November 2008
13 posts
Naked & Brave.
On a hunch, I googled around for a mini-camera device that could have been used to figure out the location of the terrorists and number of hostages taken at the Nariman House. Shouldn’t our Forces have things like these?! And if you heard the marine commando’s interview on TV, he was talking about how difficult it was for them to find terrorists in the dark. Should I assume that our...
Numb-ers.
At present, the poverty line at all-India level is Rs 327.56 and Rs 454.11 for rural and urban people per capita per month respectively.
- Health & Family Welfare Ministry, Government of India
We are a country with 26 crore people below the poverty line. Think about a family of 4 surviving on 60 rupees a day in a city!
While you are it, here’s an interesting article by Dilip...
Connecting ideas to lovers.
How do you connect a guy who has an idea, to those, who would love to work with him on the idea?
After our experience with Grassroutes, I’m convinced that to a large extent, this depends not just on the number of people you successfully reach out to, but on,
The number of people who broadcast your idea forward
The growth of this chain of broadcasters
Usually, hardly 5% of your...
RTI 101.
I attended an inspiring workshop yesterday on the Right to Information Act and ways in which each one of us can put it to use. The workshop was conducted by G. R. Vora, who has worked alongside Sailesh Gandhi and filed many RTI applications in Mumbai. The talk was divided into 3 parts - The RTI Act & the clauses, the application process & ways to re-appeal, and examples of cases where RTI...
Saying NO to free rides.
I happened to be gtalking with UdayKiran while working on some material for the BITSAA Graduate Scholarship Program. I knew that he was applying for MS next fall and his application is very impressive - with 4 filed patents under his belt and a very high GRE score. I asked him if he was applying for the scholarship since the scholarships are open to pass-outs as well. He refused saying that he can...
