Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Dear Reader,
There is a Make A Donation page on LifeStraw.com. As even this is long for MAD, we thought we will give it a try :)
If you want to give it a try as well, start by clicking here. If you choose what we chose, you will reach here.
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
We got the chance to interact with a Sankalp Volunteer. This article is essentially our conversation with him. Though it is rather long, we recommend you get through it some time. You will not regret it…
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How was the Sankalp Blood Donation Organization born?
One night we jumped out of the engineering ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
October 19, 2007.
Maarakka, a 45 year old woman, was struggling with Dengue fever in the ICU of MSR Memorial Hospital. Her platelet count was extremely low. She had no contact in Bangalore. Her body required blood, and it required blood soon. The blood donation had to be done through apheresis.
The ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Think about this:
Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water - approximately one in every six people on earth.
More than 50% of the hospital beds the world over are occupied by patients ...
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Dear Reader,
Do you know someone who will find a post on this site interesting? We have a new feature to make this simpler for you. Now you can send a post to a friend by using the "Send this post to a friend" link below every post. Please use it ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
The noon is bright. The night, dark. Being a bridge between the two, evening was the appropriate time to leave the comfort of office and visit the Anuraga NFE center.
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As per the Census of India 2001, there were 1,402,971 people living in slums in Karnataka, 207,912 of whom were ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Dear intrepid reader,
This site is new, and like all things new it will take a short time to stabilize. This means you may see a few changes in the site's design and layout over the next few days, till we reach the initial "identity" that we want to create. Please ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
“Have you heard of J. K. Tripathy?”
“No.”
This is the (almost) unanimous response. I do not know which is worse - this lack of awareness, or my lack of surprise at the answer.
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It was a day like any other. It was a little difficult to listen to the news. There was ...
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