Indian television stops being colorful and loud, from its orgy of soap operas, reality TV programs, on-screen emotional dares and explosions and even the quickies between news broadcasts on the more ‘serious’ networks, when you click the remote on real reality TV. I haven’t switched on the television since pirated movies started streaming the internet for free, and I haven’t … [Read more...]
Kailash Satyarthi: A noble prize winner living under darkness
KAILASH SATYARTHI, I never had heard of this name until very recently when the name featured with famous Malala Yousufzai for Nobel peace prize winners. I knew from media of course how brave a girl is she for her age, how she has transformed many a lives of girls who would have never even dreamt of seeing themselves in Schools, how she fought death and took it in her stride to … [Read more...]
Blood Donation: It’s high time we put our foot forward
What do we usually do when we see a Facebook post or a WhatsApp message which says there is a patient who is in need for certain units of Blood urgently? Most of us ignore it, delete it or some kind souls would forward the message to others (after all messaging is free these days). Most of us don’t even bother to spare a moment and think as to why the medical facilities are not … [Read more...]
“I chose to work, I am not forced” – The story of a kid working in a factory
The other thing that takes a high position this festive season is the campaigning to save the young kids, animals and the poor from doing work that the ‘normal’ folk have a good time out of. There are signs, notices, articles and women screaming on the roads to protect children from making crackers at factories, which is not only potentially deadly to their health, but also … [Read more...]
Beautiful Bungalow for a middle class man: “A dream or Reality of future”
“WOW” What a wonderful car! What a beautiful Bungalow! Papa hum aisa ghar kab lenge? These all are the questions of a kid belonging to middle class. The 5 year kid dreams of all such things; not only the kid but possibly his father too. The stubborn feels that when he grows up he will also own these materialistic possessions. As the kid has not gained a sense of … [Read more...]
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