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Kashmir in Kerala – a tale of troubled watersSubscriber Only
August 09, 2019 22:18 IST
Last year this week, this remote pit stop in the mountains of Idukki district was the national headline. Today this week, news from the north has sunk in, and the conversation is all about Kashmir.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019
Farthest from Pulwama, rage and a little reflection in Tamil Nadu villageSubscriber Only
February 17, 2019 05:05 IST
As Saturday dawned and 40 homes across India woke up to the rest of their shattered lives, The Sunday Express reached the farthest of them all — a four-room island of green and yellow in the middle of Savalaperi in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi.
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
Punjab drugs: At Ground Zero, behind each door, a broken homeSubscriber Only
June 08, 2016 04:43 IST
In this comic strip lies the tragedy of Boot — the “village of drug addicts”, with 47 FIRs registered under the NDPS Act in 2014, the most from a single village, according to records accessed by The Indian Express under the RTI Act from 14 of 28 police districts in Punjab.
Wed, Jun 08, 2016
Odisha-Railways deal may lead to first Nabarangpur trainSubscriber Only
November 04, 2015 02:53 IST
Nabarangpur in southern Odisha is the subject of a year-long assignment by The Indian Express titled District Zero.
Wed, Nov 04, 2015
District Zero: Lone cinema hall waits for Akshay KumarSubscriber Only
September 02, 2015 21:58 IST
Sri Laxmi Talkies, 15 years old and 440 seats big, is in terminal decline — except for the red plastic seats in the Rs 30 deluxe class on the ground floor and the satellite receiver in a corner of the projection room.
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
District Zero: Near MP’s village, it’s the pharmacist who doubles up as doctorSubscriber Only
September 02, 2015 17:41 IST
Satyadeb Munda, the 37-year-old pharmacist and leader of a two-member medical army that also includes the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM).
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
District Zero: Fearing the ‘cruel employer’, she breaks down, ‘Will my son ever come back?’Subscriber Only
September 02, 2015 17:28 IST
In Anchala, the village of migrants, somebody leaves every year, somebody waits. “This has been happening for 15 years,” says Narendra Naik, an unofficial spokesman and a former gram samiti member of this Adivasi enclave.
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
Desperate call goes out to Delhi: Sir, Digital India not reaching usSubscriber Only
August 25, 2015 05:27 IST
Nabarangpur MP complains to Minister, PM: Poor BSNL service, minister spoke in ‘threatening tone’
Tue, Aug 25, 2015District Zero: A village without sons, a health centre without doctorsSubscriber Only
August 16, 2015 00:00 IST
“This has been happening for 15 years,” says Narendra Naik, an unofficial spokesman and a former gram samiti member of this Adivasi enclave.
Tue, Aug 18, 2015
District Zero: She folds the Indian flag and unfolds her dreamSubscriber Only
August 15, 2015 00:55 IST
Her voice is that of her district: ‘I want to teach history...for a better future’.
Tue, Aug 18, 2015
District Zero: One night in a village that sets with the sunSubscriber Only
August 15, 2015 00:22 IST
Children hurriedly wrap up homework, parents look up to see how far the dark is, everyone hopes they don’t have to wake up during the night. In Lakatipakana village, in Nabarangpur, the question on everyone's lips: when will there be light?
Sat, Aug 15, 2015
Flower by flower, a bouquet breaks down at 10 Rajaji MargSubscriber Only
July 29, 2015 04:07 IST
No family lived with the former president, who had never married, and there were no wails from inside.
Wed, Jul 29, 2015
‘Chhota aadmi’ set stage for aam aadmiSubscriber Only
February 15, 2015 02:56 IST
While the aam aadmi slept, the “chhota aadmi” were hard at work, setting up Ramlila Maidan for Kejriwal's oath taking ceremony.
Sun, Feb 15, 2015
Letters from Latitude 20°15: ‘I want to get a good job, give my first salary to Mummy’Subscriber Only
January 04, 2015 04:02 IST
His wish for 2015? A diploma, job training in a ‘big company’, a ‘big salary’ of Rs 20,000 or Rs 30,000.
Sun, Jan 04, 2015
The Big Picture: Passage through IndiaSubscriber Only
January 04, 2015 01:03 IST
A journey is usually defined by the destination, or even by the route you take.
Sun, Jan 04, 2015
Letters from Latitude 20°15: ‘I want my sons to become what I could not’Subscriber Only
January 03, 2015 04:27 IST
Her wish for 2015? That her nursing job gets permanent, so she can stop worrying about losing her house.
Sat, Jan 03, 2015
Letters from Latitude 20°15′: He goes to jail, helps inmates build life — with a little artSubscriber Only
January 02, 2015 04:32 IST
‘My wish for 2015? Every Chhattisgarh govt dept should buy at least one piece of art'
Fri, Jan 02, 2015
Letters from Latitude 20°15′: I need the money… I want to build a toilet for my wife, that’s one wish I have for 2015Subscriber Only
January 01, 2015 00:00 IST
In the last days of 2014, The Indian Express reporter Ajay Shankar and photographer Tashi Tobgyal travel over 1,900 km along Latitude 20°15'.
Thu, Jan 01, 2015Outside Amazon HQ in Seattle, a hunger strike begins with an Indian twistSubscriber Only
November 26, 2014 01:05 IST
Protesting outside Jeff Bezos’ company is a 43-year-old second-generation immigrant Kivin Varghese.
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
Only 4 Indian visas in Oct, Guinea says isolate Ebola, not usSubscriber Only
November 06, 2014 02:54 IST
In April, Guinea received and approved 92 requests for visas from Indians, mostly businessmen.
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
After 40 years presumed dead, on his way home to KeralaSubscriber Only
November 05, 2014 00:43 IST
After arriving in the UAE in the mid-1970s, Baputty was in touch with his parents for about two years before going out of contact.
Tue, Sep 08, 2015
Kerala’s liquor policy: Did anyone check the bill?Subscriber Only
October 24, 2014 15:29 IST
A bar was where Kerala gathered for its evening adda. Where you grew up, grew old, grew bitter and in many cases, stopped growing.
Wed, Sep 09, 2015
‘Missing’ for 40 yrs, Kerala villager turns up at Dubai hospital with bizarre storySubscriber Only
October 21, 2014 02:32 IST
There’s still no answer to the question on everyone’s lips: why did this villager from Kerala choose to disappear all those years ago?
Sun, Dec 13, 2015
‘I want to know why team’s going down’Subscriber Only
October 05, 2004 02:58 IST
‘‘Who? The cricketwallah?’’ At Ghoda Chowk, in Bansi Lal’s Bhiwani, 130 km from Delhi, they know the son has risen....
Tue, Oct 05, 2004Team Kalam slipped into Patna nightSubscriber Only
June 04, 2003 00:00 IST
Hours after President A P J Abdul Kalam touched down in Patna to launch Mission Bihar, a key member of his contingent slipped into the night...
Wed, Jun 04, 2003
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