Category: Blogger Social Responsibility

  • COMMUNITY KITCHEN.

    When we were kids, it was quite acceptable for kids from the villages to attend the town school; those who had relatives in town went to their house for lunch. Then there were houses that took on “vaarada oota” that is families would take on feeding couple of school going kids once a week. The…

  • Trail Of Swach Bharat

    It was two in the afternoon, and Karthik called from Indiblogger, would I be interested in being part of the Swach Bharat Bus, an NDTV endeavour along with dettol. I was all set to no, when my daughters said, go mama so off I went like a mongoose who has to know. I did wonder…

  • Obligations to others and to ourselves.

    Bil “Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.”  ― Ashim Shanker, Sinew of the Social Speciesl Courtney, Against the Grain: A Coach’s Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love Sunita is one of the early people who has been coming to me for treatment. One major issue she…

  • sanitation for the roadside worker

     The World Health Organization states that: “Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word ‘sanitation’ also…

  • Travel Etiquette,

    The Goa express is late as usual. The schedule arrival time being 4.20pm flashes on the Pune Junction display board, its 4.20 the platform is not yet announced. Neither has the Indian railways been kind enough to tell us that the train is delayed. Anyway at 5.20 the train chugs in, and we get in.…

  • At the Museum.

    Somewhere the definition  of public spaces and private seems does not seem exist in our culture. I am not talking about the shomeall social network nurtured culture. I am talking of people who in their 50’s too. Just look at our temples, we are so noisy so crude and me first. we don’t even attempt…