In what could be termed as an act of fearlessness, an ambulance carrying a cadaver heart from Pune managed to reach Mumbai in 1 hour and 35 minutes saving the life of a 14-year-old boy suffering from a heart condition. Authorities had to create a green corridor between the two cities to allow the heart to reach Mumbai in the stipulated time which otherwise would have taken at least three […]
There’s an underground dance bar in Santacruz West where I saw a former national-level beauty pageant contestant perform. According to the person who took me there, she began working there when she was looking for a Bollywood break. To land roles, she needed to be seen on red carpets and at parties, for which she needed heels and dresses. While acting gig after acting gig fell through, the dance bar […]
As I sit to write this article, I am sure whichever part of India you might be in, water crisis is a reality for you. Be it in the form of water rationing, sky high product prices resulting from drought condition or innumerable reports of hapless farmers resorting to the extreme measure of committing suicide unable to cope with the shortage of water and the resultant impact, water woes have […]
A report by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom is doing the rounds and securing column space in most major dailies this morning. One key finding that is repeatedly finding prominence in its 2016 annual report is the Commission’s take on India. According to this report, “Religious freedom in India was on a “negative trajectory” in 2015 as religious tolerance “deteriorated” and religious freedom violations “increased.” My biggest question […]
We all have read how drought is creating headlines in the country, leading to farmer suicides. Do you know that every year thousands of farmers commit suicide due to unavailability of water and if statistics are to be believed then last year approximately 16000 farmers practised self-immolation? Sad isn’t it… probably that’s what we utter after learning about the sorrowful state. So, here’s a video which can tell you in […]
It was the first week of October when I(Gaurav Malhotra) met Nazia in Delhi metro when she was going to another govt hospital for the Cancer treatment. Nazia’s father was carrying her in his arms and trying to relax her in crowded metro. When I saw her […]
If you’re planning to buy a cough syrup for your child, think again. Medicines with codeine – a chemical derived from opium — are banned for children below 12 in many countries but are freely available in India as popular cough syrups – such as Corex, Phensedyl, Benadryl and Teddy cough. In 2013, the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand banned codeine-based medicines for children […]
Earth Day is an anual event, celebrated on April 22. It is the perfect day to celebrate our planet and start caring for it. Every year, more than one billion people across the globe take part in the event to show support for environmental protection. But, What is earth Day? Why is it important to celebrate Earth Day? And how is it observed globally? Here are some information about the […]
Despite cranking his car’s air conditioner to full-blast, Sandeep Sarma struggles not to sweat each morning as he creeps along the 21 miles of traffic-clogged road to his office in the Indian city of Bangalore. And lately, as record-breaking temperatures blanket the country, Sarma has noticed something else: Even through the glass of his car window, the summer sun leaves his right arm burnt and red. Compared to the 130 […]
As published on https://www.gofundme.com/sudeshtripbackhome Hello everybody, my name is Alwyn Lewis. I was the room mate of Sudesh Shetty. Sudesh is 32 yrs old from India and had come to Toronto as a student . He was studying Culinary skills at Humber college. I am the manager of Udupi Palace and I have known Sudesh for 5 yrs. He has been a parttime worker at the Ritz carlton and Udupi […]
