Red Cross was caught amid crossfires between 1919 and 1939
Index Home Established in 1863, Red Cross had turned 50, when the first world war affected Europe, and its colonies. The first world war (1914-1918) was an overwhelming period for the…
Red cross overprints: beginning of a lasting relation
Index Home Christmas seals Born to care for the war wounded, Red cross came into being in 1863. However, it was not until 1907 that it entered into a lasting relationship…
Postcards for COVID: A photo blog
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
Development milestones from six months to one year of life
Index Home Our journey from sixth month onwards, is one of curiosity and mobility. Now babies can see near as well as far, and their tiny eyes are grasping the world…