Category: Us people

  • Mario Miranda Visiting Chair

    The Goa university has a launched an unique program that was Dr.Maria Aurora Couto”s vision, where experts from various walks of life shared their knowledge. All the courses are two credit ones, and open to public as well students. This is the link to the latest session on Mario Miranda Chair. http://ww.itimes.com/blog/utopia-dystopia-goa-2015?ref=m

  • Sheroes – Tavleen’s Smartizens in a Smart city.

    Sheroes – Tavleen’s Smartizens in a Smart city.

    Citizens— can  now morph to Smartizens. Tavleen Mehendiratta was a speaker at SHEROES who has a lot of passion for what she does, so much so, it has changed her entire course of life.  Her anthem has now turned to the future is not cars but mobility. Sounds quite paradoxical for an automobile engineer to…

  • The Road Hogs

    This is the road safety week, I hear talks, about helmet wearing, speed driving, congested roads all cited as examples. Everyone is aware where the repair work has to be done. But there are small things we don’t ask, why do these accidents occur? Just look at our road hogs… If you wonder what I…

  • The town of Akola

    Still on the trail of swach Bharat with NDTV and fellow blogger it was day-2 From Buldana, to Akola district, we stayed at the town of Akola, at a place called Jasnagar Hotel. The town of Akola, looked slow paced, it was as if the town wanted to share her story with us, old British building,…

  • Overthrowing the tyranny of ‘OR’

    With Karthiga Reddy. Yes, its about Sheroes again, there was something exclusive about Karthiga Reddy like the Lady herself. First and foremost she was exceeding feminine,  I could well see her draped in a saree, still meaning business.  she came across as a person who was friendly, and let things flow while keeping track very…

  • Bringing her story to you…

    Above all be the heroine of your life not the victim—Nora Ephron www.womensweb.in The past week, I have been living the aftermath of the Shero summit, seeing remarkable women, achieving remarkable things facing remarkable challenges. If the hero of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s cycle has to break his own comfort zone, the Shero’s challenges are not…