My father normalised crying for me!

I was in 8th or 9th standard. My dad was teaching me to ride a scooty. It was my maternal grandfather’s. The scooty wasn’t starting, my cousin said, “That old thing, just press the damn accelerator!”. My father did that, carefully, but off it went, up the wall, my dad’s knees against the wall. Few…

NFHS-4: An analysis of district-level malnutrition data for Jharkhand

NFHS – 4 provides, for the first time a district-level data on nutritional status of children below the age of 5 years. This provides an excellent and timely opportunity to plan for eradication of child malnutrition at the district level. A quick preliminary analysis of the district level child malnutrition levels, reveals certain important aspects….

Kashid : A weekend tourist spot near Mumbai and Pune

We (group of 6 friends) were in Mumbai and were looking for a nearby get away for 2 days. One of us knew about Kashid, we searched more. Kashid looked good to serve both our scenic and adventure desires (:D), and so we decided on it. The best time to visit Kashid is from October…

Andaman Island: Should I visit ?

The answer is yes! Now I will take you through my journey to this beautiful world. I will try to keep it short! I went to Andaman on November 2018. I paid around 38000 INR per person for a round flight from Kolkata to Port Blair. Try booking the tickets 2 months ago, then it…

District-level analysis of NFHS-4 data for West Bengal (Part 1)

NFHS – 4, for the first time, provides district-level data on nutritional status of children below the age of 5 years. This provides an excellent and timely opportunity to plan for eradication of child malnutrition at the district level. This analysis brings out certain new aspects in the dialogue on the elimination of malnutrition from…