By bluerasberry on 2016-02-25
Lila Tretikov (known as “Lila”), executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, just resigned. The cause of her resignation was Doc James‘ request that she directly state the anticipated cost of the Knowledge Engine project and publish and discuss the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation employee satisfaction survey. She and the Wikimedia Foundation Establishment declined to provide this […]
Posted in non-profit, Wikipedia | Tagged James Heilman, money, protest
By bluerasberry on 2014-09-30
Today, Sunday 28 September 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited New York City to give a speech to the general public at Madison Square Garden. I did not attend the speech, but I was outside protesting Modi’s behavior. I will explain my complaint, the response that I got, and share some details of the […]
Posted in India, legal, religion, Varanasi | Tagged Jashodaben, marriage, money, Narendra Modi
By bluerasberry on 2011-03-21
Pradeep left on March 18. I had a lot of fun with him and I told him he would be welcome back anytime. I did not want him to go but he was concerned about returning to Mumbai to get a job on salary. Salary jobs are easier to get in Mumbai than Varanasi, definitely. […]
Posted in India, work | Tagged money
By bluerasberry on 2008-01-25
Yesterday I went to Lifelong AIDS Alliance to meet with their director of marketing, Asia Rau. I normally do not pay too much attention to any person’s race but I did notice that this girl did not look ethnically Asian. Lifelong has about a hundred paid staff members and goes through about sixteen million dollars […]
Posted in education, HIV, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged advertising, AIDS, logistics, money
By bluerasberry on 2007-02-01
I am learning the routines of my family. Nandan has been minding me for a large part of everyday. I like spending time with him but I am hitting a major bump in that I still do not have a lot of confidence in Hindi and he is able to express any idea in English, […]
Posted in festival, India, religion | Tagged blood, ghost, money, ritual
By bluerasberry on 2007-01-27
At home with Nandan’s family there have been two surprises. One is the nature of Hindu religion. I never picked up on this before, but it seems to have a focus on what I would call getting minor wishes granted. Things like money, leaps in education, life extention, and good luck are boons granted that […]
Posted in education, India | Tagged Hinduism, money