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A Tale of Two Cities – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. A Tale of Two Cities. If we stand on the bridge over the railway line at Sion in Mumbai, we are truly between two different worlds. On one side is the middle class area of Sion. With its wide roads, shops filled with fashionable clothes and toys for children, Domino’s Pizza and Barista coffee outlets, and children riding their bicycles. On the other side are the narrow lanes of Dharavi. I once had occasion to go to the Kumbharwada area, in Dharavi. 8220;Next t...
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Price of a Soul – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Price of a Soul. While delivering the annual Justice H R Khanna memorial lecture on the topic of ‘Judicial Independence: Myth or Reality’, on Sunday, senior Supreme Court lawyer Soli Sorabjee said. That of all the Supreme Court judges, only Justice Khanna had stood up to the Government during the Emergency. He was referring to the The Habeas Corpus Case. So the question came up before the Supreme Court. Recalling this, an emotional Sorabjee said that only Just...
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Step into My Parlour, Said the Spider to the Fly… – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Step into My Parlour, Said the Spider to the Fly…. I live in an area of Mumbai that has a large Christian population. As far as I know, most of them are Catholics. I have mentioned that I have difficulty walking, and use a cane. This has led to a few interesting encounters. My father is a healer and he will definitely cure you.”. I asked him whether his father was a doctor. No, it seems that his father was a faith healer, and I would be cured by him. Bhabhiji,...
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Pages from the Past – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Pages from the Past. I’ve been meaning to write this post since the discussion on tribal people a few posts earlier. I finally got around to writing it today! These events took place many years ago- around 1976-77. I was not at home at the time, I was away at college, living in a hostel. My mother wrote to me, telling me about this. For the past couple of years a man named Vitthya and his wife had come to do this job. That year too, they built a small. Vitthya...
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Climbing Up The Hill – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Climbing Up The Hill. I once had occasion to talk with some ladies who lived on Forjett Hill. For those readers who are familiar with Mumbai, this area is across the street from Bhatia Hospital at Grant Road. On the slope facing Bhatia Hospital there is a slum settlement. Many of the people living in this slum settlement work as domestic helps in the houses at Peddar Road. We were sort of a ‘floating’ group there, some ladies were there from the be...Afterward...
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Looking to the Past for the Future – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Looking to the Past for the Future. Once set a task for his students. One morning he gave each one of them a fruit, and told them to eat it during the course of that day. There was one condition though- they were to eat their fruit without anyone witnessing it. They were to report back to him in the evening. That evening the students assembled in their teacher’s hut once again. One student told the. The student said in a low voice.”. Aerophytes, or air plants ...
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Making a Difference – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. It was at a meeting of people associated with projects in slum areas that I first met Umatai, a few years ago. At her invitation I later went to visit her, at her home. She lived in Kamathipura. Here in Mumbai, which is known mostly as a red-light district. Her family owned a two-story house there, with a small manufacturing unit on the ground floor, and living quarters on the floor above. Umatai noticed this, and decided to do something to help the women.
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Times Have Changed – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. Almost a century ago, in 1915, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Returned from South Africa to India. Some had already started to refer to him as “Mahatma’ because of the work he had done in South Africa. Since Gandhiji had lived away from India for many years, he spent the first few months after returning, travelling and getting to know the situation in India first-hand. Des earlier, Swami Vivekananda. Spent several years, from 1888 to 1893, as a. Devoted himself t...
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Making Connections – Of Cabbages and Kings
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Of Cabbages and Kings. Subhaashitani A to Z. When we lived in the City, some friends- SAHMs like myself- and I, used to meet once a month to chat, discuss books and current issues, etc. After a few meetings, we decided that instead of just discussing social issues, we should actively do something. So we decided to start a ‘. Three times a week. We used to go turn by turn- my turn was on Fridays. After a few weeks, some parents asked if we would help the children with some school work. So we changed t...
