In villages in Palghar district -- in Mumbai's backyard -- more than 254 children have died from malnutrition.
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh report from Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor, visiting an anganwadi, which is often the first line of defence in tackling malnutrition.
Six Kashmiri Muslim students belonging to Sarhad, an organisation which brings semi-orphans from strife-torn regions to live and study at their school and college in Pune, share their hopes for their state and their experiences outside it. Jyoti Punwani reports.
Uttam Ghosh's take on Vijay Goel's antics in Rio.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the horrific terror attack in Nice, France.
A meeting to pay homage to K G Subramanyam, one of India's most interesting painters and thinkers.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Subramanian Swamy's controversial utterances.
Uttam Ghosh on how the government's move to give 'yoga visas' may backfire.
Uttam Ghosh weighs in on the row between the Censor Board and the makers of Udta Punjab.
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.'
