The art of fine-tuning
Photo by Nikhil Ghorpade
Music knows no boundaries, and manufacturing quality musical instruments to bring it to life is an art in itself.
An artist in this vein, Pune-based
Mohammad Mustafa Mirajkar has been making musical instruments for almost four decades at his small shop in
Budhwar Peth.
An artiste always relies on a custom-made instrument as per his demands, requirements, and specifications and that is where Mirajkar has carved a niche for himself. Mirajkar’s specialty is to make
string instruments like the
mandolin or guitar, which do not have their origins in India. He takes pride in the fact that he has rendered his services to many well-known artistes.
From debt to depression, the pandemic has hit India’s sex workers hard
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July 03, 2021 12:16 IST
Since the pandemic broke, India’s roughly nine lakh female sex workers are out of work, steeped in debt, and at risk from the virus
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A sex worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Wadia Hospital in Mumbai.
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Since the pandemic broke, India’s roughly nine lakh female sex workers are out of work, steeped in debt, and at risk from the virus
Sunita lives with her husband and son in a tiny room in a crowded Mumbai slum. Tin sheets make up the walls. A thin bedsheet, tightly tied across the room, acts as a partition between the kitchen and the rest of the house. Outside, a few yards away, is a common bathroom, which more than 200 people in the slum use. “Living here makes me anonymous. Mostly, I like that,” she says. Sunita has never invited her clients home.
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Misappropriating funds of CSWs: Bail of 5 accused rejected
Misappropriating funds of CSWs: Bail of 5 accused rejected
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (
JMFC) on Wednesday rejected bail applications of all five accused, who were arrested for allegedly misappropriating commercial sex workers’ (CSW) funds granted by the state government amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society programme officer Prasad Sonawane, who is the prime accused in the case, is still absconding.
The court rejected the bail of Gauri Gurung (32) of Balaji Nagar, Savita Lashkare (26) and Sarika Lashkare (30) of Yerawada, all of whom were employees of the Pune-based NGO Kayakalpa, as well as Amol Mali (25) of Balaji Nagar and Mahesh Ghadsing (26) of Ganeshkhind Road. They were arrested on May 13 and remanded in police custody, after which they were sent to magistrate’s custody. They then filed bail applications on