Yesterday when the world came together to fight climate change........Delhi also joined and most of the commercial and public places observed earth hour...........and thankfully i did not lag behind.........i also switched off light and fan at my room from 8:30-9:30, and enjoyed being part of some constructive action.......

Meeting with Vice President

The Friday afternoon was memorable as me with another twenty five students of centre and prof Kumaraswamy met the Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari. It was a nice interaction and the meeting was indeed a learning experience. I throughly enjoyed every moment of it. We had individual interaction with him, and he highlighted the need for empirical research in Area studies as well as the importance of knowing the language of the country or region one is working on. At the end we had snacks and tea.

World House Sparrow Day

Yesterday, 20 March was world house sparrow day. The sweet little chattering bird, which when i was a child use to nest inside my home on 'machans' and other isolated areas have stopped doing so now, there is no such place now, as the house has been renovated. I still remember getting up every morning with the sweet 'chi-chi' of the friendly birds. i have resolved to spread some grain on my window slab every morning from now on for these sparrows. I hope their population increase and we all give due care to their requirements whenever we feel like cutting a tree to give way for sprawling houses.