Human beings as accessories ?

I read an article in New York Times about looking at India's prosperity through the eyes of invisible men or have-nots. This article is an eye-opener and after spending almost a year in India and observing lives of people from different spheres of society here, I found myself agreeing to every single word written in this article. I strongly advocate this article. I wonder why in our society doing our own chores is looked down upon. Hiring a retinue of 'servants' or 'help' seems more like a social-symbol thing than convenience. I agree we all need help to manage our lives but treating other human beings just as some life-less creatures who agree to our whims, adjust to our schedules, never complain, being insensitive to their pain just does not seem right. These people have no labor laws so their pain is never heard and never addressed in a just way. If we are to truly progress as a society we need to make sure we treat the lowest rung of our society with the dignity they deserve.

Technology with a heart

I read this very interest article on CNN.com titled 'Technology with a heart'. The beauty of internet and social-networking as a media is their amazing capability to touch and influence people's life to mostly create a positive change. This article talks about extending social networking to philanthrophy and to micro-lending. I think the concept is unbelievable and just brilliant. This article motivated me to the extent that I created accounts with Kiva.org, Change.org, Ammado.com and Nabuur.com. I'll keep posting whatever interesting stuff I come across or I do on these websites.