Powerful grip of moneylenders
“The Deputy Chief Minister has got it wrong. He should not be persecuting and prosecuting the moneylenders (reference is to …
Category Archives: Padayatra
Poor & aged in rural Maharashtra.
Advertisers and marketers are rediscovering the ‘purchasing power’ of the senior citizens. A number of advertisements focusing on the senior …
Woes of Tribal Maharashtra
The homepage of the website of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, government of India has lovely pictures of tribals in …
Fractured rural societies
Romantic films and books have long eulogized utopian ideas of villages in India being homogenous societies. The idyllic, innocent, rural …
Can we focus development inputs?
The one aspect that hits the observer in the face is the vast amount of government funds being spent in …
Urbanization brings its own woes ….
Raiwadi is a small village of around 1600 souls merely 5 km from the tehsil headquarters of Loha in Nanded …
Mis-management leading to misery!
As the Padayatra wends its way through the drought affected regions of Marathwada, one sees more and more misery caused …
Diminishing Water Sources.. is there anybody out there?
“These *&^$#@@# politicians… all they care about is their power… no one gives two hoots for our development…. Our lives” …
