All stories by Gunjan Sharma
Stranded for 10 days in Sumy, 700 Indian students say losing hope fast
Rediff.com7 Mar 2022There is no power, no water supply and shops are refusing to accept cards, even though ATMs have run out of cash, said the Sumy State University student.
Indian medical students abroad join forces to help peers stranded in Ukraine
Rediff.com6 Mar 2022The volunteering students are studying in China, Uzbekistan and Philippines.
Hoping to escape Ukraine, Indian students walk 35km in freezing cold
Rediff.com27 Feb 2022' We have run out of food items and there is no place to stock up again. When will this end?'
Indian teachers stranded in Kabul hope for immediate evacuation
Rediff.com18 Aug 2021'We have tried to get in touch with the embassy as well as the Ministry of External Affairs. We have not heard from them yet but I am confident that the government must be putting efforts for our safe and quick evacuationfrom Kabul'
COVID-19: Many states unsure on schools reopening
Rediff.com11 Oct 2020The education ministry released guidelines last week for the reopening of schools, including for thorough cleaning and disinfection of the premises, flexibility in attendance, no assessment for up to three weeks and ensuring a smooth transition from home-based schooling during the coronavirus-induced lockdown to formal schooling.
Khan Market, CP traders struggle to survive despite 'unlock'
Rediff.com2 Jul 2020Deserted streets, limited customers, no revenue generation, huge rentals and restricted operations have forced many outlets to put their shutters down permanently while many others are struggling to survive by retrenching staff and tightening their purse strings on several other expenses.
IIT students to get lockdown benefits!
Rediff.com2 Jun 2020From early graduation to flexible grading, Gunjan Sharma reports on how the IITs will help their graduating students.
Gurgaon-Bihar: 8 days, 1,000 km and 11 men on 11 cycle rickshaws
Rediff.com26 May 2020Kumar had registered for the Shramik Special train. Everyday, he hoped his phone will ring and he will be asked to come to the station. But, only his landlord's call came everyday asking when he would pay the due rent. Dejected with the wait, Kumar decided to go to the Gurgaon Railway Station where he was refused an entry.
Son leaves job to meet mother, gets news of her death in quarantine
Rediff.com25 May 2020He quit his job in Dubai and returned to India to spend time with his ailing mother but life doesn't always go according to plan -- and news of her death came shortly before his 14-day quarantine in Delhi was ending. A heartbroken Aamir Khan said his mother died on Saturday and he could not even attend his mother's last rites at their home in Rampur on Sunday. His quarantine would end soon but he wasn't allowed to leave.
Exodus shatters 'Big-city school' dreams of migrants' kids
Rediff.com24 May 2020'I like it when my daughter talks in English fluently. She is smarter in maths too than her village friends'
Hoping to return home, migrants walk to rlwy station daily
Rediff.com19 May 2020'They say government is doing so much but ham to ab bhi yahi hain'
Protests move indoors, online during lockdown
Rediff.com5 May 2020Several protests and mass movements across Delhi and the country were at their peak when the coronavirus threat slowly crept in, throwing normal life out of gear and pushing everyone indoors to ensure social distancing.
COVID-19 test method developed by IIT Delhi gets ICMR nod
Rediff.com23 Apr 2020IIT Delhi is the first academic institute to have obtained the ICMR approval for a real-time PCR- based diagnostic assay. The development also comes against the backdrop of the Indian Council of Medical Research halting the testing for COVID-19 cases through China-made test kits because of massive variation in test results, compounding the challenge to check and contain the pandemic.
Student develops device to ensure social distancing
Rediff.com25 Mar 2020The device which can be worn as a pendant comes with a sensor which glows in case someone breaches the user's safe space of one metre and a 'hand wash reminder'.
India's image among those caring for freedom declining: Chomsky
Rediff.com6 Mar 2016Noam Chomsky maintained that India is "not the only country where educational institutions are being subjected to such attacks, though the sequence of events at JNU signal towards a culture of authoritarian menace".
8th Jaipur Literature Festival kicks off to a grand start
Rediff.com21 Jan 2015The eighth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off on Wednesday to a grand start with a bevy of authors, poets, Nobel Laureates along with some Bollywood celebrities, trooping in to the pink city to participate in one of Asia's biggest literary jamboree.