Articles by Varsha Torgalkar

Varsha Torgalkar is a freelance journalist based in Pune.

Pune is a city of many identities – it is dubbed an educational hub, an IT hub and even a city of retired people. Many of the residents are migrants who came here to work in the manufacturing industry that had been flourishing since 1960s. Since 1991, the IT industry has been thriving here and people from across the country have migrated in pursuit of employment in the sector. The parliamentary constituency of Pune, Number 34, is comprised of six state assembly constituencies: Vadgaonsheri (208), Shivajinagar (209), Kothrud (210), Parvati (212), Pune Cantonment (214), Kasbapeth (215). Though Pune has sent…

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