Friday, July 10, 1998
Bardoli Romeo booked for rape after triggering clashes
Hanif Meman, whose affair with a Hindu girl triggered communal skirmishes in Bardoli in the last week of June, is being interrogated at an undisclosed destination by the district police. The 33-year-old vehicle broker has been remanded to police custody. District police superintendent B D Vaghela said Hanif was arrested from a hotel at Vapi on Sunday evening.
Long Distance Love
She lives in Borivli and you live in Colaba? You've got problems! Just how vast the city is comes home to me each time I catch a bus. From Andheri to Fountain, you pass through a different city every 15 minutes. And if your beloved lives more than three train stops away, I just want to ask you if you're sure you're ready for this? Ready to commute for two hours every day just to see her? Ready to spend half your life in an overcrowded local train? Ready for the wear and tear on your soul and soles? We all know love is blind, but the essential question is -- can it commute?
Just Like the Rest
A Brain tumor at the age of four robbed Sarbari Pain of five years of her life. And her sight in one eye. The medication also dulled her senses. Sarbari completely missed out on what children her age took for granted -- the pains and joys of a normal school-going existence. "We were in Hong Kong then, and she was able to resume her studies only at the age of about 10. So, she studied till the eighth grade and then we got transferred to Mumbai. Here, Sarbari found that she could not cope with the relatively higher levels of education," says her mother.
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