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लाला आणि कबीर एकाच शाळेत जायचे. गावात एकूण शाळा दोन. त्यातली ह्यांची एक शाळेकडे जाणारा रस्ता रेल्वे लाईनच्या जवळून जायचा. याच रस्त्यावरच त्या दोघांची पहिल्यांदा गाठभेट झाली. कबीर गळ्यात दप्तर अडकवून चालताना आपल्या काल्पनिक मित्रांशी बोलत राहायचा. चालत चालत बाजाराच्या...
It was a chilly morning, the winter sunshine locked in battle with threatening clouds that were adamant on making the sky overcast. So apart from being chilly, it was also dull and grey. When Ram Lakhan Singh came out of his tiny city apartment in Lucknow to wash his...
When madness governs the actions of a man or woman , no power on earth it would seem can stop them from actions that even a few hours, or days later, make no sense at all. So it was in Bhopal, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. A wild fever had gripped the...
THIRTEEN year-old Lara was very excited about attending her chacha’s wedding in Hyderabad. Her new clothes, the jewellery she would wear, flowers in her and best of all, the mehendi on her hands. She could not wait too, until she could get the first the first glimpse...
CJP's conducted a two day workshop with a bunch of young bright students studying at Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai. The Workshop talked about Gender, Caste, Democracy, Identity, Violence, Discrimination and the values of constitution and was met with overwhelmingly positive...
This Week, CJP conducted an interactive Khoj Workshop with fifty women and initiated an interfaith meeting at Ramakrishna Mission in view of the Babri Masjid Judgement. The CJP team in Assam also visited the survivors of Nellie Massacre in Borbari, 40% of whom have...
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti this year KHOJ organised an event titled "Ahinsa aur Shaanti" at Nadkarni Park School in Wadala for over 50 students from the Marathi, Urdu and Hindi medium schools. These students participated and performed in the event. KHOJ is an...
CJP's Khoj is a secular educational program that teaches constitutional values to children. This is a Teachers' Day celebration organised by Khoj in a school in Mumbai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNVjGkA1hgc Related: An Introduction to KHOJ KHOJ: Self Portrait...
This session is expected to evolve a lasting understanding and grasp within young minds of what his/her rights are as an individual. Our Rights and Teachers Rights, Rights and Responsibilities and Rights and Duties. A critical part of the discussions involve...