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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.
For god's sake
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/07/2016
» The first thing you notice about Devmali, a village in Ajmer district of western Rajasthan, is that everyone lives in houses made of mud. Using cement and bricks, local residents explain, would anger their local deity Devnarayan and bring bad luck. Only he deserves a concrete temple.
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.
Medicine messiah
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/08/2015
» There is nothing remarkable about Onkar Nath Sharma. The resident of a slum in western Delhi, he's 157 centimetres tall, weighs less than 50 kilogrammes and is on the wrong side of 70. He moves about with difficulty, as his feet face inward and he has growths on his kneecaps, the result of shoddy surgery after an accident when he was young.