Associación Prabhat http://blog.savevillage.org Blog area of Associación Prabhat Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:31:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 81.4 percent of Bihar population is poor says UN report http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=331 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=331#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:31:34 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=331 Patna,(BiharTimes): Now the bad news for Bihar. It is as poor as and as backward as strife-torn African countries like Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It continues to occupy the bottom place in India with Jharkhand slightly better.

The new Multi dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) puts proportion of poor in Bihar 81.4 percent of

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=331 0 Why don’t you go back there? http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=329 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=329#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:09 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=329 Before deciding to move to India, Amanda had completed two years at the Royal Veterinary College in London; she could not clear her exams in the third year as she was busy nursing her then boyfriend, who was suffering from multiple sclerosis.

While visiting India and undertaking some volunteer work while

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=329 1 Petit Buddhas School (PBS) http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=318 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=318#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:39:51 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=318

]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=318 0 Happy New Year! http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=316 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=316#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:56:08 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=316  

New year is great opportunity to set your expectations and put a new resolution…the possibilities are exciting. Why not exceed them? The place where expectations are lowest: leadership. Everyone expects you to get in line and follow, not lead. However this year one of my resolution is to follow and support others to lead… The opportunity this year

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=316 0 Can India compensate Bihar for its lower energy consumption? http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=299 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=299#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:52:50 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=299 Can India compensate Bihar for its lower energy consumption?

India is arguing in climate change dialogue that wealthy nation should compensate poor for its lower energy consumption. Thanks to Bihar and other poor states that India can claim to have lower energy consumption rate and putting strong argument against cliamte

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=299 2 Cause of declining nutritional quality in India: is it biased Green Revolution? http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=283 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=283#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:00 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=283  

Malnutrition affecting one in five Indians

45 percent of all children under age three in India are underweight – a higher average prevalence than in sub-Saharan Africa (UNISEF)

Despite vast improvements in the country’s economy, under-nutrition remains a challenge in India. While real incomes and real wages have increased, there has been an offsetting reduction in

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=283 1 Climate change politics and poor farmers http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=262 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=262#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:17:25 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=262 The impact of climate change on the world poverty is an issue of great significance but has not given needed attention in current climate change debate. It is not an issue that can be left to the future as the impact is already felt in many parts of the world. Climate change can affect our

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=262 1 (Español) Mi diario de India (Dia 2) http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=243 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=243#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:44:23 +0000 Anita http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=243 Día 2:  Patna

Hoy he tenido el placer de conocer el concepto del tiempo hindú; ¡no existe!

Al bajar del tren, con cuatro horas de retraso, he podido sentir centenares de miradas encima de nosotros. Todo el mundo nos estaba observando con una coriusidad tan intensa,  que se podia llegar a percibir con los propios sentidos. Sin

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=243 4 (Español) Mi diario de India (Dia 1) http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=227 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=227#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:19:07 +0000 Anita http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=227 Día 1. Nueva Delhi

Llegada a aeropuerto de Nueva Delhi

Nada más que aterrar en ese desconocido país, dos de los Trabajadores del aeropuerto al que llegué, me recibieron con sonrisas y amabilidades, Característica que más adelante asocié A LOS miembros de esta sociedad. Elogiaban mi nombre, que sin saberlo yo, es de origen hundú.

Uno de

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]]> http://blog.savevillage.org/?feed=rss2&p=227 4 Mid-Day Meal Scheme and teachers performance http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=217 http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=217#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:05:14 +0000 Vikas http://blog.savevillage.org/?p=217 News published on Bihar Times (Online news of Bihar) on 7th of Oct 2009

Bihar to dissociate teachers from Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Patna, (BiharTimes): The state government is planning to completely dissociate teachers from the Mid-Day Meal Scheme as it is taking a huge toll on the education of the children. It is also working on alternative

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