Jan 6, 2010

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BBC Pause for Thought – One Da...

BBC Pause for Thought – One Day’s Wages

The third of this week’s pause for thought on BBC Radio 2 covers just...

Sep 18, 2009

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Fascinating Interview with the autho...

Fascinating Interview with the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Spendid suns.

I think we are all living in a war torn world,  just because it is not called...

Feb 24, 2009

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Oscars 2009

Oscars 2009

In ‘05 I wrote: http://www.saviarora.com/oscar-fright/. Then in...

Jan 26, 2009

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The real Slumdog Millionaires: Behin...

The real Slumdog Millionaires: Behind cinema fantasy, mafia gangs deliberately crippling children for profit

I’m grateful to a Facebook friend who kindly sent me this link:...

Jan 20, 2009

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Will Obama bring real change ?

Will Obama bring real change ?

DC’s filling up as I write. Aspirations are high. Expectations are being...

Dec 31, 2008

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Economic solutions for 2009

Economic solutions for 2009

It has been a while since I blogged. Is it because of writers block or simply...

Nov 18, 2008

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Considering New Media for social cha...

Considering New Media for social change

In a recent post I suggested that potentially social networks could help...

Nov 4, 2008

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When Poverty becomes entertainment

When Poverty becomes entertainment

I try not to watch kids TV in the morning but have to admit that Crazy Town is...

Oct 17, 2008

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Obama’s perspective

Obama’s perspective

In this day and age it is great to see someone speaking frankly, humbly and...

Sep 10, 2008

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Global Economic change is what we ne...

Global Economic change is what we need

A couple of weeks back the World Bank announced that the world had more people...

Jul 15, 2008

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SACA ride – An opportunity to ...

SACA ride – An opportunity to move from I to We.

As part of the organising committee that organises the Birmingham to London...

May 20, 2008

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Burma disaster worsens

Burma disaster worsens

Everyday I sit and both watch and listen in horror to what is happening in the...

May 13, 2008

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The need to help Burma

The need to help Burma

If there was ever a time where the human race needed to unite for common good,...

Apr 1, 2008

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The importance of role models

The importance of role models

Recently it was revealed and confirmed that indeed children ‘look-up’ to...

Mar 4, 2008

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Footprints in the Sand

Footprints in the Sand

In my last post I wrote about the importance of Corporate responsibility. One...

Feb 26, 2008

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Sport Relief March 2008

Sport Relief March 2008

It is still not to late to register for this event – covered by the BBC...

Nov 20, 2007

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Rev Jesse Jackson and The Rainbow Pu...

Rev Jesse Jackson and The Rainbow Push Coalition

Wow! What a week it was last week. I had a call late Thursday to interview...

Oct 2, 2007

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Apathy wins the day

Apathy wins the day

A few weeks back Gordon Brown (UK Prime Minister) was asked if company...

Aug 13, 2007

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60 years on a nation divided

60 years on a nation divided

60 years ago a nation was torn apart and I wonder if there will ever be a...

Jul 16, 2007

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Ethical Trade Initiative review

Ethical Trade Initiative review

The Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) exists as an alliance of non-governmental...

Jul 5, 2007

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Child cocoa workers ‘exploited...

Child cocoa workers ‘exploited’ and enslaved

Having just watched re-runs on TV of two of my favorite films (Have you ever...

Jun 27, 2007

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Not on our Watch means we need to do...

Not on our Watch means we need to do something now

In keeping with its long tradition of activism powered by music, Amnesty...

Jun 5, 2007

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The Value of Silence

The Value of Silence

There is a nice piece about silence at the BBC. It was hard reference to find...

May 25, 2007

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Give peace a chance

Give peace a chance

On 24th May the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – www.dec.org.uk...

May 8, 2007

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When a good feeling needs to move be...

When a good feeling needs to move beyond being just personal

I’m not a big fan of shows like Idol or X-factor but I did manage to catch...

Mar 27, 2007

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Could teaching the importance of ser...

Could teaching the importance of service help some troubled youth?

A few weeks back I wrote an article suggesting that self-less service is the...

Mar 13, 2007

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When They Pretended to be kings R...

When They Pretended to be kings – The last days of the raj

It was Monday night when I received the following text message (extract and in...

Mar 6, 2007

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11th Red Nose Day – 16th March...

11th Red Nose Day – 16th March 2007

Red Nose DayRed Nose Day is a UK-wide fundraising event organised by Comic...

Feb 20, 2007

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Oscar Wild!

Oscar Wild!

This coming Sunday is the annual Oscar night. Although I have written about my...

Jan 16, 2007

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Progress for all the people

Progress for all the people

I said I would at some point return to the subject of my recent trip to India....

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