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Film on the Pulse Pilot in Ahmedabad
Above is a short film my teammate Karl Oscar Teien put together of some of the key stages we went through in our pilot of the Pulse Active Food Savings concept in the slums of Ahmedabad, India this summer. Here you will see us as we developed the prototypes, brought them back to users for…
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I’m back in India.
That’s right, again. A couple months ago I got recruited by a couple classmates to spend the last module of my master’s program in Ahmedabad to help run a pilot of social enterprise they had been working on. I arrived on Monday morning and will be here until mid-August, from which point I will have…
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Performance of ‘Radiant Heart’ by Iain Nabil
Iain Nabil Ferguson is a fellow Canadian who has been serving at the Baha’i House of Worship here in New Delhi for the past few months. He sings a number of songs based on the writings of the Baha’i Faith in this wonderful style that strikes me as quintessentially Canadian. This one is based on…
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Anna’s presentation
Last post I shared some photos of demonstrators at India Gate on the evening anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare walked out of Tihar jail to begin his public fast to demand a strong anti-corruption bill be passed by the Indian parliament. Here’s a quick video of some of the chants. If you watch very carefully you…
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Anti-corruption demonstrations in New Delhi
If you haven’t been in India or purposefully following the news here, it’s possible that you might have finally heard about the intense conversation about corruption that is going on here. That’s because this week zillions of people have been taking it to the streets to show their support for activist Anna Hazare. Seeing on…
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The Baha’i Academy (where I have been for the past two months)
I have always been fascinated by how Baha’i and Baha’i-inspired organizations tend to evolve so drastically to meet changing conditions and build on experience. The Baha’i Academy is a perfect example. It began in 1982 to provide an academic home for some of the many Baha’i scholars who were forced to flee Iran during the Islamic…
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To vote or to not not vote
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is once again applying to renew his contract with the people of Canada, but there are a handful of other guys that think that they can do the job better. Over here in India I feel connected with all my fellow Canadians as we reflect once again on our electoral process,…
Samuel Benoit 