Thursday, November 06, 2008

Interview with Ravi Kuchimanchi of Aid

I recently met with Ravi Kuchimanchi, founder of AID to interview him for KBCS - One World Report. Please find the audio clip below. I know it ends rather abruptly and the audio on my side is pretty distorted. Too bad, I was not involved in the editing...I've been tied up with some health related issues. Nonetheless, the story was broadcast today and you can listen to it here - you have to read the lead first though :-)

Arpana
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Interview with Ravi Kuchimanchi founder of the Association for India's Development (AID)
Ravi Kuchimanchi is the founder of the Association for India's Development, or AID. AID was created to remind overseas Indian communities of the plight the less fortunate and underprivileged face back in their home country and to inspire them to get involved. According to their website, they aim to promote development that is sustainable, equitable and just. AID was founded in 1991 while Kuchimanchi was working on his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Maryland . One World Report’s Arpana Sanjay recently caught up with Kuchimanchi. He was in Seattle to help volunteers at AID’s year-old local chapter raise funds for the upcoming holiday season. Arpana began by asking Kuchimanchi to explain the mission of his group, AID.
Interviewer: Arpana Sanjay
KBCS - OWR Archives

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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Dried Tears

the grief in my heart
had bubbled forth.
an unstoppable swell
had broken loose
you had caught
the warm wetness
in your palm and
wiped away fears
and the world began
to melt and fade

For each tear that
fell from my eyes
there was another
that fell from your heart
but now my eyes
are all dried up
for each word that falls
from your careless lips
I lose a tear from my heart
which feels like solid rock

time changes everything
everyone changes with time
tears are like dishwater
impure, soiled, like waste
like your broken promises
like my unborn children
all meaningless memories
old passions and desires
that wont let me live
that wont let me die

Aug 2005....a long time back!