Chupkse,chupkse..
raton ki chador tole..
happy new year to you all...
The new year is coming really chupkese.i am so excited.

Time is passing by.

Announcing The World Summit in Reflection: a deliberative dialogue on
WSIS

The journal of Information Technologies and International Development
(ITID) and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law
School invite you to contribute to a special dialogue on the outcomes,
outputs, and experiences from the World Summit on the Information
Society. As an impartial academic platform, we will give voice to a
diverse range of thoughtful viewpoints ? some critical some
congratulatory ? but all constructive. These contributions will be
assembled into a series of deliberative reports that we hope will help
chart a course towards the 2005 meeting in Tunis.

For more on ITID: http://mitpress.mit.edu/ITID
For more on the Berkman Center: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu

Call for Submissions
Initial short editorial and opinion pieces are solicited for a special
edition of the ITID Forum to be published in early 2004 by the MIT
Press. Contributions should be 500-1000 words and submitted on or before
14 January 2004. We particularly encourage unique voices and
contributions, a range of opinion and style, and specific comment as
opposed to broad generalities.

Instructions for authors can be found at the ITID website,
http://mitpress.mit.edu/ITID, and submissions are preferred by email to
itid-ed@mit.edu.

Longer research pieces and commentaries on the summit are also
solicited; expressions of interest in developing longer pieces are
welcome and should also be sent to the Editors at itid-ed@mit.edu. It is
anticipated that these longer research and editorial works will form an
edited volume to be published in late 2004.

The WSIS Discussion Blog
Bloggers are invited to an open real-time discussion blog on the Summit
hosted by the Berkman Center. Please visit
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/wsis/ to add your thoughts and read other
contributions. With the permission of the author, commentaries blogged
to this site will be considered for re-publication in World Summit in
Reflection outputs.

Project Editorial Committee
Michael L. Best, Editor-in-Chief, ITID
Ernest J. Wilson, III, Editor-in-Chief, ITID
Shanthi Kalathil, Managing Editor, ITID
Colin Maclay, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Geoffrey Kirkman, Watson Institute for International Studies

I was not aware that you have been in Hyderabad.Are you on leave?I need to speak to you.Wishes.

'If I were rain' is a book about children.By children.It is a visual and testimonial tribute to the spirit of India's children who live in the very difficult circumstances of poverty,exploitation and exclusion.
Published by YouthreachIndia,New Delhi.
www.youthreachindia.org

Learning Channel / One World South Asia and Mandate the Future have partnered to prepare an Open Session on links between youth employment and education. The preparation has involved six months of moderated discussions on the Learning Channel website, which has fed into the paper prepared for this session. Ms. Geeta Sharma and Mr. Rudy Edirisinghe will present the paper to interested delegates in Hyderabad, December 16, 1-2pm.
http://www.learningchannel.org/discussion

Wish all the best to the team members of the TIG delegation at geneva.

Time is passing so quickly.

LearningChannel(www.learningchannel.org)of OneWorld South Asia is running the discussion forum on ICT and Education and Employment of Youth comprising members from over 140 countries.To join the forum by visting DGroups or sending mail to:join-education@dgroups.org.

John Daly,World Bank,has recently reported an opportunity for the Canadian youth in the Development Gateway portal:NetCorps Canada International offers volunteer internships in developing countries for people 19 to 30 years old with appropriate skills in information and communication technologies (ICT). These internships, of approximately six months, are implemented by some of Canada's largest volunteer-sending international development organizations (The NetCorps Coalition) in partnership with Industry Canada.
URL: http://www.netcorps-cyberjeunes.org/

This MTv sponsored resource Staying Alive will provide you a snapshot information on how you could fight against spead of HIV/AIDS in your society.Have a look!!!
Link:Staying Alive Take Action

Just gone through the project document i have put together!huh,looks fine.tushar will be compiling the technology assessment and budgeting,hope.feeling quite better now!

The success of EFA depends largely on social and political motivation than anything else.In many communities, resources are available,but the resources are allocated to defence,security and manufacturing sector rather than on basic and elementary education.
I have been following the EFA movement closely for a long time and feeling that sucess of much of the development efforts lies in the success of these EFA activities - both nationally and internationally.
I am trying to collate all necessary information that would give you a snapshot how the lack of coordination and exchange of information and knowledge among EFA stakeholders are prohibiting successful EFA achievements.
I know how valuable your support be in this effort.
http://projects.takingitglobal.org/efa

I found this directory INASP Rural Development Directory 2003/2004 very useful.It gives a lot of information on many aspects of rural development,including on the agencies active in ICT deployment in rural areas.
http://www.inasp.info/pubs/rd/index.html

Huh,feeling safe.after a long term sickness,it is refereshing to be getting well.feeling back to life.air,sun.people.

I found TIG's birthday wish while at my office.Thank you.