Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
By Dheeraj Fartode Tiger Memon act had made us hang our heads in shame. The plight that befell Yakub and the Memon clan today is because of Tiger and Tiger alone, Suleiman Memon is learnt to have claimed as he paced frantically in his hotel room. Entire Memon family had suffered a lot due to the misdeeds of Tiger,” he further said as Suleiman tried to come to terms with life ups and down. He was camping in city since last three-days. The elder Memon always avoided media glare and did not utter even a word. On Wednesday, Suleman while interacting with some persons said he has full faith on Almighty and full faith in judiciary. Suleman and Usman Memon Sources further disclosed that Suleiman was frustrated over the hanging of Yakub. Suleman always told the sources that Yakub was very educated person and came back to India as former was keen to restart his business. “Tiger had used entire family members for the execution of the bombing and fled to Pakistan,” Suleiman...