Posts Tagged 'Hemant Lamba'

Greening the Indian Economy. ZZZZzzzz.

Published 5 March 2008 Environment , Friends , India , Politics & Policy , Science & Technology , Service 1 Comment
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Solid Waste Management Policy Paper, Shuddham

Last weekend, Shuddham participated in the National Workshop on Environmental Policy Integration for Greening the Indian Economy at Pondicherry University. We were asked to present a paper and give a presentation on approaches to policy development for solid waste management, based on the Shuddham experience.

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Homecoming

Published 1 December 2007 Bio , Friends , India Leave a Comment
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6, Rue Bellecombe, Pondicherry

As our taxi raced south from Madras along the Airport Road, honking indignantly (and incessantly) at smoke-belching lorries and hapless motorcycles, Yoo-Mi and I were within a few hours of completing our 36 hour journey from San Francisco to Pondicherry. We had landed just in time to celebrate the 1 December birthdays of our friends Puru Kothari and Linda Joseph.

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Blasts from the Past

Man Up!

... because the idiocy of manliness is an evergreen topic.

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Talking Turkey

... because Canada and the US will celebrate their Thanksgiving holidays and, regrettably and preventably, not 1-cook-in-10 will serve a decent turkey.

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Filial Piety Awareness Day

... because everyday is Mother's Day.

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America Dreaming Small

... because the American Dream seems but a distant memory, given the country's dominant ethos of small-mindedness.

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Serenity and Gratitude to Bring in the New Year

... to remind us that not every mix of Tibetans and Western spiritual seekers has to be nauseating.

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Incredible Vision

... to celebrate the new edition of Infinite Vision published in India.

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Expelliarmus! Harry Potter and the Path to Gandhian Nonviolence

... reprised because military strategy seems more cruel and less effective than ever -- and certainly there is a better way.

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India Going Nowhere Fast

... because cars are ruining Pondicherry, where I live. How badly are they fucking up your Indian town?

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Understanding the Gift Economy

... reprinted because more-and-more people seem want to understand the gift economy. (Yeah!)

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