Dirtiest and Filthiest – Open defecation

Some of the alarming sanitation facts of our country. In 1980 rural sanitation coverage was estimated at 1% and reached 21% in 2008.Now totally only 31% of population are using improved sanitation facilities. 60 per cent of all open defecation in the world are in India. Out of six lakh villages in India, hardly 25,000 [...]

Libro Libro Libro – Books

35th Chennai Book Fair For all the book bugs of Chennai here comes Chennai Book Fair. What to Expect:- 55 Book Stalls, 10000 Titles, 10% discount Books of other Indian languages apart from Tamil Drawing Competition on 7th Jan at 8:30 am.There are three different categories for children from age 5 to 16. Celebrities @ [...]

To stay married, Divorce speed

Over 90% of the deaths on the roads occur in low-income and middle-income countries, which have only 48% of the world’s registered vehicles. Pedestrians, cyclists, and riders of motorized two-wheelers and their passengers account for around 46% of global road traffic deaths. Wearing a good-quality helmet can reduce the risk of death from a road [...]

The Year That Wasn’t – 2011

National Politics: Annaji and his team dominated the movement against corruption to bring Lokpal.His initial fast was supported by many and forced people in Parliament to sit and think.But critics are thinking they are forcing too much via the second fast. Raja and Kani were the VIP occupants of Tihar Jail after 2G Scam.Every side has a [...]

Global Transparency Index

                              We are having huge hue and cry in the country for transparency and against corruption.India’s rank of 95 in Global Transparency Index supports the need for transparency. The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries/territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. On a scale of 0 – 10, where 0 means [...]

Internet Average Download Speed

Based on 27 million downloads by 20m computers in 224 countries from January through June 2011, the Pando Networks study provides a comprehensive look at worldwide data accessibility, singling out the very best and the very worst places to link up with the web. This reveals the speed and reliability of Internet connections around the globe with some surprising [...]

National Suicide Prevention Week

September 4 – 10, 2011                   Suicide is an international problem and a major public health concern. Suicide claims approximately 1 million lives worldwide each year, resulting in one suicide every 40 seconds. There is an estimated 10 to 20 suicide attempts per each completed suicide, resulting in several million suicide attemtps each year. World Suicide [...]

Madras Nalla Madras

The founding day of Madras is considered to be August 22, 1639.   It was on that day, in that year, that a sliver of land, where Fort. St. George stands today, was transacted by the East India Company.   At the eve of Madras Day, I am posting some old Madras photos that I clicked [...]

Thank You & Good Bye

Everybody is discussing about Media trial, Media ethics, conducting sting operations and investigative journalism.Culprits who escape using their power are brought to justice by Media.We have seen that in some of the cases here. What can be worrying !!!! If Media uses unethical means to publish news and create sensation.That has led to the closure [...]

Helen Keller Day

 Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama, USA. After being struck by illness, Helen loses both her sight and hearing. No one is ever sure exactly what disease she had, but some people think it was scarlet fever. Anne Sullivan was Helen’s teacher and she [...]