Mondays with Manjul, Aug 9

Indian Youth Congress and National Union of India to protest over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account suspension

Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account was temporarily suspended on August 7 after he made a tweet revealing the identity of the relatives of a rape and murder victim in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi had met with the family members of the victim and demanded justice for the victim’s family by posting pictures with the girl’s parents on […]

Still processing this feeling: Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra created a golden history by topping the table of men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Hurling his javelin at the distance of 87.58m, Neeraj became the first Indian to win a medal in athletics for independent India. He won the only gold for India at Tokyo Olympics and cheered […]

Google celebrates birth anniversary of India’s first woman pilot, Sarla Thukral with a Doodle

Google has dedicated its homepage to celebrate 107th birth anniversary of India’s first women pilot, Sarla Thukral. Sarla Thukral was India’s first lady to fly an aircraft. She earned an aviation pilot license at a young age of 21 in 1936 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo in a traditional saree. Sarla was born in […]

Bapu and Bharatsinh seek blessings together

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela ‘Bapu’s presence with senior Congress leader Bharatsinh Solanki has once again fuelled the rumours of Bapu’s re-entry into Congress. Sources claim that except for Bharatsinh, no one in the Party appears inclined to have Bapu back in the party fold. The Congress High Command staunchly believes that Vaghela breathed […]

Will this ancient art of Gujarat be relegated to history?

Law of nature demands that the old vanishes with the emergence of the new, and this centuries-old art is not spared either. There are many art forms whose practitioners are constantly declining and such art will be gone forever by the time next generation comes. The two most famous and wonderful handicrafts of Gujarat are […]

Sabarmati Ashram: The story of resilience and abode of peace.

The Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad is in news for its redesign and redevelopment which is inviting ire from Gandhians. They feel the sanctity of the Ashram should not be mutilated. Vibes of India delves into the fine, many known and several unknown outstanding aspects of this unique abode of peace envisaged by the Mahatma besides […]

Rape in Rajdhani: Attendant gags, assaults minor

On the intervening night of August 3 and 4, as the passengers slept onboard a Rajdhani Express from Delhi to Ahmedabad, a coach attendant allegedly raped a teenaged girl in by gagging her mouth with a piece of cloth. RPF team noticed the visibly distraught girl, who had allegedly run away from her house, when […]

A tree, a temple, and… resounding silence

An old peepal tree’s journey from being a nonentity to becoming the centrepiece of religious fervour, and to finally being sacrificed for that very temple.  Not many years ago, I am told, the colony we live in was complete wilderness. It is packed to capacity now with concrete houses huddled together. Each exterior reflecting the […]

Pankaj Tripathi discusses Mimi and working with Kriti Sanon

The social drama Mimi, which delivered prematurely on Netflix and Jio Cinemas on July 26, four days before its scheduled release, after pirated prints were released, on Telegram and torrent sites, has raised a lot of interest in surrogacy. The film is about a young dancer from Rajasthan who aspires to be a Bollywood heroine and is […]

India expands its vaccine basket: J&J COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency use approval

Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya took to his twitter and informed that Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India on Saturday. With this, India now has five EUA vaccines which will further boost country’s collective fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gujarat on way to become a police state

The State sees country’s second-highest, 42, police custody deaths in 3 years Just around sundown on July 21, two frail teenagers, Sunil Pawar and Ravi Jadav, from the tribal hinterlands of Dangs in South Gujarat were picked up by police reportedly from Navsari district on a suspicion that they were vehicle thieves. By the crack […]

BJP worker caught bringing liquor at Vadodara airport

Vadodara Police has arrested Parth Shrimali, a young BJP activist, and her son-in-law Sonu Dilip Shrimali with 37 bottles of foreign liquor on a flight from Delhi at Vadodara’s Harni Airport. It is suspected that such a quantity has been brought to Gujarat from Delhi for sale as foreign liquor is expensive in Gujarat due […]

Please do not convert Gandhi Ashram into Disneyland, Gandhians plead.

Do not kill Gandhi again. Please save Gandhi from his second assassination. An impressive protest is on in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to save the Gandhi Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi came to India from Africa and made the Sabarmati riverfront his Ashram to fight for India’s independence. Now, the Central […]

Is marriage an issue between two individuals or should it be a State matter?

The Freedom of Religion Act in Gujarat has been stirring controversies. Till now, there have been at least four complaints using this provision in the already polarised Gujarat. The Act is colloquially referred to as Love Jihad Act in Gujarat. Amidst the ongoing controversies about the misuse of the Act, the Gujarat High Court today […]

Muslim mobs desecrate Ganesha Temple in Pakistan

A Ganesha temple representing Siddhi Vinayak form of the Hindu God was assailed by rowdies in Pakistan. The Government of India has reacted severely to the incident.  Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi of India said such incidents of violence and persecution against the minorities continue unabated in Pakistan. According to Pakistan police, […]

“Bharatsinh Solanki has transferred three lac dollars from my account”, claims wife Reshma

There seems to be no amicable end to the ongoing couple war between senior Congress leader Bharat Solanki and his estranged wife Reshma. The feud between the couple, Bharatsinh and Reshma Patel seems to have gone out of hands. The private matter went public when the Congress leader took the initiative and sent a legal […]

Thanks to Bengal and Gujarat police, an Ahmedabad baby sold by her caretaker has been saved

In a shocking incident that could deter several working couples, a full-time caretaker in Ahmedabad city has been arrested for human trafficking her ward. Abhijeet Sen and his wife were a typical working couple. They hired Bindu Sharma as the caretaker for their 11-month-old infant baby girl. The working parents not only hired the help […]

There’s some bad news for Indians wanting to go to the US

America is now posting about 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 each day. Just a couple of months ago, that number was around 11,000 per day. 93% of the new cases are the delta variant. New pediatric COVID-19 cases jumped up 84% in one week. Dr Anthony Fauci says that unless we get a handle on […]

PM to interact with beneficiaries of PMGKAY in MP on 7 August

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)  in Madhya Pradesh on 7th August 2021, Saturday at 11 AM, via video conferencing. A campaign to create more awareness about the scheme is being conducted by the state government so that no eligible person is left out. […]