By Gargi Singh Driving my scooter in the soft sunlight of the early morning hours, I cruise past houses in the narrow lanes of Puducherry, looking for a motif. A motif that I will find outside any house whose inhabitants have woken up, cleaned their home and are beginning their day’s work. I found some, … Continue reading
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Pilgrims Return Home after Washing Sins in the ‘Sacred Waters’
Photo Courtesy: CNN By Sucharita Sen The spell – binding festival, attracting pilgrims and tourists across the world comes to a close on the 10th of March 2013. The 55 – day long Maha Kumbh Mela invited elaborate security arrangements especially after the recent twin blasts in Hyderabad to thwart any possible terrorist attacks … Continue reading
Government Scheme to Install GPS in Autos – Responsive or Corrupt?
By Sucharita Sen With technical flaws being a deterrent to the government scheme of installing GPS devices in auto-rickshaws, will it provide better amenities to passengers? NEW DELHI, January 13: The Delhi Government plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in new auto-rickshaws in order to ease the problem of extraneous charges and to … Continue reading
Homeless Fight The Cold Weather
Tanya Krishna New Delhi – As the city temperatures fall to zero degrees, the homeless in the city look for ways to stay warm. Ghirran, lives on the street with barely enough covering to protect himself. It’s been 20 years since he ran away from his home in Allahabad. He has lived on the streets ever since. “We … Continue reading
OZ Is Half Way To A Reversal In The Last Tour
By Vinod Kumar After a disastrous tour in Australia, Indian cricket team made a come back by winning the Hyderabad test with innings and 135 runs in less than three and half days. They are leading the four test match series2-0. Cheteswar Pujara was awarded man of the match for his splendid double hundred and … Continue reading
Jan Aahar Yojana: Political Ploy or Populist Scheme?
Vishnu Varma NEW DELHI, March 5th: The Jan Ahaar Yojana, a scheme of the Delhi government to provide wholesome and nutritious food for Rs. 15, continues to suffer glitches and is being used by political parties to score brownie points ahead of the state assembly elections in November. The scheme was an ambitious food program … Continue reading
Anger Exposed in Delhi: Demonstrations Against a Nude Art Exhibit
Paintings on Display By Oindrilla Bhowmick Around 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Delhi Art Gallery at Haus Khas Village to protest the art exhibition, The Naked and the Nude. Women marched towards the gallery shouting slogans and demanded the immediate closure of the exhibit. The demonstration was led by the women’s wing of Vishva Hindu … Continue reading
Dream of a Better Tomorrow
Beauty Salon By Oindrilla Bhowmick Living in a small two bedroom apartment in Jahangirpuri with her mother and two brothers, Rekha has accomplished what very few women of her socio-economic background in India have achieved. She works in a beauty parlor in North Delhi, where she earns Rs.14,000 a month. Rekha’s family hails from Uttar … Continue reading
Training Stray Dogs to Heal People
By Gargi Singh NEW DELHI – Kaju is a stray dog adopted from India by a nurse in Vancouver. Kaju is also a therapy dog with a degree - he aids people with blindness, autism and other disabilities. A video of Kaju, graduating from his training program in Canada is a source of great pride … Continue reading
Rose Industry Blooms on Global Love Day
By Akansha Srivastava The rose business is at its peak these days with Valentine’s Day around the corner. Flower sellers say February is the busiest month and they make 50 percent of their monthly business in the month of February. Vinod Kumar, a road side florist in South Delhi says, he gets ten times increases … Continue reading