Divya Goyal

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal

Over nine decades ago, when young Bhagat Singh was hanged to death by the British during India’s freedom struggle, another revolution was sweeping the streets of undivided Punjab — led by its women. Young girls and women across Punjab had begun singing ghori (folk song sung by women when their brothers get ready for marriage).

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal

In the verandah of Government Primary School, Kundanpuri, in the heart of Ludhiana city, morning prayers are being recited at 12 noon by over 200 students from primary classes. No, they aren’t the students of this school but the ones from Government Primary School, Post Office Road (Shahi Mohalla) whose own building has been declared unsafe. The students from Shahi Mohalla school study at Kundanpuri school in evening shift as they have no other space to sit.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal

A government primary school in Sarabha Nagar locality of Ludhiana has received a double dose of AAP-led Punjab government’s Sikhya Kranti, thanks to the upcoming Ludhiana West bypoll. According to residents, two new classrooms constructed in the primary school with assistance from an NGO were inaugurated twice in less than a year — first by then AAP MLA Gurpreet Gogi on June 28, 2024, and now by AAP Ludhiana West bypoll candidate Sanjeev Arora on April 11, 2025.

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal

In the name of “two new repaired washrooms”, the Government Senior Secondary School at Kundanpuri in Ludhiana has two under-construction rooms. They have no commodes, the walls have plaster, but are not painted. Brick-chips are spread on the floor that is yet to be cemented or tiled. Both washrooms do not have doors.

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal

The Ludhiana district administration Wednesday suspended six teachers from a primary school for “failing to report to the election duty” for the Ludhiana West bypoll, whose dates are yet to be announced — the order coming amid the ongoing admission season and the AAP government’s “Sikhya Kranti (education revolution) drive.”The order was issued even Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has claimed time and again that “teachers will only teach” and won’t be assigned any non-teaching works.