Travel Stories and Life Events
Interesting events, stories during my life. From childhood to till date
OITSA – OXFAM India Trust Staff Association – Oxfam has its field officies all over India – to name Hyderabad,Lucknow,Kolkata,Bhubaneswar,Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Since Oxfam has a large number of staff across these State level offices above. Oxfam has its headquarters in Oxford, UK. Since Oxfam has been working since 1942 – has been the top … Read more
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 may have mentioned in my previous posts that i was selected at Block level (The Block Education Officer ask for some student names who can participate in a competitive exam. From our school few students were selected and i was one of them. The day the exam took place our school teacher took … 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
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
Though my career in NGO/Development sector goes back to few decades, I was in break period after my assignment with Interact Worldwide (will write about that assignment). Some of my friends knew that i was looking for some consultancy assignments based in Bhubaneswar but was prepared to move around the projects in the country. One … Read more
This year – it was 2004 we the HIV AIDS Alliace team of Hyderabad decided to go to Goa for Annual Retreat and Review Meeting. We had a wonderful time in Goa. All staff reached Secunderabad railway station to take a train to Goa. The train that we took is for half way as we … Read more
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
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