Bikau Media: Another View
The other day two young people were discussing some point and in the heat of argument one of them said: “Well the bikau media (sold media) will not show this.”…
Expecting Moon for Nothing
Running an NGO is very complicated, decidedly more complicated than running a business. A small business owner is accountable to him only, earns money and spends the way he wishes.…
Belittling Labour
Earlier this week the District Magistrate of Lucknow issued order that utensils of children eating midday meal in government schools will be washed by the cooks. This decision must have…
आपकी वेबसाइट और गूगल
तमाम सारे साथियों की वेबसाइट बनाने के बाद हम अकसर कई अजब हालातों का सामना करते हैं। वेबसाइट का एड्रेस देते ही दूसरी ओर से फोन आता है वेबसाइट नहीं…
Journey in Agitator
Some trips on the trains of the public mover, Indian Railways, become ‘memorable’ for wrong reasons. When I say public mover, I do not mean Vande Bharat, Rajdhanis and Shatabdis;…
A King’s Hospitality
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…