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We must Work towards Conserving Water to Minimize Generation of Waste Water – Vice President Vice President Addresses Second Anil Agrawal Dialogue on ‘Excreta Does Matter’

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that we must work towards conserving water to minimize the generation of waste water. We must make people understand how water and waste are inter-connected. Only with a judicious combination of water supply and waste water management can we hope to confront the water crisis that …

Missiles of Peace – Chawm Ganguly

The images are disturbing. Burning rubber, riot police in full regalia, rampaging mobs – their sticks held high in defiance. That’s Bangladesh, on the east of India. Blaring sirens, helpless rescue operators, heaps of mutilated bodies, the acrid smell of death, the wrench of terror… That’s Pakistan, all’s literally quiet on the western front. And …

Europe Is In Worse Shape Than Everyone Thinks – Umesh Shanmugam

From his perch in the United Kingdom, Alasdair Macleod(ECONOMIST) provides an update on the ongoing economic crisis in Europe, which — while largely absent from headlines in the US of late — continues to worsen. Due to bloated state-run programs and extreme malinvestment, EU governments find themselves in a box. Economic growth has stalled, and …

Flaunt your Klout – Chawm Ganguly

My friend Shayantani Sharma – a leading HR consultant and myself were short listing candidates for a high profile Corp Comm. top position and the choice had come down to two. One had an impressive 15 year track record with distinguished positions held in reputed organisations while the other looked like a brash newcomer, whose …

Ami ki bhulite pari (can I ever forget) – Chawm Ganguly

I wasn’t even 5 then, yet as I close my eyes, I can hear the song reverberate, bringing my blood to a boil: “Shono ekti Mujiborer theke, lokkho Mujiborer kontho-shorer dhoni, protidhhoni,Akashe, batashe othe roni : Bangladesh, amar Bangladesh!” (Roughly translated, hear how one Mujibor’s clarion call is being echoed by a million as we …