Serving nomadic communities: When public services move with the citizen

Bringing different services to a specific transit point at the same time can improve access and coordination

Abdul Khabir

Updated At : 06:58 AM Jul 20, 2026 IST

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DURING one of my field postings, I remember standing on a road near the Pir Panjal and watching a Bakarwal family pass by. An elderly man walked in front with a long stick. The goats moved around him. A woman followed with a bundle and a small child sat on a pony. Two young boys were trying to keep the animals together.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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Serving nomadic communities: When public services move with the citizen

Bringing different services to a specific transit point at the same time can improve access and coordination

Abdul Khabir

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