Travel Stories and Life Events
As i mentioned about my taking a house on rent in Masabtank area. The house we need to go inside the road for say half a kilometer. The area was like a small town colony where families meet and gossip. I have taken a one bedroom house which also has a balcony. The landlord is … Read more
My nephew and cousin(s) used to stay in a house in Mehandipatna in Hyderabad. Since i was new to the place, though may have visited few times earlier this time the visit was to stay in Hyderabad, i decided to stay with my relatives, though i was bit uncomfortable because staying for few days and … Read more
Days moving fast..and within few weeks i have become a colleague working with them for years – such was the wonderful team that we had i forgot everything about the new job and the difficulties i may have to face. When one works for an organisation for a long time that organisation itself is considered … Read more
In continuation of my previous posts, I am slowly slowly mixing with the team members and within few days i felt as if was in the organisation for years…My colleagues were so friendly, made me feel their family. At lunch break we used to share our food, and every occasion we used to celebrate together. … Read more
In spite of working for two decades in NGO sector i.e. Oxfam UK, managing large projects and hundreds of NGOs, and managing natural disasters like 1999 Super Cyclone managing and coping up with the stress and also managing a large number of national and international teams during super cyclone and thereafter, I was very nervous … Read more
After two decades of my association with Oxfam UK, i moved on to another organisation HIV/AIDS Alliance which is also an UK based organisation. It was in 2004/5. It was tough decision for me as is the case with any one who has been working in an organisation for two decades had to move to … Read more
Since we had gone on an assignment to work for the relief and rehabilitation of Rohingyas who migrated to Bangladesh in large numbers. Though i visted Bangladesh earlier just for a meetig or workshop speding few days, this time this was an assignment of longer period. Since some Indians were working in the organisation where … Read more
If you have not experienced the village life and after going through some of the posts am sure you will have some understanding of how the village life is and how the people manage their day to day life. Since most of the villagers depend on agriculture and the produce, they put all out efforts … Read more
Decades ago the village atmosphere was so different and i spent my childhood in my village till i completed my 12th standard. Those years that i spent in my village i can never forget in my life. Those days are golden days. Whatever I remember i keep on writing in separate posts. This post is … Read more
After the initial assessment and later in coordination with government and other developmental agencies the planning for rehabilation in those affected districts initiated…with support from Oxfams experts we established field offices in those affected areas.. We had set up field offices in Ganjam,Puri,jagatsinghpur,Jajpur,Kendrapara, where we had full teams comprising professionals from all sectors.. We used … Read more