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January 2007

January 23, 2007

Hamlet on the backroads engaged in BPO Work!

Tom Friedman wrote a book "The World is Flat".. heck that was an understatement! Here...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions IV

Continuing on the discussion of India's poverty. I recommend everyone here to read two books:...

January 17, 2007

Breast Milk Donation for the Hungry in Africa

An intriguing story of a mother sending off her extra .. breast milk (a common...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions Part III

When I said in my last post about my heart being a "capitalist" heart.. I...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions Part II

Indian society is developing at a fast pace.. but the poverty is not coming down...

January 15, 2007

The Road to Solve India's Poverty

Vijay Sappani has written a blog post where he mentions a report by a Canadian...

December 2006

December 06, 2006

Richest 2% own 50% wealth of the World

This is the height of concentration of wealth in the world! Poor have no way...

October 2006

October 05, 2006

Shrinking of the Middle Class and the Income disparities.

In my post on the Impressions from my visit, I mentioned my thoughts. Anurag, has...

July 2006

July 24, 2006

Begging in Bombay: a $42 Million Enterprise

You have seen those beggars - poor and haggard and suffering - in Mumbai? Well...

July 04, 2006

Her Land is More than the Soil she Treads on!

For a Yanomani, her land is much more than the soil she treads. An...

July 04, 2006

How Microsoft is Improving the lives of Indian Salt Miners

There are some pioneering experiments in India that are using technology and computers to better the...

June 2006

June 05, 2006

Reservations: Challenging the Grit of Indian Middle Class and Future of Indian Education!

I have believed that the Indian Middle Class is a major force in the world...

June 01, 2006

Eternal Poverty @ the Cost of Reservations!!

What is of significance is that as stated in Karan Thappar's interview For example, a...

May 2006

May 31, 2006

A Boat full of Dead Immigrants!

Immigration is in the news.. and how people from poor countries and societies move to...

May 27, 2006

(Reservation Debate) Reverse Racism is NOT a cure for Racism!

One alumni of my alma mater where I did my Masters wrote this on reservation:...

May 27, 2006

Tea-stall owner's son an IAS topper

In this day and age of clamour for reservations and high fees that the educational...

May 18, 2006

Petition Against Reservation in India

The Government of India is now adamant on increasing the reservation for SC/ST/OBC to 49.5%...

May 09, 2006

Two Million Babies Die on Their First Day!!

What a shame that when man can do anything from creating a new life from...

April 2006

April 04, 2006

Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa

Just got this from Desicritics - a where I write too. Aaman a fellow blogger...

April 04, 2006

But Why Does Your God Punish Me??

Just read an old blog post by Atanu Dey.. on Baba Amte - and he...

March 2006

March 31, 2006

No Water, But we Surf on the Waves of Internet!

The way this is going - very soon most villages will have internet connections -...

March 25, 2006

Urbanization vs Rural Areas

Recently, I was listening to Onpoint Radio - one of my favorite radion shows in...

March 23, 2006

North Korea has no disabled – they are killed as babies!

Isnt that a great way of ensuring that your population is always healthy? All these...

March 08, 2006

$160000 Nizam slippers found in Toronto

Thats quite a pair for a human being!! Its for the good that these kingdoms...

January 2006

January 24, 2006

Poverty in India and the solutions

After reading the speech of Indian Prez on this blog here is a mail my...

January 17, 2006

Power of Rs 100

Here is an interesting blogpost from Mridula on the power of Rs 100! I get...

January 04, 2006

One year past Tsunami: WHERE's the MONEY?

Its been an year since the Tsunami.. and lots of money poured in for help.....

November 2005

November 12, 2005

– Zero-Balance Bank Account in India

While this is a laudable effort.. it takes out the need for the banks to...

October 2005

October 03, 2005

Top Graduates Line Up to Teach to the Poor

News Source: New York Times News Highlight: Lucas E. Nikkel, a Dartmouth graduate, wants to...

October 03, 2005

Lifting the veil: 'Look beyond Sania's skirts'

News Source: Indian Express News Highlight: Ruby Rizvi is a kamdaani worker. For a day’s...