Category Archives: Asha for Eduction
Reservation and the real problem
The story about the reservation saga continues in India. I am sure this will also whimper down like the Mandal Commission protest in 1991. The problem is that there is a problem in India – and we are no where … Continue reading
Asha for Education – Photo Exhibition
Recently two students from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich visited all the Asha Zurich projects in India and documented the work using photographs. Few exhibitions are being planned across Switzerland of these photographs. More details are here (in German.)
Nach Baliye
Update: Nach Baliye was quite a great evening. I enjoyed it every bit – and from the way crowd was swaying to DJ Chilli’s beats – I am quite sure they too did. And then I learned some new skills … Continue reading
Children Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Reach
The latest State of the World’s Children report by UNICEF has been released. Below is the press release from last month. (You can find previous years’ reports at here.) Abused and Neglected, Millions of Children Have Become Virtually Invisible LONDON, 14 December … Continue reading
India 700k Project
Objective: Bring rural development work done by Govt, NGO programs, individuals onto the same page by building an integrated webpage for every village, leaving no village behind What is new? 12/30 – Irlad village details added. Added several web-based administrative functions … Continue reading
Dressing Smartly – and weather friendly
I was just reading an essay by Sachidananda Murthy on The Week of 22 Jan 2006. He writes about the changes in weather and the pains in dressing appropriately. He goes on to talk about some smart technology being developed … Continue reading
Photos from Notes of Hope 2005
Here are some photos from the Notes of Hope 2005 concert we had here in Zurich by Pt. Shivkumar Sharma on Santoor. Preparation Concert Well, I am not there in any of the photos except for hidden in the last … Continue reading
Asha for Education – top charity by charitynavigator.org
Asha for Education has been ranked no. 1 by Charity Navigator in their top 10 list of charities in the US. These 10 charities are not only tops in terms of fiscal health, but also for respecting the rights of … Continue reading
Notes of Hope 2005 – Shivkumar Sharma
Notes of Hope 2005 – Shivkumar Sharma Here is a photo from the Notes of Hope 2005 concert with Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Rahul Sharma – both on Santoor and Ustad Shahfat Ali Khan on Tabla.
Notes of Hope 2005 with Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
We just had (on 28 May 2005) our second concert in Zurich as part of the Notes of Hope series. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma and his son Rahul were the artist this time (last time it was Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia). … Continue reading