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Ex-con prefers jail to loneliness of freedom
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» Pushkar Dutt Bhatt lives the way people in primitive times did in India. He has no electricity, tap water or washroom in his house. He cooks his food on firewood and bathes in the natural pool located two kilometres from his residence.
Women on the march
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/12/2017
» Priyanka Jagwan believes she is on the verge of realising a major dream early next year, to become one of the first women to enter the Indian army as a combat soldier.
Faith, fighting and fakery
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/07/2017
» It was a chance encounter with Som (last name withheld) that raised the hackles of authorities at a Sikh regiment training centre of the Indian army in Ramgarh, a city in the northeastern state of Jharkhand.
India's only female barber still in trim at 70
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/05/2017
» An illiterate old woman in Maharashtra state has done more for women's empowerment in India than many high-profile government figures and campaigners for equality, though she would tell you that all she's ever tried to do is to provide for her family.
Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.
River rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/09/2016
» Every time Ramesh Sharma crosses a bridge over the Yamuna River to get to his office in the centre of New Delhi, his heart aches and his stomach churns.
India's citizenship debate
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/09/2016
» Ramchandra Gadgad recalls how he had to pay three or four times the price of a cup of tea that ordinarily cost the equivalent of six baht for other patrons of stalls in and around his town.
Best foot forward
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/04/2016
» A young civil servant in Rajasthan state has become a trailblazer for his government when it comes to providing free shoes to students. Jitendra Soni has helped nearly 30,000 so far but the campaign is far from over -- an estimated half a million students still walk to school barefoot in the state.
Shooting stars
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/02/2016
» Led by a pair of elderly housewives, hundreds of girls in a region of northern India notorious for honour killings and bias against girl children have thrown off their veils and picked up the gun.
Land battle
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/01/2016
» Relatives of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first prime minister, are locked in a legal showdown with officials in a northern Indian city after claiming about half of its land as their private property.