UnSaid

She may not be a Steve Jobs of Apple Corp., but she’s no less when it comes to inspiring people. And the good part is, there are others like her.

It’s true grit and support from National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) that helped Chennamma chart a new course for herself and others like her. The 45-year-old, who once stood in queues to collect weekly wages in a stone quarry, now heads the Women Barefoot Solar Engineers Association (WBSEA).

Its when you read stories like these that you feel what important work some of the Development Organisations are doing to make a difference in the lives of under-priviledged people.

She teamed with three other illiterate housemaids to undergo training in assembling solar lamps at Bunker Roy’s Social Work and Research Centre at Tilonia, Rajasthan.

My Salute.

The Pakistani diplomat’s driver was trying to run a Rs. 1,000 note to buy a Rs.8 chole-bhature from a Street Vendor, which led to the diplomatic spat being loud mouthed by Pakistani establishment. These guys just never let an opportunity go by to decieve people and take the focus away from the real issues. I would’ve understood if the person was from a western country or even Japan or Singapore, but a driver from a developing country trying to change such a big note with a street vendor.
Now, we all know how much a driver earns in a developing country. Unless if the driver was running a narcotics ring because of the diplomatic immunity provided to his boss in an enemy country, or is a spy or something. Even in western countries, cashier clerks check even a $20. I myself would’ve checked it throughly even if the guy was not a driver.

Don’t know what Pakistanis are mad about, may be because the driver blew the cover off something fishy-fishy dealings they’d been doing. Apart from their normal practice of one-up manship they play with the Indians and steal the spotlight away from the Jihadi terrorist gangs and murderers they try to save after every murder they commit, there really aren’t many reasons to make a furore about it at a time when a peace process is going on which they claim they are doing a lot for.