Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 19 November 2015 Ross Gittins and the Paris Terror Attacks Preamble After setting up BreadtagSagas in April and migrating it to a hosted site in May, this is post number 38. Learning WordPress and blogging was a huge learning curve and beginning writing posts also a major task, but I have to say …
Large dams 3: Oustees India
Feature photo: On the Godavari River, 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 10 October 2015 Oustees across India : The tragedy of displaced people Introduction This is the last of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. …
Large dams 2: Aswan High Dam
Featured photo: Satellite image: Insightdigital & Google, Aswan High Dam 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 21 September 2015 Case study: The Aswan High Dam and the Nile in Egypt Introduction This is the second of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes …
Large Dams 1: An introduction
Featured photo: Palmyra Sculpture Centre, boats Aral Sea Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 15 September 2015 Preface This is the first of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. Another related article is Rukmini Rao Woman …
The Last Days of Osama bin Laden 3: The killing
Featured Photo: Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer, 4.06 pm EST, 1 May 2011, Situation room for bin Laden raid Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 September 2015 The two preliminary articles which preceded this article were: 1 Abbottabad, 28 July 2015 and 2 9/11, 9 August 2015. The first sets the stage and tries to answer the question …
The last days of Osama bin Laden 2: 9/11
Featured photo: Tony 1995, Afghan, money exchange market, Peshawar Bazaar Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 9 August 2015 I want to begin by stating I have no expertise on these matters and am relying on the accounts and expertise of others. However, I do have an interest in the events and hopefully many others in the world do …
Rukmini Rao Woman of the Year 2014
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony 22 June 2015 Rukmini Rao has been my friend for a very long time. I have been travelling to India on and off for many years. Since 2004 I have worked with Rukmini and Gramya for up to two months each year as a volunteer.
