Sanjita had very little to say on the subject of how she felt about getting married. Maybe that’s because she’s 10 years old. She had married 18 days earlier, to a boy who is 14 or 15 years old—he works in a garment factory in Dhaka and as a rickshaw driver. Her mother Mariam (this and Sanjita’s name are pseudonyms) had quite a bit to say: I don’t have any sons who look after my husband and I. We’re getting old and fall sick all the time. My husband says ‘I can die anytime—before I die I want to make sure I carry out my duty to my daughter.’
Amit Reddy was probably born in the wrong place. Even his mother thinks so when she says, ‘You should go away to America, You are nothing like Indian.’ As Reddy finds it difficult to understand and live a life that his society and surroundings expect him to, and unable to comprehend the diktat of a Hindu Indian society, he decides to fix the problem. The way he decides to do it is by travelling across the country to discover its soul, and perhaps discover his own soul that might fit within an Indian context. As he puts it, “It’s all so frightfully confusing, but I intend to rectify this situation. The plan is ingenious, and quite simple. I’m going to explore India like few people ever have, by taking an inordinately long journey around the country; 40,750 kilometers long, to be precise… If everything goes accordingly, by the end of this journey I hope to be the complete Indian.”
HOTEL REVIEW: During my visit to Fort Kochi last month, I stayed in 16th and 17th century bungalows that also hosted the likes of Vasco da Gama, governers of Portugese and Dutch administration, a French Admiral and a British Major. About a month ago, universe conspired that I should take a holiday in Fort Kochi. I had scheduled a work-related visit to Cochin and my air tickets were all booked. Just as the dates approached–I still hadn’t planned my accommodation–I was invited by Neemrana to visit and experience their two non-hotel hotels in Fort Kochi. And two days before departure, all my work commitments in Kochi were cancelled, enabling me to enjoy an undisturbed beach-side holiday.
BOOK REVIEW: "The weapons recovery team has reported fifteen crates of small calibre weapons missing from the army truck hit by the landslide at Pir Panjal," a message that sends a shiver down the spine of director general of Border Security Force. While Pratik Shah's Operation Jai Mata Di may seem to be a run-of-the-mill plot where terrorists take innocent people hostage, it is because of books like these that inspire the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover'. In this nail biter of a book, over 10,000 pilgrims are en route to the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi, a religious tourist destination in the troubled state of Jammu & Kashmir, when they're taken hostage but no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack because here the so-called 'terrorists' are different both in terms of nationality and their mission.
A new trend is offing for farmers in India to marry extra wives to carry 'water' for them, which is now-a-days a herculean task in remote rural villages in India. Indian farmers started marrying 'extra' wives to get 'water' for their regular use and serve in summer from far away places. This trend is catching in remote villages and set an example to urban farmers too. A myth of the west holds that women are too delicate to do manual labor, everything from frontline military service to opening a door. Men who believe it should try kneading bread dough for 15 minutes and see how their arms feel.
Internet, as we know it, has conquered our lives and everything in it. Providing in-depth access to knowledge, satiating our curiosities and letting us voice our opinions, Internet is also responsible for fostering innovative minds. The result: Internet of Things and Net Neutrality have come to be the new tech buzzwords.
With Internet of Things, the daily physical objects like watches, washing machines, refrigerators, etc. now come to enjoy network connectivity to send and receive data. Net neutrality, on the other hand determines free and unobstructed access to various apps and websites on internet enabled smartphones and computer systems.
How is it to live in a village at the base of a 20,000 feet high mountain forever covered in snow? How does one endure winter temperatures that can go down to -20C or lower? What is like to be in the company of yaks in summer and snow-leopards in winter? What does it take to survive in such a place for centuries, when modern facilities did not exist? INNLIVE visited Langza for explore answers.
The Andhra CM's claims of a clean image are in tatters, his promise of being pro-farmer has been proven to be a lie and his stock is falling in Telangana and at the centre as well. It should have been a good year for Chandrababu Naidu. Having won the 2014 state elections in the truncated state of Andhra Pradesh, he was back in power after a decade in opposition.
Sanjita had very little to say on the subject of how she felt about getting married. Maybe that’s because she’s 10 years old. She had married 18 days earlier, to a boy who is 14 or 15 years old—he works in a garment factory in Dhaka and as a rickshaw driver.
