SVL 1.9: Palo Alto and Cousins

 Posted on October 13, 2015  |  2 minutes  |  247 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Two days after that I went to meet a member of TransForm – an organisation that works on improving public transport http://www.transformca.org/landing-page/our-approachbecause one of the events I had previously attended was hosted by them and I had taken a short survey saying I wouldn’t mind being contacted for more information/clarification of my ideas. [Read More]
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The Relevance of Culture

 Posted on July 5, 2015  |  16 minutes  |  3291 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

A conversation with an old friend of mine revealed to me that the word culture is too often associated only with religion and ritualism and dismissed as irrelevant. [Read More]
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