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Rendezvous with Kallar: Quality of Education
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Monday, August 14, 2006. Around a month back, I started teaching English and Computers to the youngsters in the villages. This was after a popular demand from most of the parents (and some youngsters too) that youngsters from the villages lose out due to their weakness in these two areas, which has become almost a necessity in outside world. This reminded me of what I had observed in. Program, which is being projected by the government as a major step towards bringing literacy in rural and backward areas.
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Rendezvous with Kallar: Publlic Transport
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Friday, July 14, 2006. I commute daily between Ghumarwin, where I stay, and Kallar village. Actually, most of the buses go to the tip of the village, a point knows as Kallar Moad. Turn/junction for Kallar), where I get down and walk for around a km or so to reach the school. The ladies centre is also just 2 min walk from the school. Sometimes, I have to go to Berthin, a nearby town, to meet someone. If I am going there from Kallar, I will come back to Kallar Moad. And then take a bus to Berthin. These bu...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: Boomerang
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Sunday, July 09, 2006. Right now, it is rainy season here, and I observed that the municipal water, supplied now-a-days, is not clean. It has some brownish stuff in it. On inquiring I was told by one of the neighbours that during rainy season, this is the kind of water the entire town gets. On further enquiry, I got to know that the water supply is sourced from a small river (called. Yesterday, when I was travelling to Kallar I observed the. Considering that the water supply is sourced from this. Obvious...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: Simply Simple or Stupid ?
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Simply Simple or Stupid? There is a sweet shop right next to Bus Stand. I go there, very often, either to drink lassi. Or to have morning breakfast (a random mix of samosa. The shop is owned by an old man and his early-thirties son. Until this point, I never realized that I don’t know his name! A few days back, one evening, while I was enjoying lassi. Posted by amAUzed @ 6:06 PM. To the sheer stupidity of his thought process.". I do find it hard to practice all the time. To st...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: August 2006
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Simply Simple or Stupid? There is a sweet shop right next to Bus Stand. I go there, very often, either to drink lassi. Or to have morning breakfast (a random mix of samosa. The shop is owned by an old man and his early-thirties son. Until this point, I never realized that I don’t know his name! A few days back, one evening, while I was enjoying lassi. Posted by amAUzed @ 6:06 PM. Monday, August 14, 2006. After collecting all the data, I decided to start two batches - one for c...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: July 2006
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Saturday, July 22, 2006. So, here is the inferno - the centre is running in Kotlu Bindariya village in a room owned by the. After speaking to lot of people, I realized few things specific to the problem -. A) Information about opening of the training centre didn't reach all the five villages. B) Ladies didn't know why exactly are they being charged Rs. 50/- per month. C) Process of selecting trainees for a batch was not transparent to people. Posted by amAUzed @ 9:13 AM. Friday, July 14, 2006. Turn/junct...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: State No 1
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Sunday, September 10, 2006. Sorry to disappoint you but this is not the title of David Dhawan’s upcoming movie. Very recently, Himachal Pradesh was adjudged the best state in the whole country on the basis of the progress it has made in the areas of, hold your breath Primary Education, Primary Health and Fastest Mover state in Consumer Market. When I read it in the newspaper, I almost fainted. Town like Ghumarwin gets brown murky water when it rains, should tell everyone how serious the government is abo...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: Looking for Snakes
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Saturday, July 22, 2006. So, here is the inferno - the centre is running in Kotlu Bindariya village in a room owned by the. After speaking to lot of people, I realized few things specific to the problem -. A) Information about opening of the training centre didn't reach all the five villages. B) Ladies didn't know why exactly are they being charged Rs. 50/- per month. C) Process of selecting trainees for a batch was not transparent to people. Posted by amAUzed @ 9:13 AM. In a system where opportunities a...
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Rendezvous with Kallar: Disgusting is the word
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Disgusting is the word. The schools in HP are closed now-a-days, as summer vacations are going on. Kallar school is also closed. So, we thought, it is a good opportunity to do some renovation work at the school as, right now, there won’t be any disturbance to normal functioning of the school. He quickly responded in affirmative. After this, I asked him, As per what you said, it would take 90 hrs to complete the work using this machine, am I correct? After he left, I thought abou...
