Chalo Copenhagen

My cousin Ramsha is headed to Copenhagen for climate negotiations

Here's a picture of hers (extreme right) with rest of the official youth contingent and the Environment Minister




Picture taken from Hindu web article

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article60174.ece

Dream TV Channel

I would happily pay huge sums for this TV channel -

Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Amir Khan, Shahid Kapoor ... these along with Bheegi billi and other characters of 9Xm ... singing, dancing and doing stuff that teaches fundamentals of colours, counting, alphabets, size, animals etc etc

My Three and a half year old loves all these characters ... wants us play their songs on the comp ... likes to watch Bheegi Billi... but has totally revolted against learning the regular stuff that is expected from kids his age.

:-)

Dead in the news

Michael Jackson .. mai-ka-lal jai-kisan (in desi jokes) ... Mikaeel ... is dead ... he died a few days back ... the whole world knew MJ ... most know about his death (its all over the media) ... many are sad ... he might even be remembered by a generation or two ...

I didn't know Michael ... and am sort of indifferent to his death ... it just makes me wonder why some immensely successful people face multiple troubles in their post-success lives ...

Hidden somewhere in the papers was news of another death ...
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/renowned-educationist-anil-wilson-passes-away/481449/
An ex-principal of St Stephens, New Delhi had passed away ... some people people knew Anil Wilson ... most of them would be sad .... he would also be remembered by a generation or two ...

Unlike MJ's case I am not indifferent to Anil' death ....I had shared a very brief period of my life with Anil .... all of about 2 hours... when we sat in the same room.... along with 5-6 other people ... all loaded with radioactive glucose... in AIIMS ... ... All of us were in for a PET scan on 16 Oct 08 ... and though he was the known educationist ... it was I who was giving all the gyan... I was more experienced ... I had dealt with cancer for longer .... and was trying to build up some positive vibes in an otherwise gloomy room ...

anyways ...

I had wished him luck and said goodbye when I left ...

goodbye again dude ...

peace to all

Oouche Roche

Article from TOI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/HC-scraps-Roches-plea/articleshow/4445931.cms

" ...The bench also said that public interest was predominant and it required that patients get access to cheap cancer medicines in the country ..."

The Patients vs Patents battle continues ...

I personally think that our society has chosen a flawed model for supporting and promoting innovation and growth in area of lifesaving drugs.