Pulkit Vasudha , TNN
Wrapped in blankets, in Washington DC, almost two million people braved -13 degree celsius to be a part of a historic presidential inauguration.
In homes across the nation, people woke up as early as 4 am to catch the action live on TV. At breakfast meetings, viewing parties, and coffee houses, people pulled [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, November 23 Sabriye Tenberken can read and write in the dark. She even teaches her students to do the same. No, Tenberken does not possess miraculous powers, nor does she belong to the world of wizardry. She is blind, but as she says, that doesn’t prevent her from being a visionary.Along with her [...]
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Captured on camera, the colours of his canvas are raking rave reviews in film festivals from art and cinema connoisseurs. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V), Ahmedabad, Ajay Chaudhary’s abstract scratches and hatches in black, white and shades of grey have carved a niche for themselves in the world of colours.
When filmmaker Dharmendra Nath [...]
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 across [...]
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 posh [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, August 28: Until 2004, Kanuben Katesia, of the remote Gundala village in Rajkot district, earned Rs 50 a day as an agricultural labourer on others’ farms. On her own 2 acres of land, she grew cotton, a water-intensive crop, completely unsuited to the drought-prone arid zone in South Gujarat. The meagre savings Kanuben [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, August 21:Born with clubfoot (congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes) in the small town of Viramgaon, 60 kilometres from Ahmedabad, Bhupesh Modi does not know what it is to walk without a limp. The handicap may have [...]
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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 with government [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, July 25:UNTIL five years ago, the women of Juhapura had not ventured beyond the confines of their small neighbourhood. The riots of 2002, however, changed everything.
As the riots left most male members of the area jobless, 20 women began a savings group called Parwaaz. With children to feed and rents to pay, [...]