Delhi RWAs sink in poll quicksand
MUNICIPAL elections in Delhi have decimated a squabbling Congress, but more significantly they have despatched into oblivion a handful of independent candidates who set out to cleanse politics and voice the concerns of resident welfare associations (RWAs). RWAs have been seen as a force to reckon with in Delhi.
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In search of the Indian wheelchair
WHAT should a wheelchair have to operate in Indian conditions? ‘A good horn’. An outrageous joke, isn’t it, but one which helps sum up dismal Indian traffic conditions. Jokes apart, for Dr Jon Pearlman, a researcher from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, what is more important is designing a wheelchair for India’s large and growing population of people with disabilities.
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Jupiter Academy’s amazing story
IN 1998 Sandip Bhatnagar was just a small businessman with a shop that did machine fabrication in Indira Nagar’s maze of lanes in Lucknow. His father had recently passed away and Bhatnagar fondly recalled something he had said. Every evening,
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Rape gets serious attention
ON a sultry day in April, about 500 women protestors from rural areas in Rajasthan gathered outside the district collectorate in Ajmer. Theywere from the Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti (MJAS) and they had only one thing on their mind – to highlight issues related to rape through the Balatkar Virodhi Manch (Forum Against Rape).
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