Hospitals, Medicines and Crematorium
Biswajeet Banerjee “Ram Rajya laane wali sarkar khud Ram bharose hai”, shouted Anurag Sharma, a lower level BJP worker whose father is tested covid positive on Tuesday and has pulled all strings…
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Migrants with Blisters on their Feet Still Walking Thousands of Miles
The officials in Uttar Pradesh administration say that buses will take migrant workers to home. In daily press briefing the senior government officers churns out numbers of trains that have…
Perils of Reverse Migration
Villagers of Rajaram ka Purwa in Banda district have written a letter to SDM, Attarra saying that they are starving and will die if they do get anything to eat.…
Living in Quarantine Was Like a Hell
Reshma and her family comprising her husband and two children were among a group of 15 people who boarded a bus provided by the Uttar Pradesh government to take them…
Mohan – the Missing Friend
The memories of school days are etched in one’s mind. One may not remember the name or the place after four decades but remembers the occasion or the event. The…
The Schoolmates
When I was giving rest to my tired bones at my friend’s house after a hectic Durga Puja celebration I got a call. It was an unknown number. Usually I…
When I Was Left Penniless at Bangkok Airport
Biswajeet Banerjee My return flight from Bangkok was at 9.45 at the night but the bus from Pattaya dropped me at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok at 4.45 pm. I had flat…
BJP should look beyond Ram, Ayodhya and Cow
The employees were at leisure in Jawahar Bhawan, the building in Lucknow housing over a dozen government departments, when the other day the discussions veered to Congress’ performance in three…
Puppies Tryst with Rain
After a long dry spell Lucknow, the city of Nawabs, got the first monsoon shower on Monday – July 30. It did not rain, but poured as if Indra Devta…
Dahakti Jawani, Mahakta Husn
It was a lazy Sunday evening. The attendance in the newsroom was very thin. Our quintessential Bhatt Sahib strolled down the aisle of newsroom where our Sport in-charge sits said…