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Vanishing tribe of iron vessel fixers
Ludhiana, February 16
Maru and his nomadic tribesmen are vanishing from the cities and have to camp at villages to eke out their meagre living. They move from village, to village, fixing bottoms of iron buckets, handles of ‘karahis’ that have been broken.
A tribesman in the process of fixing the bottom of an iron bucket.
— Photo Inderjeet Verma
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Daggers drawn on DYC presidentship
Ludhiana, February 16
The issue of the presidentship of the District Youth Congress has cropped up again, with Mr Parminder Mehta, removed as the District Youth Congress President a week ago, claiming that the order of his removal has been cancelled.
Atwal pooh-poohs
poll surveys
Machhiwara, February 16
Addressing a get-together of SAD-BJP and BKU workers of the Koomkalan Assembly segment at Gurdwara Shri Charan Kanwal Sahib, Machhiwara, the Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Charanjeet Singh Atwal, claimed that Mr Inder Iqbal Atwal would win the election from this constituency.
Lakshmi eludes Saraswati sculptors
Ludhiana, February 16
Come Basant, and people’s hearts are filled with joy. Basant heralds the onset of spring. After the cold winter days, bright sunshine is like a benediction. Artisans from Jodhpur, Mohan, his son, Rama, and his wife, Shanti Devi, have been busy preparing idols of goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning.
Idols of Goddess Saraswati being given finishing touches by Shanti Devi in Ludhiana. |
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Moving house, no movers
Ludhiana, February 16
When Nishu and Ashish had to move from Ludhiana to Kanpur following a transfer, their problem was packing the household goods.
They hired the services of a ‘professional firm from Chandigarh. Ashish said, “Since my company was paying for it, we tried to find a company of professional movers and packers, but to our surprise, there was not even one such firm in Ludhiana.
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