Manoj Chaurasia
How India’s illegal fireworks factories are hiding in plain sight
For an industry that lights up festivals and weddings, many of India’s firecracker units work in murky ways, employing people sans training, manufacturing ‘bombs’ in dingy rooms with no escape while operating under the radar with little oversight. At least 61 people have died and more than 200 injured in 7 explosions across 6 states since February last year
Gaya pind daan goes online but can there be a shortcut to moksha?
Gayawal Pandas have for generations maintained records of the family antecedents of all their patrons. Now, as many choose online pind daan for their ancestors, the community fights to keep its hold over the path to moksha
Will these two kingmakers make Modi king again?
NDA partners Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar hold all the aces as the BJP, with a vastly reduced mandate, prepares the ground for Modi 3.0
Why Bihar sex workers’ kids publish a handwritten magazine
Naseema Khatoon founded Jugnu, a handwritten magazine empowering children of sex workers with education and a voice for justice.
- Manoj Chaurasia
- Times Network
Bapu would have smiled on this soap
Product of Satyagraha land West Champaran, it’s made by tribal women using healthy and river-friendly ingredients, including goat milk
- Manoj Chaurasia
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
‘Could feel them cutting me, sewing me back.’ The horror of surgery without anaesthesia
Pinned down, shrieking and writhing in pain, these women underwent a tubectomy without any anaesthesia
