I was up with the lark and had finished my chores well in time to proceed to the Foundation along with maman. Enroute, Manu was dropped at the Hanuman temple, maman had a tete-e-tete and I paid my obeisance from the entrance itself as I was wearing my moccasins with socks and was simply lazy to remove them! We reached the Foundation by a half past 9.
My director had finally fetched up by about 12 o'clock and he blamed the heavy traffic between Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram for his delay. I'd to firmly tell him that he should have started accordingly and commenced the meeting without further ado. A slew of measures have been put in place for immediate implementation and the next board meeting has been scheduled on 26 Nov. It would also help me to appreciate the results of the present initiatives and their effectiveness!
Ammayi had given us packed lunch and we shared that with Sasi, the director and found that it was more than adequate for the three of us. The taste and the dishes had her distinct mark!
We'd the weekly exchange of thoughts called 'Aazhchakkootam' at 4 o'clock and the guest was Dr(Mrs) Vasuki, IAS(Yet another doctor-turned-bureaucrat) who is, currently, the director of the Suchithwa Mission, poised to implement major initiatives on waste management commencing 10 Nov. What I liked best about her approach to tackling the vexed problem were the following assumptions:-
(a) Tackling the problem is possible only by bringing about an attitudinal change among people
through continuous dialogue and education.
(b) There aren't any short term results, it will have a long lead time!
Quite a refreshing attitude unlike the normal tendency to show quick results leading to the ultimate failure of the project! Lessons seem to have been learnt from the Vilappilsala waste disposal scheme's
fiasco, whose contributory factors were:-
(a) Lack of imparting awareness of the disposal system's capabilities and as to why it was
sited there - why should we take on the burden of the city folks' waste was a frequent doubt
that was raised, for which, the powers-that-be didn't have any plausible reasons.
(b) Non adherence to segregation of the waste according to the degradability and
(c) Health issues that were plaguing the local villagers on account of long term waste disposal.
Many in the audience of the 'aazhchkoottam' were miffed that they couldn't ask questions as the director had to leave, soon after her lecture, due to the tight schedule!
After a quick and light dinner, I'd boarded the Kannur bound Scania volvo of the state road transport corporation for my return. Working on my laptop to finish pending work was easy before catching up on some badly needed sleep!
Tailpiece.
Suresh has been discharged with restrictions in movements but he'll have to be on fluid diet for a while. Radhan chettan's leg seems to be giving anxious moments and the results of the biopsy will fetch up only by Monday. Only then will we know about the subsequent action!
My director had finally fetched up by about 12 o'clock and he blamed the heavy traffic between Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram for his delay. I'd to firmly tell him that he should have started accordingly and commenced the meeting without further ado. A slew of measures have been put in place for immediate implementation and the next board meeting has been scheduled on 26 Nov. It would also help me to appreciate the results of the present initiatives and their effectiveness!
Ammayi had given us packed lunch and we shared that with Sasi, the director and found that it was more than adequate for the three of us. The taste and the dishes had her distinct mark!
We'd the weekly exchange of thoughts called 'Aazhchakkootam' at 4 o'clock and the guest was Dr(Mrs) Vasuki, IAS(Yet another doctor-turned-bureaucrat) who is, currently, the director of the Suchithwa Mission, poised to implement major initiatives on waste management commencing 10 Nov. What I liked best about her approach to tackling the vexed problem were the following assumptions:-
(a) Tackling the problem is possible only by bringing about an attitudinal change among people
through continuous dialogue and education.
(b) There aren't any short term results, it will have a long lead time!
Quite a refreshing attitude unlike the normal tendency to show quick results leading to the ultimate failure of the project! Lessons seem to have been learnt from the Vilappilsala waste disposal scheme's
fiasco, whose contributory factors were:-
(a) Lack of imparting awareness of the disposal system's capabilities and as to why it was
sited there - why should we take on the burden of the city folks' waste was a frequent doubt
that was raised, for which, the powers-that-be didn't have any plausible reasons.
(b) Non adherence to segregation of the waste according to the degradability and
(c) Health issues that were plaguing the local villagers on account of long term waste disposal.
Many in the audience of the 'aazhchkoottam' were miffed that they couldn't ask questions as the director had to leave, soon after her lecture, due to the tight schedule!
After a quick and light dinner, I'd boarded the Kannur bound Scania volvo of the state road transport corporation for my return. Working on my laptop to finish pending work was easy before catching up on some badly needed sleep!
Tailpiece.
Suresh has been discharged with restrictions in movements but he'll have to be on fluid diet for a while. Radhan chettan's leg seems to be giving anxious moments and the results of the biopsy will fetch up only by Monday. Only then will we know about the subsequent action!
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