Concretization around the tree trunk damages the superficial roots and the extremely-fertile top layer of the soil, both.Read More
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Do you know, of the 9,000 tones of waste removed everyday from Delhi, 85% is picked up from the streets alone. BE ASHAMED, DELHIITE...Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Heard a woman talking so loudly on her handphone in Delhi Metro on a Monday morning. This woman, in her late thirties or early forties, was talking to her friend about someone, may be her sister-in-law. From what I could gather from the forcible evesdropping (she was so loud, I couldn’t help not […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Small, yet hardly green, It sticks stubbornly to the branch, Against sun and rain, breeze and storm, The last leaf of tree. I know- inside me, I will live as long as this leaf, Gently moving in life, As it sways in gentle breeze, Or going through a storm inside me, As […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha For the 25th day in a row, I have been hearing the song “Tune Maari Entriyaan, Dil Mein Baji Ghantiyan” from the Hindi film Gunday. Every morning around 9 AM, the song begins blasting at full volume from a school in my neighbourhood and continues until 2 PM, when the school closes. […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Every morning, the first thing I do is scan the newspapers that arrive at home. Not for the headlines, but to ensure that there is no objectionable content or imagery in them. The reason is simple: my daughters are growing up. They are at an age where everything they see or read […]Read More