The BJP has used the controversy surrounding the death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as a tool to extract political mileage. The government declassified the files in the hope that it would find evidence to denigrate Jawaharlal Nehru, but on the contrary, it was found that the relationship between theContinue Reading
As the third day of Tata Literature Live Mumbai Fest 2019 commences, Title Waves, Bandra, saw an interesting tryst with history. Starting at 10:30 am on a Saturday morning, panelists Ashis Ray, Kumar Ketkar, Vishwas Patil, chaired by Sidharth Bhatia engaged in an hour-long discussion on “Bigg Bose: Netaji’s ComplicatedContinue Reading
“Mumbai is a second home for me, and if to you want to deal the traffic in this city, just cross the roads with an amputee and see how quickly people make way,” said New Zealander Mark Inglis, to an appreciative crowd that roared with laughter. The man who wasContinue Reading
Eminent activists, journalists and international social workers at a conference, titled Youth Against Slavery, shared insights into the scourge of human trafficking and urged the audience to get involved through personal and financial initiatives, at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai last Saturday. The conference was organizedContinue Reading
“When you look at the scourge of human trafficking and the lexicon of words that was given to it, whether it was bonded labour, whether it was prostitution, whether it was slavery, whether it was sex trafficking, whatever it is, one thing you’ll very quickly understand is that evil hasContinue 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