It was a long and tiring journey to this non descript village near Nashik. Had lost most of the patience with a #$@# travel company that took so long to collect passengers in the bus and start an hour later.
The races were a terrible scene [...]
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Jan 29, 2010
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Contempt of court – the first step
Jan 25, 2010
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Tiny tots drama – and papa is a rebel
After a quick nap Aakanksha is off to her Kid’s club where she learnt making sandwiches by rolling them like chapatis and putting jam. Wow it was really nice but not as much as she does in kitchen with Mamma where she learns so many [...]
Jan 23, 2010
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Another thrilling weekend with Aakanksha
As every other Saturday, we both made our agenda for the day. The first thing to do were to distribute all the cartoon packs of paper tissues to all her friends. So we went to the neighborhood and visited about 8 houses giving away those [...]
Dec 08, 2009
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Threatening again… as if it scares me!
Surrounded by 10 madaris* I caught hold of two so tightly that they did everything in their power to get them released. I just held on. If they managed to free one hand, I held on to another.
They threatened me, pleaded to me… but I [...]
Nov 30, 2009
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Wow- what a judgement to read
I spent the best time of my day, reading a judgement on Horse Whipping by Jockeys in race courses.
The judge wrote 140 pages on the issue. This is amazing… every detail of the whipping was considered and it literally left the jockeys red-faced. They actually [...]
Nov 29, 2009
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My fears
I know, I entangle a lot of ‘wrong’ people … and not that I am not afraid of them. But my duty wants me to go beyond the fear….. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The [...]
Nov 26, 2009
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The day of the Municipal Corporations
Today is the day for the Municipal Corporations… Corporations of Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Satara, Mahabaleshwar, Panchagani… all issued letters to comply with norms for handling stray dogs.
The ward offices in Pune told to comply with the high court orders or face the heat.
The dog licensing [...]
Nov 26, 2009
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Taking the Collector and the SP to the court
Preparations are on for taking the collector and SP of Police to High Court for contempt of the court. Could not stop a race… but want to ensure that this race is the last one.
I am not the one who will be intimidated, nor the [...]
Nov 24, 2009
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600 bulls saved from torture
24-11-2009
600 bulls saved from torture. A large bullock cart race cancelled in Junnar. Around 300 pair of bulls would have been taken to the spot from all over Maharasthra. Beaten black and blue, had chillies inserted in their *** and made to drink alcohol and [...]
Nov 18, 2009
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An innocent Chimp killed
14-10-2009
Those f***ing bast**rds have killed the chimp. Yes they have killed the poor chimp a Amby Valley. And now I feel like crying for his partner female chimp. …. For 1 year I fought with them… I risked my life, faced guns and gun men [...]