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 [...]
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 [...]
Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, June 15: Posing as a relative of a patient urgently in need of blood, all that Ashwini Varma, a medical technician, had to do was approach the nearest tea stall vendor outside the civil hospital. The deal was struck with Kallubhai, the tea stall owner, for Rs 500 per unit of blood. [...]
Pulkit Vasudha HER wild, wild ways bedazzle her parents, she prefers animals to sedentary pursuits, crocs, snakes outshine Sallu miya who figures in her black(buck)list! For Janvi Karwal, this animal kingdom’s her oyster. “I like working with the animals in the zoo, not looking at them from a distance,” says the 15-year-old. “Crocodiles and snakes [...]
Express News Services, Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, May 31:Sanaben (25), a resident of Bhem village near Ajmer, could not get married due to the cleft lip she was born with. But a 45-minute corrective surgery at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital changed her life forever. In a state with a high percentage of child brides, being unmarried [...]