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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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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
“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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