Monthly Archives: December 2006

Back in the homeland, Goodbye to BWIA, Christmas wishes and all that

A woman washes her face at the Jama Masjid mosque in Old Delhi, India Returned to the Motherland yesterday after 19 days abroad, which, it occurs to me, is the longest period I’ve been out of country in years. So reliable internet access is mine once more, hence the photo above, which I’ve only just [...]

2006 Weblog awards — apparently I’m a finalist!

I’ve been seriously on vacation since December 4, in India, to be exact, ahead of the 2006 Global Voices Summit in New Delhi. Great internet access hasn’t been presenting itself, and to be honest, I’ve been savouring the time offline. I’m in Jaipur at the moment, checking e-mail in the internet room at the lovely [...]

‘Quake

Another earthquake…. Not terribly strong, but unnerving all the same.

World AIDS Day

People living with HIV 39.5 million people worldwide 37 million adults 17.7 million women 2.3 million children under 15 New HIV cases in 2006 4.3 million total new cases 3.8 million adults 530,000 children under 15 AIDS deaths in 2006 2.9 million total deaths 2.6 million adults 380,000 children under 15 HIV by Region 2006 [...]