AJ Fighters strike gold: our girls bring the kabaddi title home
Inside the final at Kathua Stadium — a girls' kabaddi team fighting for every point, a crowd on its feet, and what a title means for the young people of our district.
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A random stop at a cricket final, and a message for our youth
On a quiet June afternoon I wandered into the Logate Morh Youth Club cricket final — and left with a reminder of what our young people need most: sport, wellness, and a future free of addiction.
A new school bag, and the smile that followed
Field notes from this year's back-to-school drive — and why the smallest gestures often matter the most.
A day at the health camp: three hundred patients, one tarpaulin
What a free check-up camp looks like from the inside — the queues, the volunteers, the doctor with 200 kids in front of him, and the cases that stay with you.
The Ravi river drive: when a town cleans up after itself
Photographs can't show the smell or the sweat, but they show the change — students, shopkeepers and volunteers making the riverbank a place to be proud of again.
Why I believe 'sewa' — service — is its own reward
A personal reflection on fifteen years of volunteering: what giving has taught me, why no gesture is too small, and how to start where you stand.