The Vidarbha Gazette

Voice of Law, Society & Culture

  • बाया रोवन्याला जातात तेव्हा…

    बाया रोवन्याला जातात तेव्हा…. ————————————- सूर्य उजाडण्यापूर्वीच पक्ष्यांची फडफड तेव्हा बाया लागतात कामाला झाडझुड, सडासारवन,पाणी सैपाकही करतात आणि पोरांनाही उठवतात शाळेसाठी. बांधतात शिदोरी आणि देतात शेजारी पाजारी आवाज… झालं का ऽऽ व,चाल ऽऽऽ ना व लौकर…लौकर!  निघतात बाया जथ्या- जथ्याने हातामध्ये शिदो-या घेऊन. मैल दोन मैल.. कधी जास्तच चालतच जातात बाया. भिजवली असते पावसाने जमीन

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  • Battles Reminiscent of Vidarbha’s Coal Mines

    Battles Reminiscent of Vidarbha’s Coal Mines Battles of Our Own by  Jagadish Mohanty, translated by Himansu Mohapatra and Paul St. Pierre, describes a series of battles against the background of a colliery in western Odisha. The modern era has no place for epic heroes grappling with Dharma and Adharma on the vast fields of Kurukshetra. These

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  • Vidarbha Gazette completes one year!

      Dear friends Vidarbha Gazette completes one year! In this year we have shared more than 140 pieces of writing, in English. Marathi and only one in Hindi. Our topics ranged from politics, economics, history, environment, Adivasi rights to culture and poetry. Vidarbha Gazette garnered more than 88000 (eighty eight thousand) views and we are

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  • Chimur Kranti of 1942 – A Legacy that Congress has Forgotten and now the RSS Tries to Claim

    Chimur Kranti of 1942 – A Legacy that Congress has Forgotten and now the RSS Tries to Claim  Plaque commemorating martyrs at Chimur   There are innumerable stories of bravery emanating from the national movement. The claims to these stories are open to all. If the present day followers of the organisation which actually fought

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  • 'छैलसिंह गुरूजी'

    छैलसिंह गुरूजी मुक्काम:सुराणा, जिला :जालोर. स्टेट:राजस्थान ……………….. प्रिय गुरूजी तुमच काही चुकल नाही तुमची मनाची घडणच झालीय तशी- ‘जाती है के जाती नही !’ तुमच्या मनात साचलेली घाण किती टन असेल अंदाज च येत नाही. ही घाण पूर्वीही अनुभवली अगदी स्वातंत्र्याच्या रौप्य महोत्सवी वर्षात सुवर्ण महोत्सवी वर्षांत आणि आता आता ही “अमृत” महोत्सवी वर्षात सुध्दा.

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  • Inder Meghwal

    Yes, it happened in this Bharatvarsa Indra – the king of Gods, the lord of thunder Was beaten to death On independence day For trying to quench his thirst. What use is Amrit mahotsav When a sweet little boy cannot drink From an earthen pot? Was he not Amritasya Putra The deathless son of an

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  • Three Shaurya Chakra declared for Gadchiroli Police

    3 Shaurya Chakra declared for Gadchiroli Police The Gadchiroli district police is being feted for having performed the historic feat of being conferred three gallantry awards this Independence Day. Somay Munde, IPS, NPC Ravindra Naitam, NPC Tikaram Katenge are being conferred with the Shaurya Chakra for the Mardintola encounter which led to the killing of

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  • The Tiranga that Inspires in Struggle and Celebration

    The Tiranga  that Inspires in Struggle and Celebration Because I was born in a well-to-do family and brought up in a cities,  I took freedom for granted. I loved the Independence Day celebrations and the stories of the national struggle but I never thought too deeply about these things. That changed when I came to

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  • HDFC Bank Badhte Kadam Scholarships 2022-23 for School and College Students

    HDFC Bank Badhte Kadam Scholarships 2022-23  for  School and College Students  for Competitive Exams Coaching  (NEET,JEE etc.) The HDFC Banks has announced HDFC Bank Badhte Kadam Scholarships for the following categories: 1. For Class 11 and 12 Studnets 2.for General Graduation Studies 3. For Professional Graduation Studies 4. For Students with Disabilites 5. For Students undertaking

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  • The Many Ideas of Bharatvarsa – Questions that Remain Unanswered from the Conservative Side

    The Many Ideas of Bharatvarsa Questions that Remain Unanswered from the Conservative Side Saumya Dey’s recent book ‘Narrativising Bharatvarsa and Other Essays’ claims to be in conversation with the liberal ideas and frameworks that dominate elite Indian academia. The essays are divided into three sections ‘history’ ‘representation and politics’ and ‘reflections’ which together tell us

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