Rajkumari Sharma Tankha A tiny moment of love, apology, and forgiveness can make a world of difference—both in a Metro carriage and in life. The Delhi Metro, I tell you, is a storehouse of stories. Each story gives you an important life lesson. That is, if you keep your ears and eyes open. The latest […]Read More
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Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The other day, while returning from office, I boarded the Delhi Metro at Jungpura Metro Station and moved to a relatively quiet corner to rest my tired mind and body. Suddenly, I heard a woman shouting loudly. At first, I couldn’t understand—since it was a ladies-only coach, eve-teasing was out of the […]Read More
Don't burn garbage, stubble and leaves. Plant as many trees as you can, and take care of your environment.Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The thoughts that come into my mind Clueless, haphazard.. I try to gather them, bit by bit But, how can I succeed? They are broken, frozen, unknown I try to give them some meaning But they remain unchanged Have I created a barrier Between me and my thoughts Or…is it that my […]Read More
Children as young as 10 years of age have started fussing over their weight. And it ain't goodRead More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha A 21-year-old woman is murdered after a 34-year-old man, who had been stalking her for more than a year, stabs her 22 times with a pair of scissors. Her only fault: she refused his proposal. In another incident, a 23-year-old woman is allegedly pushed off the balcony of her second-floor flat by […]Read More
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