates choices and...
It is a conundrum between the English divide, the digital divide, the absence of windows of opportunities, distances in difficult...
When first fully exposed to words like ‘vibhuti’, ‘jhaadnaa’ and ‘jaagar’ in a rural setting, an urban mind can be...
Boys are drawn into the dragnet of the ‘customer’ and quick money syndrome. Families who have faced generational poverty tend...
The white ration card is issued to the families living below the poverty line, BPL. The yellow card is given...
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