Ahmedabad, October 24 Here’s a look at the fresh blood fighting the elections in Gujarat this year. Whether they stand a chance agaisnt the prominent, politicial heavyweights or not, it is surprising how determined they are in their political stance. Pravin Mishra, 31 The youngest of eight siblings and born into a poor family in Murshidabad, [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, October 21 A Man with amputated arms sits at an easel, dips his paint brush occasionally in a palette and sweeps the canvas with strong stokes, all the while gripping his brush firmly between his teeth. A mentally retarded teenager holds open a file folder with the colours of the Tricolour striped [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, October 17 Several women organisations from across Gujarat joined hands and appealed to political parties to increase the candidature of women in the coming Assembly elections. They also requested that they promise to address issues concerning women in their manifestos. Over 150 NGOs working for women, represented by Ahmedabad Women Action Group [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, October 15 While parties like Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) are making their first forays into Gujarat’s political battleground, there is another party — the New Socialist Movement (NSM) — that is sending ripples trough the masses. Though the NSM was formally registered barely [...]
Express News Services, Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, June 6:A Philanthropic idea that germinated during the Gujarat riots has now taken shape in the form of a swanky school for the Muslim children in Salam area of the city. Fearing that the children of the community may face discrimination in other schools and could miss out on [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Adesar (Kutch), October 12 “In this profession, it is not the degrees and the qualifications that matter. What matters is experience,” says Ghanshyam P Gohel, injecting a six month old baby. “Though I did not study beyond the primary school level, I have been the most trusted doctor in all of Rapar for [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, October 10 WITH Ahmedabad going mall-a-mall, retail mania seems to have gripped Navratri shoppers, too. More and more women are preferring to walk into well-lit, concept stores to buy chaniya cholis than jostling with the junta at Law Garden, which until now had been the most preferred place for Navratri shopping. A [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, October 04 If you thought withdrawing money from your nearest ATM is not rocket science, think again. At the World Space Week exhibition organised at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) campus, scientists are busy explaining to children and adults how technology, which we often take for granted, uses space science. “When [...]
Pulkit Vasudha LAST year, several Muslim women’s organisations from across the country came together under an umbrella organisation, the Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan. The unique initiative demands equal status for Muslim women in society, rejects everything unconstitutional and forms a democratic, secular organisation for liberal and progressive thought and action. Zakia Jowher, the woman behind [...]