August 2009
2 posts
July 2009
5 posts
I was supposed to start filming a short...
I’ve got to go get it repaired.
In the meantime, I spent the last two days at our filming locations, which are various Public Health Centers (PHCs) in the rural district of Tanjore. I also met several of the doctors and nurses I hope to interview for the film.
Things are moving slower than expected, but… at least they’re moving!
“In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court on Thursday struck down the...”
– The Hindu, 3 July 2009
This is what we were marching against just this past Sunday. GREAT NEWS!
June 2009
11 posts
4 tags
So what is it, exactly, that I'm doing here in...
Good question.
Just kidding. [It’s true that when I got on the plane, I had little understanding of what I’d actually be doing in India. Now that I’ve been here a week, the picture has become a little more clear.]
I’m here for the next two months to work with the non-profit organization IKP Center for Technologies in Public Health, henceforth known as ICTPH.
From the...
“The antevasin was an in-betweener. He was a border-dweller. He lived in sight of...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love It was months ago that this line from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love screamed out at me from the page. A book about the author’s journey across the world - Italy, India, Indonesia - Gilbert discovers the Sanskrit word antevasin and claims it as...