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[Reprinted from Indian Express, West Coast edition, October 21, 2011]

In 2002, after much deliberation, I quit my job at Goldman Sachs in New York and moved to the Bay area when my husband Ramki’s job got transferred.  From a wooded suburb close to Hudson river, we found ourselves an hour away from the Pacific Ocean now.  Bay area seemed so spread out and we knew a few friends from our college...

 

On the occasion of 100th anniversary of Women’s International Day (2011):

- A Tribute to India’s Missing Girls

The 2nd Annual Global Walk for India's Missing Girls was held March 5th 2011, on the occasion of International Women's Day.  Over 16 cities across 4 countries came together - San Francisco, Washington DC, New...

In early January 2009, I had posted an article here:
https://secure.85broads.com/blogs/19351/articles/14236

Now Live Earth has posted some details and slideshows of that journey across 3 cities with the collaborative partners/social work orgs that engage in a variety of causes:
http://liveearth.org/friends-of-live-earth-events/

It was an amazing experience to meet so many...

When the vibrant CEO of Ixoraa Media, Lakshmi Pratury asked me casually for help with a Live Earth project in Inda, I found myself saying "yes"; but later wondered if I should have waited for more details.  On this occasion, the quick yes turned out to be a great decison.

Four months later, after many phone calls and a boatload of emails/sms, here I am in India. leading Friends of Live Earth (FOLE) green activities across...

On my flight to India I got a chance to read an article in the Dec issue of Scientific American.  I like the fact it brought attention towards how one can appear to demystify risk with the right mathematical jargon.  But can quants be blamed to a great extent for the financial meltdown?  Are they behind the lack of regulation that contributed to the trading of those complex fixed- income instruments - without their...

Including An Open Invitation to ALL 85 Broads Members

The Industrial Age conquered space, making us one world

The Information Age conquered time,...

How India Avoided a Crisis By JOE NOCERA  Dec 19, 2008

“What has taken a number of us by surprise is the lack of adequate supervision and regulation,” Rana Kapoor was saying the other day. “This was despite the fact that Enron had happened and you passed Sarbanes-Oxley. We don’t understand it. Maybe it’s because we sit...

There has been no escape from this John Lennon song for over a month now - while picking up rotisserie chicken at...

As you may know that Live Earth India 2008 concert to be held on Dec 7 '08 in Mumbai was cancelled due to the deadly terror attacks that left the world shocked starting Nov 26th '08. 

Due to the spirited response to the "Friends of Live Earth India" (FOLE) program from environmental, educational, corporate, and other organizations throughout India and...

Friends of Live Earth invites you to participate in a MASSIVE grassroots campaign to combat the climate crisis initiated by Live Earth 2007 - a monumental music event that brought together a global audience on July 7, 2007 in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and Hamburg.

This year's concert for climate in crisis, attended by Al Gore, Jon Bon Jovi, Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Amitabh Bachchan and...