Published: Mining giant bills itself as eco-friendly?
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under madagascar
My reporting from Madagascar last fall has finally been published. Globalpost.com picked up the story of the Rio Tinto mine that claims to be environmentally friendly.
The company has laid out an ambitious — some say impossible — environmental agenda in exchange for the rights to mine strips of coastal land for titanium
The Web site ran one of my photos as well. You can also see my entire gallery here.
Critics of the mine say its attempts at conservation and community development are little more than window dressing to procure mining rights. Indeed, the mine does have a lot of work yet to do, but it does have some NGOs on its side; time will tell, I suppose.
Tags: economy, environment, ft dauphin, journalism, madagascar, mining, photography, published, rio tinto, titanium
Tea, glorious tea!
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
On a day off from school, I visited Namchi, a small city in Sikkim where I had some business. The trip gave me an afternoon out in the beautiful hills of fine Sikkimese tea.
Of course, I didn’t actually get to drink any of the tea as it was being freshly picked. But it’s still a wonderful place to while a few hours.
Tags: india, namchi, photography, sikkim, tea, tea garden, temi
Fruit, glorious fruit!
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Anurag gets messy
Once or twice a week, we get fruit. The kids love it and it surely helps their diet. Watermelon is a favorite and relatively cheap. Something like Rs. 15 per kilogram.
The kids also routinely break into a song about fruit sung to the tune of “Frère Jacques.”
The first stanza: “Watermelon, watermelon / Papaya, papaya / Orange, apple, mango; orange, apple, mango / Fruits they are; fruits they are.”
More fruity pictures below: Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: bhuriakop, food, fruit, india, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering, watermelon
DDR Sikkim
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
I want to dance, dance, dance 'til the sun don't shine...
I don’t actually know the lyrics, but when the kids hear the song, it’s like a dance party on crack.
Tags: bhuriakop, dance, dance party, india, kids, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
A peaceful breeze
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Look to the heavens
A bit of blue sky and a light breeze: a pleasant Sikkim afternoon.
Tags: bhuddism, bhuriakop, india, photography, prayer flag, religion, sikkim
Someone needs a hug
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Sittal (center) getting some love from Sushila
I’m routinely impressed with the resilience of my students. Few cry. I’d be generalizing, but I can’t say I see their general outgoing spirit in American children of the same ages.
Sometimes, however, they do get a little grumpy. Sittal, a five-year-old who loves it when I pick him up over my head, just needed a pick-me-up.
Tags: bhuriakop, cute, india, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
Not exactly paint by numbers
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
My buddy Phurba
Sundays are a day off, which usually means we drum up arts and crafts projects for the boarding school children to stave off boredom.
This particular day, we’re painting our own Buddhist prayer flags. See below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: art, bhasha, bhuriakop, culture, dog, india, kids, painting, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
Dog day portrait
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Fuzzy, cute, smelly, dirty, little guy
Bhasha portraiture continues.
Tags: bhasha, bhuriakop, dog, india, photography, sikkim, wildlife
Still have a few (million) newspaper readers over here…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Read, please!
India is a few years behind the digital revolution that has crippled U.S. newspapers. The paper is still one of the primary news sources for millions of people too poor and/or not savvy enough to use the Internet. Even TVs remain rare.
That will change inevitably, especially considering the boom in mobile technology here. Too, India’s literacy rates — particularly in the rural sector where most of the country still lives — favor a future involving more multimedia forms of news like streaming audio and cell phone news packages.
Tags: bhuriakop, india, journalism, kids, newspapers, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
Often, the place smells like feet
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Lots of little feet
Shoes in the hall.
Tags: bhuriakop, fashion, india, kids, photography, school, shoes, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
