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Monday Musings: The new economics of Ganeshotsav

India, Sept. 7 -- There was a time when the economics of a neighbourhood Ganeshotsav was simple, with few volunteers going door to door collecting vargani (donation). Someone would contribute Rs.101, ... और पढ़ें


When Ganeshotsav was meant to make people listen

India, Aug. 31 -- There is something striking about ongoing debate over noise during Ganeshotsav. A festival that was transformed into a public institution more than 130 years ago to bring people toge... और पढ़ें


Monday Musings: Rahul Gandhi's Pune show was as much about Congress as it was about students

India, Aug. 24 -- Something was striking about the Congress in Pune over the past few days. The party was not merely preparing for Rahul Gandhi's interaction with female students. It had turned the pr... और पढ़ें


Monday musings: Who is responsible for the infra mess in India's auto hub?

India, Aug. 17 -- Pune If Pune learnt anything from the prolonged infrastructure mess in Hinjewadi last year, it was that having too many agencies responsible for one economic hub is a recipe for nob... और पढ़ें


Monday Musings: HCMTR project is progressing, but what has changed?

India, Aug. 10 -- For a project that has spent nearly four decades moving between planning documents, revised alignments and political announcements, Pune's High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) is... और पढ़ें


Monday Musings: When sugar became fuel

India, Aug. 3 -- For decades, Maharashtra's political and economic story could be told through its sugar factories. They shaped cooperative politics, transformed villages across western and southern M... और पढ़ें


Monday Musings: Pune's leadership vacuum, and the CM who stepped in

India, July 20 -- Pune has rarely lacked political heavyweights. It has a Union minister, a Member of Parliament, a deputy chief minister, cabinet ministers and influential MLAs. Yet, when the city fa... और पढ़ें


Monday Musings: Tukaram Mundhe's FDA drive sends strong message to violators

India, July 13 -- In a state where public institutions are increasingly judged by what they fail to do rather than what they achieve, an officer simply doing his job can appear extraordinary. Since t... और पढ़ें


Wells beside roads, deaths waiting to happen

India, June 15 -- The death of eight devotees in Solapur district on Sunday after their pickup vehicle plunged into a roadside well has once again exposed an uncomfortable truth about infrastructure d... और पढ़ें