People with relief material during lockdown
FCRA Amendment: NGOs ‘Rewarded’ for ‘Good Work’
Interacting with non-governmental organisations of Varanasi via video conferencing on July 9, 2020, the Prime Minister praised them for providing relief during the crisis caused by coronavirus. Exactly a month…
The New Normal
This morning, I made a purchase which was on hold for a long, because it was not available in the area. My water pipe used to water plants, fill water…
Childhood Memories
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…
E-Learning and Digital Divide
About 10 children in third standard of a government primary school in a small town of western Uttar Pradesh huddle together every morning, forgetting physical distancing that is norm these…
Corona and Superstition
As the country enters third phase of lockdown to tackle coronavirus disease, this morning I received a WhatsApp message containing a newspaper clip that proclaimed Neem: Corona ko harane ka…
A typical village home - cattle are tied on ground floor and their owners live on first floor
Uttarakhand Diary
Village life My work included interviewing people in different villages over the next three days for preparing a document for a client. These villages were in three clusters: near Askote,…
कड़वी दवा
बड़ी हैरानी हुई इस संपादकीय को पढ़कर। अगर टाइम्स आफ इंडिया और इस समूह के अखबार और पत्रिकाएं नहीं चाहते हैं कि गूगल उनकी मेहनत की मलाई काटे तो इसका…
Askote town as seen from Helpiya village. In the backdrop Panchachuli range with fresh snowfall is visible
Uttarakhand Diary
One place on earth where I am always ready to go is Uttarakhand. Once again, I packed my bags and hit for the mountains on an assignment. As soon as…
How Jio Does It?
Fifteen days after using Jio Fiber service, some reality talk. Use the connection on PC/laptop through LAN, you get promised speed of up to 100 Mbps. Use the connection through…