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  • the silent story tellers of the voiceless

    the silent story tellers of the voiceless in the anonymous city of Bombay where we have been, but never been, I mean we traverse without it touching us, or us touching it, houses half stories of people we have never heard of, people we rather not know of, real stories their obstacles, their challenges, their…

  • Backing Sumitra Kamble.

    Sumitra Kamble–http://milaap.org/fund/sumitra-kamble-and-group/2037 Sumitra Kamble is a resident of Ghataprabha in Belgaum district like other former Devadasi women, unschooled; illiterate she sustains her family by raising buffaloes. This makes ends meet, sending her two children to school, but that is a challenge in itself. Sometimes she gets anxious for any new challenge would be a financial…

  • chalo-vote karo

    India votes 2014, And how would I inspire and mobilize the youth to vote in the 2014 election. I remember Michael Fernandes the father of George Fernandes; he was a 6ft. plus man who was tortured during the emergency that he was on wheel chair. In that condition he went from school to school, particularly…

  • Us People.

    I have been listening to Arvind Kejriwal’s eloquent presentation at the house. He runs the same Roman Horse track albeit in a modern automobile. But it is still us and them…. It is the “aam aadmi’s victory.” He hollered. ”we challenged to come to the parliament and get things done our way.” This Mr.Kejriwal as…

  • Lif-tick lore

    We were in class three, the parents day, our class was to perform the folk dance called Koravanji. The checked cotton sari’s collected beads chains and ear hoops, colourful flowers, bells on the feet. Mothers had diligently packed the list the teachers gave and we went to school “half day” on reaching the school in…

  • Kaadige kathai

    Or may be I should say Racoon Eyes 🙂 Ragini kaki was the most vibrant of all my aunt’s so was Mala Aunty. Somehow Mala Aunty always preferred the use of “Uncle” and “Aunty” over Kaki and mama as we normally called our maternal uncles and aunt. Ragini Kaki always preferred “snow” over”lactocalamine”. Every time…