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363 days ago
From: Citizens of India who want a peaceful and secure country To: Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India Respected Sir In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, we as citizens of India are shocked at the incidents and very concerned for the future security of our country. For any country (democratically elected or otherwise) we believe that peace and security are the foundation stone to the functioning and growth of its society. In that regard, we would like to engage in the following conversation with you and your administration. 1. In your administration's list of goals for the governance of our country, where does ensuring peace and security in the country fit? This goal can also be filtered down specifically to stopping terrorist attacks, given the recent turn of events. 2. If this does fit in your top 5 goals for the government, what is your plan to address this? 3. Specifically ...
666 days ago
713 days ago
Ok, the blog isn't primarily about green ways of celebrating holidays. The first set of thoughts are to help myself rationalize the balance between the need / want to be festive vs the end result of the amount of garbage that is generated in the process. Here is a list of the activities I end up doing for each major holiday/ party Party / Holiday Decorations (most of them I reuse year to year but I must say, the temptation to add new stuff is pretty high) Flowers to deck up the place (I don't feel too bad about this, they're biodegradable) All the gas spent on those shopping trips to get stuff all together. Food/snacks for the guests I invite: here are the dilemmas I felt very happy meeting up with friends in a long time, especially over a meal and had a great time. All that effort was definitely worth it. Hey happiness is my birth right after all !!!! At the same time, these are folks who are the "haves": morally should I have re-directed my efforts at ...
819 days ago
The kids have to sing in front of an audience in their music class shortly. To select their song I had to record their voices and send them to their teacher. here is a copy of the same
