Just add urine ….
July 25, 2004….. to rehydrate a food pouch and you will have a ready to eat meal. This new gourmet delight is courtsey of the US army that is looking at an effective way of ensuring that its forces don’t go hungry, and are…
Month: July 2004
Accountability and Responsibility in business – GTB
July 25, 2004Somehow when we mention these words in the context of business in India, we expect the Government run enterprises to behave well. So a MTNL has to deliver phone connectivity, a SBI has to be customer friendly, a UTI has to be…
World Stupidity Awards
July 24, 2004I was surprised to hear that there was something called the World Stupidity Awards, but not really surpised that George W Bush won. Everytime I see him in action, I thank God for being born an Indian and being blessed with an…
Slavery in Modern Times
July 20, 2004Human Rights Watch says that: In Saudi Arabia foreign workers—who comprise one-third of the kingdom’s population—face torture, forced confessions and unfair trials when they are accused of crimes The 135 page report published earlier this month is a damning indictement of the…
Browser Adultry
July 20, 2004Dear Blog, Today I dumped IE for the final time. there will be no going back to it….. …..Many moons ago, when the net first came into India (1996) – I wrote and directed the country’s first Internet popularisation TV show. Called…
A Glimmer of Hope – Bare Foot Capitalism
July 15, 2004Today i went into viewing the rushes from the shoot. All you can see is dry heat and warm tones. And viewing the footage made me realise that no matter what the fuckups the story that is going to be told is…
The Real Issues – Corruption, Caste, and Reservations
July 11, 2004“It costs Rs.3 lakhs – Rs.300,000 – to get into the army. About Rs.1 lakh to become a teacher and something inbetween to get a job as a pune in a college. where do we get that kind of money from?” is…
The Real Issues – Education & Poverty
July 10, 2004“we need books” is the answer. The question is ‘what can be done to improve the situation of Dalits in rural Maharashtra.’ Gyaneshwar Suryavanshi tells me that students from Dalit backgrounds who have graduated high school (12th) or even graduation with high…
Working with Dalits and Tribals
July 8, 2004TDSS funds four projects and over 50 scholarship holders in this region. The four projects are: a) The Maharashtra Samaj Unnati Mandal (MSUM) -the social upliftment forum of Maharashtra – implemented Self Reliance Programme for widows and destitute women. This is the…
Dalit
July 8, 2004The term Dalit – means “a broken people” – a term used by the people labelled “untouchable” for centuries. Traditionally the Dalits were beyond the Hindu caste system – living in the outskirts of villages and performing a whole host of manual…