Hello everyone, I am Anurag, a new member in the FIN group. I live in the capital city of India, New Delhi. One of the cities with fastest rate of urbanization paralleled with a low urban growth. My daily bus travel between laboratory to home over the past 4 years…
As we dream and work towards improving the lives of girls and women at Kameshwaram, let me share with you all a little story that I wrote many years back for Joanna. (Thank you!). There was this special girl in Kameshwaram, who was extremely physically challenged and nearly blind. Her…
I was at this conference, and I caught sight of Prof. Carl Pray, internationally renowned for his work on agriculture in developing countries including India. Though I do not share his enthusiasm for genetically modified plant varieties or newer biotech techniques like Crispr – his views are based on rigorous…
May, 2017 “I have an assignment for you!” Prof. Shyama V. Ramani of UNU-MERIT said. “You are going to visit a typical Indian village – a representative village in a developing country. Immerse yourself. Observe carefully. At the end of your visit, tell me your opinion on why the state…
December 2016 THE FACE OF THE CITY THAT WE IGNORE – Visiting Delhi as a tourist is all about relishing the ancient glory of the capital encapsulated by the contemporary style of art and architecture. But visiting Delhi as environmental enthusiasts, a bunch of us from Friend In Need India,…