>This saturday had an interesting event in store for me. As I rolled over in my bed late in the morning since it was a holiday I heard a very queer sound like that of incessant rain coming every now and then and I thought it must be the petrol pump outside. After a few […]

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 A long awaited post is the one on CNN Heroes 2008. I put their widget on the sidebar. I dunno how many really checked it out. Well the winner got declared and I didn’t have any chance to write about it.
It is an US person, Liz who has worked […]

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 Just came across this really touching article about the Narmada Bachao Andolan. I myself don’t know about the situation first hand but what this Dr. from IIT and IIM has written seems quite authentic and to the point. From a couple of my professors who do know the Maharashtrian government people said that its […]

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Continued from UN MDG Summit – Day 1 and UN MDG Summit – Day 2 So the summit is not yet over, Day 3 is the day that the delegates are sent to make a documentary which was to be submitted next day by 4 pm. Most of them had no prior […]

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Continued from UN MDG Summit – Day 1 This day I was sick! So I personally did not attend it. The account I got is that there was a more focussed discussion and the participants had to make a presentation about a solution for their particular goal. (All the 300 odd participants were […]

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So what are the MDG’s ??
Well in 2000 the world leaders came together and decided that the social work that was being done should be quantified, so they set some goals for themselves to be fulfilled by 2015.
So these goals are: Eradication of Poverty Universal Primary Education […]

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 I have underlined stuff so you can just skim this article and don’t feel daunted by having to read all of this!
We had inaugural dinner on the 7th. I made use of the occasion by tasting both the wines they served so I now know my preference in wine.
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