CR builds new homes in Dakshineswar
For the first time ever, CR is building homes for slum dwellers. The pioneering scheme involves initially replacing 16 dilapidated hovels in Dakshineswar, the test-bed for so many CR projects. In…
Heal The World – I WITNESS
By Sean Duggan I have taken tea in a fair few memorable places over the years, from the Ritz in London to the Gymkhana Club in Delhi and on board…
Green shoots – I WITNESS
By Sean DugganIf, like me, you are profoundly depressed by the inability of us humans to alter our environmentally destructive ways, then there is hope to be drawn from what…
No ordinary pharmacist – I WITNESS
By Sean DugganI have never met a pharmacist like Shantanu, and over the years at CR I have met a lot of pharmacists.Most of them were volunteers taking time out…
Let’s talk about sex – I WITNESS
By Sean Duggan The amount of sex education I had growing up in Britain in the 1970s was nil, zip, zilch, nada, absolutely none, either at school or at home.…
Bloomin’ Marvellous! – I WITNESS
By Sean Duggan“This is our best season ever for flowers. We have never been able to grow poppies before,” said Connie Choudhuri, standing proudly in her roof garden in Ballygunge…
The revolution has begun – I WITNESS
By Sean DugganWhen Jaydeep invited me to sit in on a meeting yesterday morning with software designers building CR’s new management programme, my heart didn’t exactly thump with excitement.The fiddly…
Captain’s log, stardate February 9, 2023 – I WITNESS
By Sean DugganCR has never had a clinic like the one at Tangra.Stepping into it for the first time yesterday was rather like someone from the Age of Sail being…
Power to the people – I WITNESS
By Sean DugganI am not sure I can find adequate words to express how impressed I am by the confidence and commitment demonstrated by CR’s management team at last weekend’s…
Calcutta Rescue is creating a digital beneficiary database to imrpove clinic operations
The digital age has finally reached Calcutta Rescue which has begun a huge project to digitalise all its patient data.For the past 40 years details of all patients have been…