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News Update August 07

By Thulir | Published: August 9, 2007

Timbaktu students singing in Thulir Its been a while since we wrote anything in this blog [the last posting was in March]. We have been meaning to write but have been caught up in the excitement of so many happenings at Thulir that we kept postponing writing “just for a few days” , till its […]

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Reflections –2007

By Thulir | Published: March 12, 2007

Its almost April and it is anniversary time. As usual, it is time for reflection. Of course we just put up a news update that talked in detail about the activities at Thulir, so this note is more to summarise it and add how we see ourselves currently and where we are headed to. Well, […]

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A test for Thulir

By Thulir | Published: March 12, 2007

A Test for Thulir The review we did of Thulir with the students was called “Thulirukku oru paritchai” [a test for Thulir]. There were many questions each person had to answer. The following questions were some of the questions asked: How long have you been coming here? List the things you have learnt here. What […]

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Thank you all for writing in…..

By Thulir | Published: March 12, 2007

Our last news update in this Blog has elicited such an overwhelming response. We now know that so many of you read our Blog [even such a long and possibly rambling one as our previous blog !]. But we have been moved that so many of you have shown concern that we wrote about feeling […]

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Newsletter Feb 2007

By Thulir | Published: February 26, 2007

Its been a long gap since our last post. The reasons for this are many fold. Our internet connectivity has taken a nosedive in terms of quality and we are unable now to send anything more than simple text messages, if at all we are able to connect. The Basic Technology course has taken a […]

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Newsletter Sept 2006

By Thulir | Published: September 27, 2006

Greetings from Sittilingi. Its been a while since the last post and hope this update will help fill the gap in communication. We have had the usual problems with crashing computers, and dead phone lines [the Thulir phone is dead as write this, and we are hoping to somehow access the net from elsewhere to […]

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Looking Back — Two years of Thulir

By Thulir | Published: June 7, 2006

Looking Back — Three Years of Thulir April 2004 to April 2006 It is 2 years since Thulir was inaugurated on April 14th 2004. Its time to take stock and look back at the past 2 years happenings and also to see where we are going. Many of you have been keeping track of progress […]

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News III March

By Thulir | Published: March 13, 2006

Carolyn, Patti and Nick Carolyn and Patti kept their yearly date with Sittilingi and were here from mid Decto mid Feb. They brought more learning materials similar to the ones they broughtlast year with them and it has been a valuable addition to Thulir’s resources.Their friend Nick too had come this year and he is […]

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News II March

By Thulir | Published: March 4, 2006

Senthil and Vediappan are in Timbaktu! From Thali [where the Thulir team went for an exposure visit last week—see previous post below for more on it!], Vediappan and Senthil along with Krishna proceeded towards “Timbaktu Collective” in Andhra Pradesh. We stopped at Vijay and Gracy’s farm in Thali for the night. It was a nice […]

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News I March

By Thulir | Published: March 4, 2006

Exposure Visit Pics: [clockwise from top left]1. a simple compost structure at Green Foundation2. Jayappa at Green Founation campus3. with the Navadarshanam team We finally decided its time for our senior students and staff to travel out of Sittilingi valley. Lots of village youth who work in Tiruppur had come for the Pongal holidays in […]

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