Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 28: TULSI Ram (15) unscrews a stabilizer and removes the battery, the circuit board from its plastic casing. His brother, Gehri Lal (12), uses hammer, chisel, his bare hands and teeth to disassemble clumps of copper wiring from a brass frame. Tulsi and Gehri are kabadiwallahs, who disassemble electrical goods and sell them [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 27: On the eve of his 89th birthday, Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa and an anti-apartheid activist, announced the formation of The Elders — a club of world leaders to discuss ways to tackle problems plaguing the world. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), is one [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 24: Ever since repair and renovation work began at the main office of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation at Sardar Patel Bhawan in December last, people coming here to meet officials, are having a tough time. This, because 24 offices have been shifted out of the main building and flung across the city. [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 24: The past five years have seen good rains in the state but not good enough in terms of groundwater replenishment. The rate at which groundwater is being replenished is much slower than the rate at which water is being consumed in most parts of the state. The latest report, which [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 23: For those of us who have grown up hearing the soulful strains of “Sabarmati ke sant tu ne kar diya kamaal”, the Sabarmati river still holds a special place. But what many don’t know is that the river on whose banks Gandhi set up his Ashram has turned into one [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Tajpur (Ahmedabad), July 9: FOR six years now, Tajpur village has been commemorating the 1857 mutiny through a programme attended by Ministers of State. And for six years, the ministers have come, talked about development issues and then bid adieu until the next year. Monday’s programme to mark the completion of 150 years [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, Jul 6: Major discrepancies have come up in regard to the condition of the regional transport offices (RTOs) in the state. In December 2005, Bangalore had almost 23 lakh vehicles on its roads, with 10 regional transport officers and 217 technical inspectors. In comparison, today, Ahmedabad has almost 30 lakh vehicles, with [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmeadbad, July 4: In the wake of the controversy surrounding the sale of Mahatma Gandhi’s letter, which is considered by many to be a national heritage, there seems to be renewed efforts to trace anything and everything written by Gandhi. The chief trustee of the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust (SAPMT), Amrut [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, July 02: In a world where size matters, it was heartening to see little ones of the Childline India Foundation take centrestage to voice their opinions and grievances with the world they will soon inherit. The Gujarat chapter of Childline recently arranged a state level children’s meet where 40 under-privileged children interacted [...]