Archive for June, 2006

Its a Request

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

I had posted about a couple, writing to the Indian President seeking mercy killing for their son, Vijay Kumar. Their son has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia.
Doctors at CMC Vellore and Tata Motors Hospital, where Vijay is admitted, have prescribed a bone marrow transplant - the cost of which is around Rs 12 lakh, way […]

Hope She Won’t Forget to Pick up the Garbage

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

She shows me these pics

and I see that people have a heart to leave their footprints ( in the form of litter ) to such serene, beautiful places.

When she treks, there too she picks up as much garbage as she can and then burns it. You can see the picture.

She always admonishes me for using […]

Freedom of Expression & Choice

Monday, June 19th, 2006

I had written a post about a couple seeking mercy killing for his 12 year-old terminally ill son, because parents don’t have enough money for the treatment. I get an encouraging response from Himanshu:

Hi, somehow I landed up on ur blog while searching in goggle.I must say it looks so Pro…U have expressed ur thought […]

Orissa kids’ NASA dream thwarted

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Here is update on “Orissa kids’ NASA dream thwarted”
Ullas Mishra, is one of the kids winning the competition. Here is his mail at CNN-ABN web-site :
The Orissa government has come forward to sponsor us. But it would be a real help if someone from the US can help us in getting us hotels booked and […]

Money? Who’s Real Needy?

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

I hate writing personal stuff on my blog.
But this time I am too outraged to care. Somehow I managed to finish my daily chores at 2:00 AM in the morning (don’t ask how THAT late). And wanted to catch up with news. What I heard was this :
Couple seeks mercy killing for ailing son
Monday, May […]