I have not written this piece as an angry blogger or a highbrowed ex-Lifestyle editor or an author. I tell you all a little secret. Something personal - though I was forewarned about, on this portal before I came on, that the blogs here must say something larger, something more topical, connected...
On 13th of May 2013, Research team of CSR formed a CWG (Community Watch Group) in Mohan Garden area of West Delhi. The CSR team consisted of Dr. Manasi Mishra, Ms. Sangya Pandey, Ms. Lalita Yadav, Ms. Meenakshi Sood, Ms. Pritika Kohli and Arushi Walia.
The meeting was a success as the turn-out was...
There’s a rush to hang Sreesanth for his role in the IPL spot-fixing. He is, perhaps permanently, pariah for bringing disrepute to cricket, embarrassing senior citizen Rahul Dravid, leading younger cricketers the wrong way, cheating and criminal conspiracy.
If the tonality of TV sound byte...
Ides of March seem to be afflicting the prime minister in May. He has been facing a vicious attack; uncharacteristic of him and very much unlike him, he is being portrayed as one who shields the corrupt and encourages malpractices in governance.
This is something very difficult to believe of...
“Your bill is very escalated.”
“I don’t think you have put in 4 man-hours of your time in this draft.”
“You cannot equate yourself with your ex-firm in billing.”
The list goes on. These are some of the kind words which some people have used for evading, not merely avoiding, payments to...
I start blogging in April 2005. That makes it 8 years and almost 1500 blogs. It all started like this. It must have been circa 2003 when I realised that the proverbial 'pockets' I easily dug into whenever extra funds were needed were emptying at the speed of light or even faster. All...
The natural world seems to have done a fine job of transmitting nutrients through ecosystems for a few billion years. Yet today we find nutrients seeping out of our soils, nutrients are all-to scarce in our food, and they are often lacking in the human population as a whole. Where did we go wrong...
Special ‘Bob’
Age group 2-7 yrs
Once upon a time there was a small pond. It was surrounded by big trees with red, yellow and green flowers; and butterflies with black spotted wings. Different kinds of birds were also staying on the trees and would sing songs in their unique voices. The pond was...
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My name is Arpana Udupa, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace India. I’m on board the Rainbow Warrior, travelling up the Queensland coast.
While the green ocean, blue sky dotted with puffs of white and bottle green landscape of the coast is breath-...
Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries that ought to have been Engine of Growth of Indian Economy have not added any jobs since 1995 combining both...