Do you know what your child sees online?
Watch and spread this video produced by colleagues in my office about the harmful influences of surreptitious marketing of unhealthy food to children. Are you protecting your child from an…
Can a divided America heal?
America is today deeply divided, and it's really scary. More so the division that is becoming evident on Facebook and Twitter, with alarming levels of dislike and disgust for people…
Will you rape me?
Last evening, I had this dialogue with a teenage girl on the street, walking from the opposite direction with another girl...
Have you done your best for Pakistan?
When we do something with passion it automatically pulls out the best in us. When we enjoy doing a task, when we take pride in it and when we do it out of love, it doesn’t matter whether we are the lowest-ranking worker or the head of the organization. And, the result is not dependent on any command line or hierarchy.
Click to help Haiti: just click and they will donate for you
Very sad to see the plight of the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. Each of us must help them in any way we can. Here is a list of…
OneClimate.net
Social networking on climate change
OneClimate.net is a new social networking space for sharing ideas and experiences on climate change. An interesting and hopefully influential initiative of OneWorld.net for which I worked some years ago.…
No quantum of solace
For the past four weeks or so, I have been meaning to, but could not due to lack of time, see the latest action flick in town: Quantum of Solace. I haven’t watched a James Bond movie for several years, so it was my full intent last Saturday to take advantage of a sparse weekend. But after the non-stop action-filled reality show from Mumbai, I don’t need to see Bond in action any more.
Financial crisis: monkey business!
A friend sent to me this story of how the current worldwide financial crisis originated. Very well explained, in an original way. A must read for you if you are planning to invest. So here’s the story:
Once upon a time in a village in India, a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.
Global food crisis: what can you do?
Food crisis in many countries is now in the news for several months. It bothers me to think of the millions who cannot manage a square meal a day and…
World Health Day – public service announcement
Today is World Health Day. This not only marks the anniversary of the World Health Organization (where I currently work), but also a global day of events and campaigns highlighting the importance of security of public health and of more and effective investment into that cause. (more…)