Sunday, August 14, 2011

Andrea: "Unhappy the land that has no heroes". Galileo: "No, unhappy the land that needs heroes'. ~ From Bertolt Brecht's "Life of Galileo"


UNIFORMLY GOOD
A policeman in Andhra steps out of the line to serve the friendless dead, support orphans, and give shelter to the aged poor in their lives’ gloaming

MAN WITH A STEEL FRAME
By refusing to take bribes, the Madurai collector has earned 18 transfers in 20 years, a modest house and bank balance and lots of respect

THE FOREST COMES ALIVE
A couple—armed with ideas, patience and a Fukuoka blueprint—come to a withered Andhra district. Then the earth responded.