Jyoti Punwani examines the relevance of the Sairat, the hit Marathi film everyone is talking about, in today's times.
Peasants from Maharashtra's drought-affected Beed district feel the government machinery and politicians are indifferent to their plight.
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on several issues of the day.
Drought or no drought... life goes in the water-starved Beed district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region
Undaunted by Sachin Kengar and Yogita Desai's deaths, scores of small children in Maharashtra brave the scorching, unbearable, heat to draw water from unguarded wells.
'What will we drink if we start fearing these wells?'
Yogita Ashok Desai, 12, died of 'cardio pulmonary arrest', after she collapsed on her way home after fetching water.
Body-building and the traditional form of kushti (wrestling) rein supreme in this little village near Mumbai.
History can actually be fun, discovers Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Kanhaiya Kumar is India's latest political rockstar. More so in Mumbai, where his address this evening gave Mumbaikars a glimpse of the heydays of the Communist movement in the city of textiles mills and mill workers.
'How can we be silent when we see millions of Adivasis being displaced? Do we have a choice whether to speak or not?' 'My treatment this time was worse. Last time at least they didn't deny me medicines; those bought from outside were given to me. This time, even medicines bought at my expense were not given to me.'
Uttam Ghosh On the controversy surrounding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the JNU ruckus.
'In the districts of Jagdalpur and Dantewada, the only time the accused walked out of jail was when they were acquitted. There is no concept of bail.' 'The women were very clear -- they had to fight. Remaining silent any longer was not an option.'
Uttam Ghosh on how rail passengers will benefit from the Railway Budget.
When an accused gets attacked on the way to court, and again within the court premises, with no intervention by a judicial officer, which space is safe, asks Jyoti Punwani.
Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on the Jawaharlal Nehru University controversy.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the ultimate sacrifice by then soldiers of the Madras Regiment on the Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield.
'Muslims and Dalits must erase the way they remember their past, or carry out their their performances in private,' says Jyoti Punwani, as Maharashtra's Censor Board denies permission to a play Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat.
Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on India's contrasts -- the government's ambitious economic agenda vis-a-vis farmers' woes and social unrest.
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