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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Once, on my way back home, I struck up a conversation with an auto driver about his job.
He did not own the auto he was driving. He had taken it on rent for INR 150.00 for half a day, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. For the other ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
The first picture that comes to my mind when I hear "cycling" is of Tour-de-France where hundreds of cyclists pedal hard with heads down but only to be beaten by Lance Armstrong. His surname always made me wonder why it is not Legstrong. Now that he has hung his boots ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Twelve noon on a Sunday - a time at which I normally get out of bed. This Sunday was a little different though… I was sitting in the courtyard of a small school in Halenijgal, excited about having rolled a six on both dice in a game of Chausar.
Halenijgal is ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
"Five days ago two young girls that were students of Splendour High School were run over by a truck and died on the spot. The incident happened after school hours, and very close to where the school is located. However the tragedy did not end there, a handful of the ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
A Saturday morning took us to that relatively small building which we would have easily missed on any other day, with the road leading to Forum in one direction, and M.G. Road in the opposite direction...
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We spent our first few years frolicking and running around; we ate ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Yes, global warming, and everything else we get for free along with urban development. All of us hear about it, few of us do more.
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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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