If you live in Maharashtra and are searching for that ‘lovely’ hill station to escape the heat, think again. There is no brilliant hill station close by. Lonavala is hardly a hill station anymore. Matheran – you’ve been there, love it but it’s too dusty to go in the summers; you need to wait for the rains… You […]
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Discovering Chimbai Village, Bandra
Let’s go on a walk down Chimbai Road in Bandra. Through the bylanes, passing some vintage-cute bungalows, till we hit a decrepit bungalow with suspected squatters, take that left and walk till we reach the water’s edge. This is the Chimbai Koli village. Just across the water to the left, across the water you won’t […]
FSS’s Memorandum Against Gender Selection
To, Honourable Shri. Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister ,Maharashtra State Mantralay Mumbai Subject : Appropriate actions about sex selection. Respected Sir, Forum against Sex Selection (FASS) is a network with over 50 Ngo’s and individual members . FASS has conducted interactive workshops to discuss its perspective and plan strategies to take the FASS campaign forward and to understand challenges to […]
A 1000 Steps Against Malnutrition?
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recognized the harsh reality of malnutrition in India by saying “India‘s “unacceptably high” levels of child malnutrition are a “national shame”. Our State women and child welfare minister Varsha Gaikwad in the Assembly’s winter session last year in Nagpur admitted on the floor of the house that only 68 children were dying […]
Unsung…
Lahu Sambhaji Khade died on July 8, 2011 at Kavlapur village, District Sangli. He was 78 years old. Nobody knew Lahu Khade. However,thousands of his fans in villages across Maharashtra knew and loved Kaalu. Lahu Khade was the Kaalu of the Kaalu-Baalu Tamasha that he established along with his brother Ankush Khade. Ankush was […]
The Freedom To Drink?
Editor’s note: This piece was written by the author as a Facebook note in response to the manner in which young celebrities are speaking out to defend the freedom to drink. Actor Imran Khan, it was reported, intends to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the Maharashtra government’s decision to raise the legal age limit for alcohol consumption to 25 years. I was touched to see […]