Visitors

Recently I was lucky to have my first batch of visitors to India in over two years (my third batch of visitors overall) – Mom, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Tom. I feel blessed to have family willing to travel halfway across the world to visit me and experience a totally different country.

We hit Delhi, Agra, and Udaipur. I had seen everything before except for Udaipur, and I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of seeing the Taj. It’s magnificent. Here are some lovely photos from our trip!

with my Mummy dearest at Humayun's Tomb

with Aunt Nancy after our lovely massages

all of us at the Taj

sisters jump alike :-)

The Boston Ballet doesn't know what it's missing

the happy couple

The Imperial Hotel, Delhi - fancy lunch

Lodi Garden, Delhi

Parcel!!!

Yesterday I received the first of three packages that my family sent me. My colleague and friend, Arpita, was so excited about my excitement that she recorded the experience with her camera phone!

NASSCOM Interviews HMRI

A few years ago HMRI won NASSCOM's Social Innovation Honours. Recently they published an update on our work via an interview with our CEO. I thought it might give you a general idea of one facet of the work that we're doing.

p.s. You might need to try the link a few times.

It's the Little Things

Today is a sleepy Friday, and I could not be happier that I have a day off tomorrow. My colleague and friend, Arpita, breaks up her days with little pick-me-up photo sessions of the beautiful flowers that have just started blooming outside our office. 

Science, Ink.

Sometimes the New York Times’ slideshows are really bad or boring or overly dramatized, but earlier this week the Times ran a pretty impressive 16 slide show of science tattoos called Science, Skin and Ink . It’s amazing what people have done to their bodies and even more amazing how talented tattoo artists are (under different circumstances I might switch those two clauses). A few favorites:

Edison’s Phonograph

 The first device that would record and play back sounds, voices, and music!

Einstein and Newton Equations

Enough said.

The Golden Ratio

Look at how pretty its geometric expression can be!

I’m thinking next time they should do “Science”, Skin and Ink… a 16 slide show of science fiction tattoos. With all the loony Trekkies out there, I’m sure it would be even more impressive. I know the perfect Star Wars contender.

R2D2

Reboot

After a few ego boosts and newly found free time, I am trying to get back into the world of blogging. I think it has been about 1 ½ years since my last post, so there’s quite a bit to write about. I’ll keep this post short and sweet.

Deshpande Foundation (DF) is in my past. After my first year of the fellowship I signed on to become a senior fellow and help run the fellowship for a second year. Soon after I returned to India DF decided to hire me as their Program Officer for health. I thought this would be an amazing opportunity, but instead provided me with unwanted experiences in organizational politics, hierarchy, and ethics.

So what did I do? Much to the chagrin of the CEO, I resigned and planned a two month trip in India, Sri Lanka, Portugal, Venice, and Croatia. I was all set and ready to go when Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) decided to hire me. I had to cut my trip short by 1 month, disappoint Joost, and miss my dad’s 60^th birthday party (three huge losses).

Now you will find me in Hyderabad working as the Head of Pre-sales and Proposals for HMRI. More on that (and my family’s recent visit) later…