Category: Blogger Social Responsibility
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Whose’s funeral is it anyway?
My husband I decided to watch the evening news. The headline screamed,”Arushi murder parents convicted.” The glowing teenager’s snap popped up. Then there was Bacchi Kakaria, some other journalists all dissecting the issues. They are absolutely sure that the culprits are the parents despite of acknowledging that the evidence is circumstantial. Whatever be, if the…
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The rot within.
Here we are watching the news 20 children in Bihar died of poisoning. Amidst this tragedy what we neglect to see is the greater tragedy at on end we see children with up end mobiles, and play station here are kids for whom a morsel of mid meal means a relief to their parents. But…
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Roll to Rajasthan
Franklin Templeton Investmentspartnered the TEDxGateway Mumbai in December 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Dn868I8RQ#at=370 listening to Cynthia passionately dedicated to the cause of water management. I am impressed. I am also taken back to the days of seventies, when we went to our mother’s ancestral village for our summer sojourn water was an issue, of course we kids never…
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international drug abuse and illicit trafficking day.
June 26th, the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Just in case you think this is another holiday, sorry it is not, today is a day that documents two of human shames, UNODC has decided to work strengthen their legal and technical capacities to prevent and stop the trafficking of people, drugs natural…
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Warnin’ bells.
Ring the bell, Ringing the bell, have you ever thought of it? It heralds, some one coming in. The person may not be welcome, yet we are good hosts. Because of who we are. Yet ringing the bell means, be alert. Watch out, danger ahead. The past two days I have been at the media…
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Domestic violence,– violation of habitat
This article is part of the ring the bell, campaign www.bellbajao.org Of course the site specifies domestic violence or violence against women. To me the flowing river and mother earth are also women. Floods at uttarkashi Delhi is flooded Mumbai stranded in rains These are direct fall out us violating the water and land. We…
