Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier
Yeh andar ki baat hai
An apt hoarding in Bhandup advertises the importance of staying indoors at present, unless absolutely necessary.
A grand victory
P Sainath is a journalist who has possibly championed the cause of rural India more than anyone else in the country, considering the ground-breaking work of the People’s Archive of Rural India, the platform that he started in 2014. His work has now earned him the Fukuoka Grand Prize, one of Japan’s top awards that honours Asian stalwarts from the fields of academics, art and culture. The citation for his award stated, “As Asia goes through turbulent changes, Mr Sainath has been seeking new ‘knowledge’ and promoting civil cooperation.” The last winner of the Grand Prize was AR Rahman. Our congratulations to Sainath.