The other day, a friend of mine was searching for an overnight train from Lucknow to Haldwani and back. While the Bagh Express certainly fits the bill, securing a berth is nearly impossible due to the heavy rush. The only viable alternative is the Lucknow–Kathgodam Express. However, there is a catch: it departs Lucknow late
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While talking to David Solomon my colleague and senior of journalism days the other day, talks veered around this year’s unusually ‘cool’ summer of north India. “The surprising thing was”, I told David, “muskmelons were quite sweet, despite lack of hot winds and dry weather.” David caught me. “When did you start eating kharboojas, you
बात 27 साल पहले इसी महीने की है। तारीख याद नहीं, लेकिन वह कोई जरूरी भी नहीं। पहली बार दिशा सामाजिक संगठन में एक केस स्टडी करने सहारनपुर जाना हुआ। मई की तपती दोपहरिया में पसीने से लथपथ दिशा के निर्माणाधीन परिसर में रिक्शा वाले ने छोड़ा। वहां मौजूद कुछ लोगों को परिचय दिया। किसी
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While on walk this morning with my four-legged friend of 15 years Daffy, I saw from distance a child trying to bring down with a bamboo pole something from a tree. Curious I reached the child and was surprised to see him collecting jungle jalebis (Pithecellobium dulce), commonly called Manila Tamarind, Madras Thorn and Monkey
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Over 20 years ago I had a chance encounter with Ubha village in Sonbhadra district, recently in news for all the wrong reasons. An assignment to profile a few NGOs working on children’s issues in Uttar Pradesh took me to the village, where an organisation Children Welfare Society was running an education project for the
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