Balu's musings

20th Sept 08:

We started our walk after breakfast through the town of Malavalli. On the way, our team went into the Junior college and broke up into smaller teams. Each team went into a classroom and interacted with the students regarding RTI.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 25, 2008

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19th Sept 08:

We are now proceeding towards Malavalli. On the way, we interacted with students of a D.Ed College and Morarji Desai Residential School. At lunch time (in a village called Pandithahalli), we had a long discussion on the history of the organization.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 20, 2008

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17th Sept 08:

We started after a sumptuous breakfast, provided by Rotary Midtown of Kollegal. We walked through the villages Hosahanagalli, Saragur, Naripura, Dhanagere and finally reached Sattegala. Today’s walk left us feeling low for many reasons. One, the response of the community was varying between indifference and apathy.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 19, 2008

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13th Sept 08:

…We first visited the nearby hamlet of Karadimoole, where the women received us in large numbers. We spoke on RTI, NREGA and PDS. Everywhere we find that people immediately relate to PDS. PDS by itself is another wonderful scheme of the government but is one of the most corrupt too.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 17, 2008

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Today we were joined by Mr.Jayaram, CEO of Zilla Panchayath, Chamarajanagar and Mr.D.R.Patil, former MLA of Gadag. The discussion with Mr.Jayaram on the functioning of the bureaucracy and administrative system in India was a real eye opener. Mr.Patil and his friend (an ex-MLA from Bagalkot) wished to organize similar walks in their areas.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 13, 2008

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9th Sept 08:

We left Gundlupet after having the breakfast provided by the JSS Mutt. The entire team was charged up and spent nearly 2 hours in Gundlupet walking to every shop and person that they saw. They spoke to each one of them regarding RTI and sold books too.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 12, 2008

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7th Sept 08:

There is now on and off cellphone connectivity and i’m now able to understand how dependant i have become on technology and its tools. Wanting to live in a village and actually doing so on the terms of the villagers themselves is a completely different proposition.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 9, 2008

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Amidst much fanfare, hope and expectations, the ‘Jaagruthi Yathre’ – a walk for community awareness – undertaken by Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement as part of its 25th year celebrations, got underway at Saragur in H.D.Kote Taluk yesterday.

Dr.Prabhushankara, senior litterateur and Dr.M.S.Nagaraja… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on September 5, 2008

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‘Information is Power’, especially in the context of rural India. Our development experience of more than 20 years in rural India has repeatedly demonstrated to us that people who are able to access information, process them effectively and use it to their own benefit are the ones who are more easily able to get out of poverty; the others are condemned to merely cope with poverty.… Continue reading

Posted By Dr Balu Posted on August 1, 2008

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