With taps running dry for years, Vatva falls back on private borewells

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, December 21 Sairaben Ahmed (name changed) glances furtively at the hosepipe snaking across the floor of the kitchen as she chops vegetables. In her ‘one room, kitchen, toilet’ tenement in Maqdum Nagar in Vatva, she is waiting for the evening supply of water. However, she is not the only person in Maqdum [...]

Slums razed for beautification, but none to look after the displaced

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, December 9 One fine morning in November 2005, Pathan Shamshad was getting ready to go to work, when he suddenly heard bulldozers thundering through the narrow lanes outside his house. Without any notice, the workforce of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Board (AUDA) had descended in the Bakra Mandi area of Ranip to [...]

At IIM-A food festival, organic foods make healthiest profits

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, December 4: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is providing a platform to entrepreneurs to market and sell their traditional delicacies, which are made using organic ingredients. Dilip Patel is one such person who has been in the business of manufacturing pure jaggery, without using chemicals or acid, for the last [...]

Junior cops wait for re-recognition of their Assn by HC

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, November 14 Low ranking police personnel in Gujarat are now eagerly awaiting the re-recognition of their association by the Gujarat High Court, which was dismissed by the erstwhile director general of police of the state on grounds of low strength and attendance. The association of police sub-inspectors, head constables and constables was [...]

Colours on Camera

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha 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 [...]

Only a day’s wages for cop’s bereaved family

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, November 13 If their father had returned home from patrolling on November 8, nine-year-old Kiran and five-year-old Jaydeep would have celebrated Diwali the next day. But that was not to be. Vinay Yadav (32) was shot dead by two miscreants when he was keeping a vigil in the vicinity of LG Hospital. [...]

Retired defence personnel struggle for medical aid

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha Ahmedabad, November 6: A 65-year-old retired infantry jawan stands exhausted at the gate of the Ex-Sevicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) polyclinic at Airport Circle in the scorching afternoon sun. The pain in the chest of this erstwhile jawan of the Indian Army has only worsened since 8 am when he left his house [...]

Model Act with Arjun Rampal

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Express Feature Services, Pulkit Vasudha Actor and supermodel Arjun Rampal was in Ahmedabad for the launch a showroom on Wednesday. Here’s more about his forthcoming film Om Shanti Om and his wish to travel to Antarctica. What makes Arjun Rampal behind the image of an actor? Films from my profession, not passion. Apart from doing [...]

Fresh blood

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

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, [...]