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The Debt | Apoorva Puranik
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December 17, 2012. He squatted on his favourite street at the corner of a deserted VCD store. His fingers and toes were nothing but stubs, eaten away by the curse of leprosy. A ragged shawl covered his frail shoulders as he smoked a frayed, worn bidi. He remembered his father, drunken to insanity, would often beat him black and blue for eating from the money he earned. I’ll get more money by selling you, filthy bastard! He used to yell, whipping him. Pat, pat, pat, a few more drops splattered on his face.
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Unlocking Gender and locking it again. | Apoorva Puranik
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Unlocking Gender and locking it again. Unlocking Gender and locking it again. January 29, 2014. I have previously, on many occasions, have questioned a woman’s right to be seen in public space, with no particular aim, but to loiter. I have also questioned the questions asked when a woman loiters and not a man. There is history behind it. A twisted and aberrant version of history. This is when the questions of family and home in context of women-hood surface. When the onus of carrying one’s. Our condition...
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The idiosyncrasies of the bread – winner school girl, the by lanes of Dharavi and the Indian schooling system. | Apoorva Puranik
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The idiosyncrasies of the bread – winner school girl, the by lanes of Dharavi and the Indian schooling system. The idiosyncrasies of the bread – winner school girl, the by lanes of Dharavi and the Indian schooling system. January 29, 2014. But, yet, there is a difference. She remains one of the major reasons her family of 6 can have a full meal everyday. I moved with my family moved from a small village near Lucknow 6 months back to Mumbai in search for a good job. But it’s hard to sustain even a sim...
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Unlocking Gender and locking it again. January 29, 2014. I have previously, on many occasions, have questioned a woman’s right to be seen in public space, with no particular aim, but to loiter. I have also questioned the questions asked when a woman loiters and not a man. There is history behind it. A twisted and aberrant version of history. This is when the […]. The idiosyncrasies of the bread – winner school girl, the by lanes of Dharavi and the Indian schooling system. January 29, 2014. April 19, 2013.
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On the knife’s edge: Venezuela | Apoorva Puranik
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On the knife’s edge: Venezuela. On the knife’s edge: Venezuela. April 19, 2013. The death of the diabolic socialist leader Hugo Chávez left Venezuela orphaned after a 14-year-long dominance, paving the way for a political realignment. Whether the new president will succeed in resurrecting the oil industry, which has overseen a decline in production and exports, would seal Venezuela’s fate. Having cut off oil exports to the U.S in 2010, in his words, “even if we have to eat rocks,” his dea...From putting ...
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Food Pirates of Africa | Apoorva Puranik
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Food Pirates of Africa. Food Pirates of Africa. December 2, 2012. In News and Views. Wrote this opinion piece for an assignment. 🙂 Please Comment.looking forward to your feedback 😀. Food security has become a matter of major concern with ever-rising international food price inflation. Industrialized countries are increasingly meeting their food requirements from land outside their own geographical confines leading to a surge in large scale land purchases and land alienation, especially, in Africa.