On the shoulders of a humble giant – Part II

The article below originally appeared in AID News, 20 October 1998

On the shoulders of a humble giant – Part II

(This is a continuation of the report that came in last week’s AID News).

You see, they heard us saying we came from Mumbai. So even after convincing
them that he was not Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi was still asked, “have you met
Sachin? Do you play cricket? Do you go to all the matches?

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On the shoulders of a humble giant – Part 1

The article below originally appeared in AID News, 14 October 1998

On the shoulders of a humble giant

Some famous scientist (Sir Isaac Newton -ed) once said, that if we
can see this far today it is because we stand on the shoulders of
giants. This is how I felt after spending 15 days with Dr.
B.V.Parameswara Rao, founder of Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT),
engineer, educator, and storyteller extraordinaire.