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Nihit
Can I have some water please?
“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 suffering [...]
A new melody…
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. ******* As per the Census of India 2001, there were 1,402,971 people living in slums in Karnataka, 207,912 of whom were children in the age [...]
Have you heard of J K Tripathy?
“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. ******* It was a day like any other. It was a little difficult to listen to the news. There was hardly [...]