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Two pieces of Two Rupee note in Ahmedabad While working for Oxfam I had to attend a workshop in Ahmedabad…To reach Ahmedabad I had to take a flight from Kolkata to Mumbai and from there another flight to Ahmedabad…reached late night… my flight to Ahmedabad was cancelled..hence I had to take next morning flight..the airlines … Read more
As I mentioned in my previous post our village got electricity..May be it was around 1975…now I feel we were lucky to have electricity as even today after 76 years or so of our Independence still many villages have no electricity connections…who are responsible…you all know so I won’t mention here.. what I learnt till … Read more
You all know mine and my families studies were with kerosine lamp for several years of my life… when the first electric pole was installed I can’t explain how Happy we were..and from then on wherever polls were installed our children group followed them… for us the pieces of aluminum wires were precious as each … Read more
As you know my village Panchali is in an area categorised as tribal development area. The area is very backward area and the villages are adjacent as the distance ranging from 2kms to 3kms from each village. Panchali is far developed compared to the adjacent villages..hence the villagers comes to Panchali for studies upto 7th … Read more
I was with UNDP at Bhubaneswar before joining Interact Worldwide..a UK based NGO working in different parts of the world supporting local NGOs… I applied for Country Finance Advisor India position with IWW (Interact World wide)..this position was a Consultancy assignment working from home reporting to IWW UK on daily basis and taking care of … 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
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
The 1999 Super Cyclone was one which will remain in our memories as worst and deadly cyclone killing thousands of people and and millions of houses collapsed, washed away. Initially it started on 16th October 1999 and then the second time it hit around 29th of October.16th October was not that severe as it was … Read more