Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Sunday, 8 April 2012
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Needed, more HUNGaMA over malnutrition
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Needed, more HUNGaMA over malnutrition
It is a matter of deep shame that a country that aspires to the status of a great power has 58% of its children stunted on account of malnutrition (from the HUNGaMA survey, the largest such study done in India). The solutions are not complex. What is absent is the will to make a difference.
It is a matter of deep shame that a country that aspires to the status of a great power has 58% of its children stunted on account of malnutrition (from the HUNGaMA survey, the largest such study done in India). The solutions are not complex. What is absent is the will to make a difference.
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Feed the needy, not nuclear ambitions
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Feed the needy, not nuclear ambitions
In early March, 2012, US and DPRK representatives met in Beijing to agree on a deal to provide food aid in exchange for suspension of nuclear activities. In two weeks the deal was beginning to look very shaky.
In early March, 2012, US and DPRK representatives met in Beijing to agree on a deal to provide food aid in exchange for suspension of nuclear activities. In two weeks the deal was beginning to look very shaky.
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Breaking a leg
I have been hibernating for just over three months. Thanks to a broken leg. It was a good time for reflection.
Breaking a Leg
Breaking a Leg
Driving to Mount Paekdu
Since I made a mention of Pyongyang in my launch post, I feel that I should introduce you to DPR Korea. I was privileged to get an opportunity that few foreigners have, in driving 3800 kilometers over a two week period in 2008 to some of the most remote and inaccessible parts of the country. I am giving you a link to this journey below:
Driving to Mount Paekdu
Driving to Mount Paekdu
Launching
It is Easter morning in 2012 when I start this blog. I see this as a place where you, my reader and I can come to know each other. I hope it is going to be a friendly place like a coffee shop. Where you can kick off your shoes, lean back, sip a steaming cup and indulge in what people call in Bengal an "Adda".
I hope to share some experiences over a life that has crossed the three score and in the middle of the following ten. It has taken me to some unusual places and some interesting times. I like to share some of these with you.
I also feel very good this morning for another reason. One of the goals I set myself in the last couple of years before I was to retire was to be an "interesting grand-father" to our two grand children, Kaavya now 8 and Ameya, now 5. I tried learning things like drawing and painting and playing the piano for the first time in my life. I was lucky to find some very patient teachers. In Pyongyang, that most unusual place in the world where I lived for over three years. I cannot claim much success with these, but the experiences gave me great joy. It was truly the engagement with parts of my brain that had never been used before.
But the real reward came this morning. The kids needed some help to paint T-shirts and I was drawing outlines of butterflies and fishes for them. Ameya, watching critically at my elbow says "Appu, you know, you are such an interesting grand-father". Totally un-tutored and un-provoked. And Kaavya seconds that that "You are so funny and so kind"
Day, month, year, century, made!!!
I hope to share some experiences over a life that has crossed the three score and in the middle of the following ten. It has taken me to some unusual places and some interesting times. I like to share some of these with you.
I also feel very good this morning for another reason. One of the goals I set myself in the last couple of years before I was to retire was to be an "interesting grand-father" to our two grand children, Kaavya now 8 and Ameya, now 5. I tried learning things like drawing and painting and playing the piano for the first time in my life. I was lucky to find some very patient teachers. In Pyongyang, that most unusual place in the world where I lived for over three years. I cannot claim much success with these, but the experiences gave me great joy. It was truly the engagement with parts of my brain that had never been used before.
But the real reward came this morning. The kids needed some help to paint T-shirts and I was drawing outlines of butterflies and fishes for them. Ameya, watching critically at my elbow says "Appu, you know, you are such an interesting grand-father". Totally un-tutored and un-provoked. And Kaavya seconds that that "You are so funny and so kind"
Day, month, year, century, made!!!
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