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Looking for sister in Hiroshima
Seventy-year-old Noriko remembers the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was 14 then, and her sister was 12. Most senior students were out helping in the war effort. There was no escape. Read on ...
The Day the Bomb Fell
At 8.15 am, on August 6, 1945, the US dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 9, it repeated the action in Nagasaki. A record of what people went through in those two days... Read on ...
The Luckiest Men?
As the dormant volcano on Mount Pelee arose from its sleep it left a trail of death, disaster and a lost city. However two men survived the tragedy in an incredible story of fate. Read on ...
The 'Jawabi Keertan'
Shajahanpur is a sleepy little town in northern India, but till a few years ago, it had one unusual feature: night-long musical debates by competing groups of singers. The themes varied from price rise to the Ramayana. Read on ...
Where Holi is the Talk of the Town
In the day they treat figures of authority with irreverence and flock to the famous poet's gathering in the evening where local politicians are the target of 'pun-ny' verse - the people of Banaras can really be mischievous! Read on ...
The Song of Hori or Happiness
The people of Gokul had had a good crop. Winter was on its way out, the spring flowers were budding and it was a full moon day. And infant Krishna had arrived in local landlord Nand's family. The notes of happiness, or Hori, were natural… Read on ...
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Holi is For Children
Holi used to go on for 20 days in her village, reminisces the 65-year-old writer. A chariot procession before school-going time, a custom where the new daughter-in-law locked the elders in a room demanding compensation, and colours of course! Read on ...
Prabhu and the Prawns
Prabhu is among the several children employed in the shrimp farms of Andhra Pradesh. Using his mouth to pick out shrimps from saline pools, he suffers from sores in the mouth. Read on ...
The Magic of Kondapalli Toys
Colourful and intricately carved, these famous traditional wooden toys have brought alive the real world of humans and animals as well as mythological figures, for generations of children. Each handcrafted toy is unique. Read on ...
Eid in Yusufpur
Eid celebrations holds a special place in the hearts of those who celebrate it. This year thirteen-year-old Asif Ansari is going to his native village, Yusufpur, to experience the lost magic of the festival he so loves. Read on ...
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