the weblog of sriram varadarajan.02/11/2009
My home for another 3-4 months - The Wireline truck.
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Getting set for another long drive!
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The setting sun & the rising moon on either side of the Arabian desert sky.
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11/03/2009
My Auroville Days
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21/02/2009
A road-trip against global warming.
“Why this mad, insane plan to travel across India in a caravan of solar electric cars and jatropha trucks with solar music, art, dance and a potent message for climate solutions? Well … the world needs crazy ideas to change things, because the conventional way of thinking is not working anymore.”
- Yes, they could. So they did. by Thomas Friedman in the NY Times
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20/02/2009
Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic) (via thresca) (via myownmelt) (via onherway)
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28/01/2009
Going to school is fun.
Couple of months back, I had blogged this. Yet another idea that could end up being a mere blogpost! But then, to see the folks at GTS work on such ideas to motivate kids to attend school, is simply awe-inspiring.
Success stories of educated women that inspire girls to go to school.
Hardships of a boy going to a school get transformed into an experience of joy, learning and discovery for the other kids.
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27/01/2009
3 Questions.
Gaurav Mishra raises 3 pertinent questions on using social media for social change -
- How valuable is online activism without offline action?
- What are the conditions under which online activism leads to offline action?
- In general, how does one reduce the gap between online activism and offline action?
While our Fellows are getting geared up to launch campaigns to support change at the grassroots and use social media as a tool, they must answer these 3 questions to be able to achieve what they set out to do.
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