CAN WE DECIDE Can we decide the right time to put our children in schools? The High Court in India is in a dillema whether to listen to the Committee Report, School Authorities, Parents or just allow children not to be put under pressure at a very young and impressionable age. A child today enters […]
Impossible Dream
The book Don Quixote was written in the 1600’s by Miguel de Cervantes. In more recent times it became a musical called Man of La Mancha. It is a comic tragedy of a man and his struggle against all odds. Quixote is an knight errant during the Spanish Inquistion. In prison as he tells […]
Bollywood Scores ‘Hat Trick’
While the Cricket World Cup tournament is in full gear, where hat tricks are imminent, Indian film director Milan Luthria is up to scoring another sort of ‘Hat Trick.’ In his new movie, Luthria’s concept of hat trick is not getting three wickets in three consecutive balls as in cricket, but about 3 successes of […]
Today’s Holocaust – Darfur
There are times when I go to sleep so disturbed by Darfur’s mass-murder, and so worked-up over the world’s failure to respond to it that I actually dreamt that I was Rambo tearing through Sudan, wiping out its oppressors. It felt quite nice, to say the least. I’ve become more disturbed by the situation in Darfur […]
Low Cost Technology Saves Poor
Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]
Photos Raise TB Awareness
A community project in northern Thailand named TB Photovoice Thailand is using photos and stories to tackle often hidden issues surrounding TB and HIV infection, diagnosis, treatment and coping mechanisms. The project is proving that a picture can indeed speak a thousand words, but even more than that, it can help influence social change. […]