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Understanding the medieval battle for Uttar Pradesh

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 06, 20122 mins

Scene from UP’s Kushinagar – constituency with most # of criminal background candidates (Pic: courtesy bbc.co.uk) Last week we learnt, from a perusal of an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR…

UP Election Candidate Insights from ADR's National Election Watch

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 31, 20122 mins

Uttar Pradesh’s districts (Map courtesy mapsofindia.com) National Election Watch (NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGO and other citizen led organizations working on electoral…

Abhay Mishra goes to Sikkim Manipal University

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 09, 20123 mins

Pic: distancelearningdelhi.com Abhay Mishra (name changed for this story) is 24 years old. He’s halfway through his MBA program at Sikkim Manipal University after completing a 2-year computer course…

Wheeling the UP rickshaw pullers away from exploitation

Vishy KurugantiOctober 05, 20113 mins

Naveen Krishna (Managing Director, SMV Wheels) [Editor’s Note: Last week I had a phone conversation with Naveen Krishna, Managing Director of SMV Wheels (a Varanasi-based social enterprise with an…

The Twentyfirst Century Kabuliwalas of India

Vishy KurugantiApril 19, 20114 mins

Pic: courtesy upperstall.com Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali poet, novelist, playwright, painter and musician) is renowned for so many works of art that it seems almost criminal to dwell on a personal…

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