An article on Strategising Research Communication at CSTEP: developing a communications strategy, I had co-authored with my colleague Arushi was published in Politics and Ideas.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Sunday, July 19, 2015
A Poem on Motherhood
Long time back, I wrote a poem on Motherhood and published it in an online blog. Check this link to read it
http://www.yoalfaaz.com/745/motherhood-poem-wrote-when-experienced-one-those-days-mother?show=748#c748
Monday, July 6, 2015
A Tale of Cities
An article I wrote on my passion for collecting magnets was published. Check this link to read the same. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/487615/a-tale-cities.html
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| Tribals from Thailand |
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| My namesake-Mount Annapurna |
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Diabetic Dog
One day a saint from a temple nearby brought a lovely dog
(which was a mixed breed of a stray and golden retriever). A handsome guy, but
unfortunately was diabetic. Apparently he was fed every morning with a big
Ladoo (which was obviously made with sugar and lots of ghee). This 'Prasad' was
offered to this dog every morning. One day he fell ill and no medicine would
help him recuperate. He was admitted in our shelter and our vet patiently tried
every medication to treat the dog, but in vain. On diagnosing, we discovered
that it was highly diabetic and that it was incurable. Every day the priest
from the temple would visit the dog and spent some time talking to it and
petting it. However, one day the dog died in its sleep. This was a sad day for all of us and the priest was uncontrollable.
Friday, June 5, 2015
SBM
SBM (Single Black Male) was the name given to this baby
buffalo. A warm and gentle creature who was picked up from the streets as a
hit-and-run case. We had to treat him for some major injuries and also castrate
him. Every day at 1.00 p.m. he would walk to the window which was behind my
desk in the office. He would push his wet nose and sniff and snort to announce
his arrival. I used to feed him 2 chappatis (which of course was not sufficient
for his diet J)),
but perhaps served as a snack.
The ritual continued every day, and soon I did
not have to check my watch for my lunch time. At the stroke of 1.00 p.m., I
would have this wet nose snorting and sniffing through the window and I would
feed the 2 customary chappatis. The sweet and gentle looking SBM would just
stroll around the campus, checking on the other inmates and minding his own
business the rest of the day.
Minkey
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| Not Original Minley and Ma |
This was one of my cherished rescues. I remember it raining
heavily and we received a call for the Railway Administrative Quarters, stating
that there was an abandoned baby monkey which had fallen from a tree. Along
with my driver of the ambulance, l went to the rescue the monkey with great
apprehension. The rains had blocked and flooded the roads and it was difficult
to reach the quarters. However, once we reached, we swung into action. The
family had carefully wrapped the little one, since the baby monkey was
completely drenched.
At the shelter, we prepared a large cage and put in a branch
with leaves, to give the monkey a ‘’homely’’ atmosphere. We decided to call it
minkey (based on Peter Sellers movie-Pink Panther). We tied a red ribbon on its neck to give it a
nice look.
Every morning, I would feed it bananas, actually I used to
peal a banana in front of it and it followed the action and learned to eat the
same. We fed it on some other fruits and it started linking wafers (which of
course was given very rarely).
We used to remove its cage and place it in the sun while
cleaning the shelter. One day we saw a group of monkeys coming and sitting on a
well which was lose to the shelter. They used to chatter and minkey used to
respond to the same. These visits started becoming regular and minkey started
looking forward to the same. After a lot of deliberations, one day, we decided
to release minkey from the cage and hand it over to the group of visitors, specifically
to one female (who I assumed was its mother).
With a heavy heart and apprehensions, my team and I gently
took minkey to the well and waited for the reactions from the group. It was
such a wonderful sight when the female just engulfed minkey in her arms, and
minkey likewise hugged the mother.
Immediately the whole gang left the shelter with minkey (with
her red ribbon). On the one hand, it was very a very sad day for us, but on the
other, minkey found a family and which would care for it.
Lalyo
One of the gentlest and kindest dogs I have ever seen,
despite his fierce look. Lalyo was rescued from Shiv Mahal, when one of our
well-wishers called and said that there is this huge dog, could we come and
take it to the shelter. Initially we were all apprehensive when we saw Lalyo,
and I suspect he was equally reluctant and apprehensive to see us. We used a
muzzle to close his mouth and took him in our van to the shelter. The first
week was tough for both, Lalyo and us. Every day I would go to the place where
he was tied and talk to him. He would look at me with his soulul and gentle
eyes. This routine, helped me to get closer to Lalyo and win his confidence and
Lalyo also started looking forward to these sessions. This 2-way interaction
helped both of us to accept each other and soon Lalyo decided to accept his new
home and settled very well. Children who visited the shelter would feel happy
petting the wonderful , gentle and gigantic Lalyo.
Ruby the Bitch
Ruby was the one of the 1st rescues that I
attended when I started working with an SPCA. She was abandoned at the gates of
one of our Executive Member in Alkapuri along with 6 puppies. We did not have a
driver for our ambulance, so I took one of our helpers (Khodabhai) and went in
an auto rickshaw. Initially Ruby was very scared and protective of her pups,
which was quite understandable. For me it was my 1st rescue, expect
for loving animals, there was no other experience whatsoever, and I guess it
was the same for Khodabhai. However, all the 3 of us braved it, trusted one
another and ensured that the rescue was completed without any mishaps.
Ruby was brought to the shelter, and fed, bathed, vaccinated
and over a period of time she became a friendly dog walking like a queen. Ruby
was not in any way worried about her crooked ears or her (so-called) not so
pretty face. She use to strut along the campus, stare in to every other
four-legged creatures, threw her authority around.
Every day when I went on my rounds she would walk along and
inspect (go alone knows what) and have that satisfying look which probably
said, Ok everything seems to be under control”. However, one thing that
bothered was her scabies, which did not seem to reduce or vanish with all the
medications that she was administered to.
Solution came in the form of a student from a homeopathic
college student, who said that he would give us some medication, which may help
Ruby. After consulting my vet, we saw that with homeopathy we were not going to
lose anything. The medicine worked wonders and Ruby got a nice brown shine and
smooth hair which helped in reducing scabies.
Friday, May 29, 2015
One more week goes by
I am not sure if it happens to others. Sometimes, i am not sure how my week just passed by and what did i do? So this week was good, accomplished tasks in office, went for my walk this morning. Played with curly, blackie, langda, brownie and whitey. Fed them biscuits, played with them and returned home. Now looking forward to what the week ahead has in store for me.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Though I had promised myself that I would write a piece every day on my blog, I failed to do so. Though, I did manage to publish some articles and would like to share them with you all.
This article titled "Online Training: a perspective from India" provides my view on training, since I was a Corporate Trainer for 6 years.-http://www.politicsandideas.org/?p=2218
The next article titled, "Annual Report – a Powerful Communicating Tool" shares my perspective on using an Annual Report as a powerful communication tool to reach out to prospective and existing stakeholders and supporters.- http://www.politicsandideas.org/?p=2046
This article on "Structuring Data Management" discusses on why is it important to manage data in a Think Tank, especially since a voluminous amount of data is produced every year. -http://www.politicsandideas.org/?p=2601
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