Index Home This is a third COVID blog after the postage stamps, and special covers. Postal stationary is another philatelic material. While some of this was issued by Indian post, some other was a private creation, but posted, and hence becomes postal. Just a reminder, that post-cards exist and are a quick medium for information sharing,… Continue reading Postcards for COVID: A photo blog
Month: November 2024
COVID pandemic: A turbulent cove on a straight coastline
Index Home The COVID years, 2020-2022 were unprecedented, not only for healthcare, livelihoods, but also for philately. Many country of the world issued COVID postage stamp, in a short span of time. Some of them depicted the struggle, others heroism, courage and eventually overcoming the pandemic through vaccines. Unlike global postage stamps on malaria, HIV or… Continue reading COVID pandemic: A turbulent cove on a straight coastline
Indian Special cover gallery: From Flu to Covid
Index Home Indian Post issues special postal covers. These are specially designed commemorative envelopes, that are mark an occurrence, place, event or an institution. While same is true of postage stamps, there are clear differences. Postage stamps are issued nationally by the Indian Post, and there are intricate guidelines on when and how these shall be… Continue reading Indian Special cover gallery: From Flu to Covid
A midwife on Pitcairn, an Island of just 35 people
Index Home Today, when I was shuffling through my cache of postage stamps, I found a window to a remote land in the Pacific. This was Pitcairn Islands, and the set of postage stamp was about a midwife, Lily Warren. As I began my journey to search for the person, and the health services on the… Continue reading A midwife on Pitcairn, an Island of just 35 people
When money was no longer there….
Index Home This blog is not about medicine, but about finance. It is still about health, but financial one. Money has a notional value, and in Indian culture, it is often equated with Maya – “a magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem.” According to ancient Indian… Continue reading When money was no longer there….
GOBI: When simple measures in childcare went global
Index Home UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) launched GOBI initiative in the year 1982. This was a notable global health strategies aimed at reducing child mortality and improving child health. The acronym GOBI stands for Growth monitoring, Oral rehydration therapy (ORT), Breastfeeding, and Immunization. All of these are key interventions to combat the leading causes… Continue reading GOBI: When simple measures in childcare went global
Family planning: Have we completed a full circle ?
Index Home Family planning and birth control share a bond with one another. On one hand, phrase “to plan a family” is participatory, thought provoking, and sounds like a management exercise. On the other phrase “controlling birth” seemingly empowers humans to do, what only nature could or mostly could not achieve. These two phrases are like… Continue reading Family planning: Have we completed a full circle ?