All stories by Prasanna D Zore, Reuben NV
'Why can't the government do justice to us?'
Rediff.com17 Jul 2015Two families grieve the death of Pradeep Maruti Gade, one of the 104 victims of the Mumbai hooch tragedy.
'They were so happy, but the Almighty had something else in mind'
Rediff.com14 Jul 2015'How will we pay for their education now?' asks a grandmother about her two grandchildren who lost their father in Mumbai's liquor tragedy.
'If we hadn't done the religious rites, he would not have got salvation'
Rediff.com10 Jul 2015Soon, she says, she will repay the Rs 50,000 she owes her debtors and start life afresh. "Without my husband."
In a dark, dingy, slum, families cope with Mumbai's hooch tragedy
Rediff.com8 Jul 2015Families, torn apart by the Malvani hooch tragedy, where 104 people lost their lives confront a dark and hopeless future.
The watchman who left his family that night
Rediff.com8 Jul 2015Rediff.com meets a family that longs for "a very nice man" who, alas, will never return.