Hashtags and rumours about the former Indian captain Ms Dhoni’s retirement took twitter by storm. It was the most discussed topic on Tuesday, the 29th of October. In a nation where cricket is considered not just a game but an emotion, what happens when arguably one of the greatest cricketersContinue Reading
Across the city and the suburbs, of Mumbai, where counting in 36 Assembly seats will decide the fate of nearly 20 million residents, there is a sense of quiet and consolidation as people gear up for counting tomorrow. Then it will be victory processions for the winners and hopefully, retrospectionContinue Reading
This evening, between 5 and 6 PM, there was an uproar in the Chandivali Assembly constituency, in front of Durga Devi Marathi Primary school which is a polling station. The uproar was the result of people finding an unsupervised EVM lying in a car. According to sources, the police haveContinue Reading
There is an uneasy equation between hawkers and the police in Vile Parle East, as this picture shows The constituency of Vile Parle, although divided into two parts, West and East, received a good response from its voters at all polling booths in both parts of the constituency. However, thereContinue Reading
Kiran Shah and his entire family of six came to the Mithibai college of commerce to cast their votes for one party, the BJP. Maintaining that they felt all their promises made by the BJP during the 2014 state assembly elections were fulfilled, Shah said there was no second thoughtContinue Reading
During the late morning hours, people walked into the St. Xavier’s high school at Vile Parle to cast their votes for the 2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections. People from all ages and economic backgrounds flocked in together, among them senior citizens Anildada Parab and his wife Ganga. During the conversation,Continue Reading
Around 11 am at St Anthony’s School, Vakola ,where people were busy casting votes to their preferred candidates, there was an elderly man sitting on a bench quietly observing the show. Having arrived at the polling station on the Election Day, Caitano Dias doesn’t vote. In his mid-fifties, Caitano beenContinue Reading
At St. Andrews High School, A. Dibello (42), an IT professional, was very bitter about the way people are made to run around to get their election cards. Although he was able to vote, Dibello claimed that he had actually lost his j9b because he had to keep following upContinue Reading
There are many who feel that slum dwellers just do not matter, except when it comes to election time. There are some who feel that having the power to vote, puts them in a position of strength at least for a day. But the women who lives in shacks onContinue Reading
Of the three polling booths in Kurla West, the Anjuman Islam Urdu medium school was the one to go the extra mile on polling day to ensure that all its voters exercised their rights. The centre had special facilities like wheelchairs for senior citizens and specially-abled voters. “Every voter isContinue Reading