Ruddhi Phadke

Washington’s threat of military action over Nigeria’s spiralling violence reveals as much about American power as it does about Africa’s most turbulent giant. Nigeria is reeling. Schoolgirls are vanishing from dormitories in the dead of night; worshippers singing hymns are being dragged into forests while entire communities brace for the next set of gunmen to arrive. Into this turmoil barrels an extraordinary threat from Washington with President Donald Trump declaring that the United States...

The global metropolis’ charm and civility can no longer mask a creeping sense of insecurity in Britain’s capital. The first thing that strikes you about London (or any part of Britain for that matter) isn’t its weather or its wit but its manners. People apologise when you bump into them. They thank the bus driver. They greet strangers with disarming warmth. Yet, beneath this veneer of civility, a sharper and more disquieting truth lurks: London, the city that prides itself on courtesy and...

Having started  the first English school in Walvanda village, Savali Charitable Trust aims to bring tribals at par with all Mumbai: Having worked for the cause of upliftment of the tribals residing in the remote villages around Jawhar in Palghar district of Maharashtra for years, Savali Charitable Trust has now started an English medium school in a remote village called Walvanda, with the sole aim of providing equal opportunities to the tribals who are convinced by the power of education, but...