Mango Tales
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”,…
Corona: Whom to Believe
This evening the AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, answered almost every question that one may have about the deadly coronavirus in about 45-minute programme on the news channel Aaj Tak.…
आप हमेशा याद रहेंगे ताऊ जी
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।…
Corona Vaccination: The Other Side of the Coin
Every afternoon the Union Health Ministry briefs media with coronavirus update in the country. Inter alia we officially learn how many new people got infected with the virus, how many…
कोरोना टीकाकरण: सिक्के का दूसरा पहलू
हर शाम के वक्त केन्द्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय देश में कोरोनावायरस के ताजा हालात पर मीडिया की ब्रीफिंग करता है। तमाम बातों के साथ-साथ हम जानते हैं कि कितने लोग वायरस…
Corona Havoc Affecting Mental Health
For almost one month now open newspaper in the morning and read gory details of disease and deaths. Switch on TV, the same thing – patients gasping for breath, wailing…
An Open Letter to NITI Aayog CEO
Dear Amitabh Kant, I am Shachindra Sharma, a researcher closely associated with the NGO sector for almost three decades, residing in Lucknow. I am writing this letter to you to…
A Requiem for NGOs
After a day of unsuccessfully calling one of my NGO friends in Banda district when I was finally able to talk to him the obvious question was, “Kahan vyast ho…
Making of New Middlemen in Farm Sector
Among my many childhood friends, one was Vijay Dalmia. We studied together till class X. After passing class X, I moved to Lucknow for higher education, while he stayed back…