Powerful grip of moneylenders

February 23, 2006

“The Deputy Chief Minister has got it wrong. He should not be persecuting and prosecuting the moneylenders (reference is to …

Poor & aged in rural Maharashtra.

February 18, 2006

Advertisers and marketers are rediscovering the ‘purchasing power’ of the senior citizens. A number of advertisements focusing on the senior …

February 14, 2006

The homepage of the website of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, government of India has lovely pictures of tribals in …

February 8, 2006

Romantic films and books have long eulogized utopian ideas of villages in India being homogenous societies. The idyllic, innocent, rural …

February 6, 2006

The one aspect that hits the observer in the face is the vast amount of government funds being spent in …

January 30, 2006

Raiwadi is a small village of around 1600 souls merely 5 km from the tehsil headquarters of Loha in Nanded …

January 20, 2006

As the Padayatra wends its way through the drought affected regions of Marathwada, one sees more and more misery caused …

January 16, 2006

“These *&^$#@@# politicians… all they care about is their power… no one gives two hoots for our development…. Our lives” …