How modernisation deleted endangered tribe’s dialect
By Shahroz Afridi & Prabhatesh Tripathi Chhindwara: On a sweltering summer evening, Inder Chalthiya and the other members of his tribe were out in the wild, preparing for...
Fake journos become menace in Haryana, face boycott
Image for representation purposes only. Rohtak: A section of mainstream journalists from Rohtak and Jhajjar in Haryana have threatened to boycott any press conference or meet if ‘YouTube/Facebook...
Tribal students facing the brunt of system’s negligence
Damoh: While technology is supposed to make our daily lives easier, students of Karibara village in Madhya Pradesh are facing the brunt of technology, which causes them to...
Aadhaar cards to the rescue in this village in MP
Narsinghpur: While Madhya Pradesh is struggling with the menace of rumour-mongering, residents of Jhamar village in the state have come up with a unique solution to tackle it:...
Border villages in India, Pak divided by map, united by love
Barmer, Rajasthan: “I pray for peace between the two countries so that people who have blood ties across the border need not suffer the pain of separation,” said...
‘Bhaiya paper le lo, bhookh lagi hai.’ A terrible legacy of Bhopal’s fourth estate
Bhopal: Young children with a bundle of newspapers can be seen knocking on car windows or approaching bike riders at a busy square in Bhopal, the capital of...
A year after Karbi Anglong mob lynching, court case heading nowhere
GUWAHATI, Assam: When the lynching case of Abhijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das had gone to trial, it seemed like an open-and-shut case. There were many eyewitnesses, the case was...
Death, decline stalk nomadic Gujjar tribes of J&K
Arjun Sharma and Jamsheed Malik BHADERWAH, Jammu & Kashmir: At a height of 10,000 feet surrounded by mountains lies Padri in Jammu, a lush green grassland with traces of snow....
Pesticides overkill in Punjab killing friendly insects that control pest attacks
AMRITSAR, Punjab: Amrik Singh, 46, a Bathinda-based farmer, was in despair after the entire cotton crop on his three-acre land was destroyed by whitefly in 2017. He then...
Communications blackout in J&K leaves families worried
JAMMU: While India waits for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first address after the abrogation of Article 370, residents of Kashmir valley are waiting to hear from their loved...