Author archives: Sunil Mantri

‘Slow and steady wins the race’ appears to be Kharge’s motto

After being marginalised in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra has emerged as the most important state for the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. And it looks like the grand old party is making efforts to get its act together in the premier state in order to make inroads into the newfound Bharatiya Janata Party bastion. As the ruling NDA in the state is rocked by the Shiv Sena’s revolt, […]

"Holy Cancer - How A Cow Saved My Life"

Life was a dream for Amit Vaidya, who soared high financially and professionally till he was diagnosed with cancer when he was 27. Amit Vaidya lived the American dream. A Gujarati, born and brought up in the US, with a Ph.D. in economics, he worked in the entertainment industry’s business department. “It was an active but not a healthy lifestyle as I was an overachiever,” says Amit. His dreams “were […]

#NomoreBagheeras: a movement to fight online sale of dogs and cats

#NomoreBagheeras is a movement to fight the menace of online sale of dogs and cats supported by Dog Training – Canton Board and Train at Ridgeside K9 Ohio and was triggered by the death of Bagheera Last month a 21-day-old Labrador puppy, endearingly named Bagheera, was bought on Quikr. He was born with a contagious, fatal viral disease, called canine distemper, usually caused due to vaccinations not given on time […]

Priyank Kharge-future Karnataka Chief Minister in making

  Until he took over in mid-2016, the department of IT & BT was just an appendage of the Industries department, run largely by its secretary. What’s more, there was not much happening there policy-wise. A first-time MLA (from Chittapur in Gulbarga district), Kharge was named Minister of State in charge of IT & Tourism. In less that two years, he took so many initiatives in the IT and Startup […]