Their cow-dung plastered wooden walls and hay-lined roofs… their traditional customs of keeping their cattle and livestock indoors… their livelihood avenues… their food… their religious beliefs… their toys and tools… Every aspect of the lives of Wangadpada’s Warli tribes reflects their age-old dependence on and reverence for the nature andContinue Reading
India is the 6th most depressed country in the world!! Did you just blink twice? Or does that not surprise you? With every passing day, the number of suicides doubles. What once used to be a subject much avoided and not spoken of, is now the biggest concern of theContinue 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
I confess that the eponymous first book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, featuring the traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe in Botswana, left me with mixed feelings and a good deal of suspicion. This was in 2008 and the detective series was almost a decade old, but I did notContinue Reading
The Run4unity was an event held at the Bandra Fort in Mumbai for the less fortunate kids. This was an initiative by the Focolare, an international movement to promote unity across borders. A large number of children from orphanages such as the St. Catherine’s Orphan home and others were present.Continue 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
The Chal Rang De a non-profit organization has got the town all glamourous as they move about with their paint buckets. Transforming the slums at Khar and Andheri alike, the young boys and girls are all set to bring to life a colour revolution that will brighten and lighten upContinue Reading
Haven’t we all stood in front of the TV screen and danced away to those numbers? Maybe wishing that someday, we’d get the stars to dance to our tunes. Turning this dream into reality is Imraan Khan, the guy next door. A choreographer by profession, he lives up to theContinue Reading
The unassuming are the dreamers of tomorrow. Featuring Jai and Wilburn, who’ve been in the music business since before most of us were born! The biggest examples of “follow your dream” and “take the jump”, these two make you believe in the lighter side of life.Continue Reading
Featuring Ryan Dsouza, the guy who’s dream started with just owning a camera. Photography as a profession is one that tells a story. A story of a million moments in just a single frame. He goes on to talk about the exciting bits of his day, and how the feelContinue Reading