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Travel Blogs from Bidar, India
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Kadama 29: Bidar
This is a top pick! ... , we had lunch at a local family restaurant in the center of town. This town was very similar to what I expected when coming to India. Cows sleeping in the middle of the streets, slums, and lots of small shops with handicraft work. Because I was sick as a ...
Nirantara Micro Finance Program
... are not responsible to repay other members who defaults loans. (They used to be responsible for each others loans). The India replications are more like Grameen I - the Grameen Bangladesh's program until 2002 then like Grameen II - which is Grameen ...
Niranjan - The Personal & Family Side
... met Niranjan at Grameen Dialogue last November and I wound up being personally connected to he and Dr. Kulkarni - also of India. Niranjan's wife is in Bangalore with her parents and expecting their second child momentarily - Niranjan ...
Optimizing Crop Productivity
Hassan Mulla is Chairman of Manjra Agritech Private Limited - a firm that does consultancy work to cooperatives of farmers to help them manage their business, increase productivity and quality of the product that they provide - thus dramatically ...
Time with the Former Head of IBM India
... the same time - two years ago. Anal changed his life focus and is now Managing Director of MicroVentures, India - a funding a support organization to microfinance institutions.. He had met and interviewed Niranjan before (not in Bidar), liked ...
District Cooperative Bank Bidar
... forward to meeting with me or if they even spoke English. As we drove away from the District Cooperative Central Bank - Bidar, I had very low expectations. Little did I know. My host was Mr. Narayan Rao Manhalli, seventy two year old Vice ...
Pimp it up
... , again. We banged it back on with a rock, bush mechanic style, and left Jevargi in our wake. We both agreed that tonight, in Bidar, we'd pimp it up somewhere. It was easy riding and easy navigating. We stopped in Gulbarga for a couple of cups of chai ...
My reflections on this trip
My reflections on this trip My dream of visiting Grameen Bank, BRAC & ASA realized with this trip. This was a remarkable and productive experience. I learnt many lessons and sharing them in this entry. The vision, ...
Bountiful Bidar!
... We all speak broken Hindi mixed with typical Hyderabadi Urdu apart from our major administrative language, Kannada. Bidar is comparatively resourceful in terms of natural resources, education institutions, development interventions, basic amenities, ...
A day from River Manjara to Bidar Fort
... the walls of the building. This prominent building is altogether is one of the excellent building constructed by the Bahamanis. Bidar Fort: I must have visited this place several hundred times since my birth. However, It is very difficult to write ...
In and around Dhaka
In and around Dhaka We also visited National Martyrs Memorial while returning from Manik Gonj. We passed the street of Parliament of Bangladesh at least 4 times. We should have visited other tourist attractions in our 8 days stay in Bangladesh. ...
Jolly's reflections on ASA & BRAC
... visit to Bangladesh as part of the ' FWWB' team is off to a great start - new acquaintances from the many parts of India bring unique perspectives to 'poverty alleviation' and the MFI movement. The exposure to ASA (read ASHA or HOPE) provided an ...
Here and there!
I am sharing some photographs shot during the trip. Thanks to Jayakumar, Bhadresh Bhai, Shaila ji for sharing photos with ...
BRAC's quality education for the poor
BRAC's quality education for the poor The goal of BRAC Education Program is to make a significant contribution to the achievement of education for all in Bangladesh. BRAC's Education Program, launched in 1982, has become a leader in ...
Sights of Karnataka
Whilst we are really enjoying sightseeing in India, it seems that for every nice city or tourist site we visit, for every piece of fun we have, there is an unpleasant flipside that is disheartening and makes us doubt whether we want to carry on visiting ...
BRAC's Sanitary Napkin initiative for poor
BRAC's Sanitary Napkin initiative for poor & unreached We visited BRAC's sanitary napkin manufacturing unit on 27th January 2009 near Manik Gonj. This is another remarkable and touching effort of BRAC. Ms. Shruti Gonsalves, Head-Capacity ...
Started preparation
... me with some important advise and Rotary materials. Dr. Satish Biradar (Secretary 2010-11 of our Club, Rotary Club of Bidar New Century) has prepared an introductory letter and Abhay (Past President of Rotary Udyog, Peenya, Bengalooru) has assured me ...
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