Sabi Hussain In New Delhi

Stories by Sabi Hussain In New Delhi

Now, a helpline for confused Delhi voters

Now, a helpline for confused Delhi voters

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2008

Queries like this, which run into about 2,500 every day, are raining at the helpline centre set up for the first time by the Election Commission in the poll-bound national capital."The centre has been receiving 2,000-2,500 calls daily," says Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Satbir Sailas Bedi. Set up under the direct supervision of Joint Chief Electoral Officer Uday Bakshi, it has different lines with a common number 011-47617500.

Indian middle class leads a selfish life:Aruna Roy

Indian middle class leads a selfish life:Aruna Roy

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2008

Unlike the upwardly mobile upper middle class, the much neglected Indian backward class which struggles for a daily living knows better how to lead an enriched and harmonious life, believes Magsaysay awardee and eminent RTI activist Aruna Roy. "India's backward class, which has always been neglected and considered as socially irrelevant has empowered me and taught me how to struggle in life, while the middle class disempowered me with its urbanised thoughts," she adds.