Ramjee's! - Insights & Inspiration

Wearing the hat of a health geographer in the neighbourhoods of New Delhi

Placing health: It is well evident that place can create inequalities in health. The discipline of geographical research in present days is mostly concerned about exploring this relationship between place and health. Although the variation in health and wellbeing of the people may be mostly explained by the individual characteristics (i.e. who lives here?), th…

Nepal earthquake that shook me in the UK

First published on March 30, 2015 In the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the whole of Nepal and measured 7.8~7.9 in the Richter scale, I am engulfed with mixed emotions- I am mourning for the deceased; sympathetic to those who were injured, lost their beloved ones, lost their home; and sceptic to the country’s future. I have a gut feeling that we can ‘bounce…

'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं

आउ साथी आउ 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं यहाँ चोरी नै आवस्यक छ यहाँ चोरीकै भविष्य छ त्यसैले तिमी आउ हामी 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं। भुइंचालो 'आयो'! डाँडा पाखा हल्लाएर गयो सबैको मन रुवाएर गयो यही हो 'मौका' आउ तिमी, अरुलाई'नि डाक हामी 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं। अरुको यहाँ 'बाल' मतलब सक्ने जति कुम्लो कस, तिम्रो काम हो चोरी गर, …

मुर्कट्टाहरुको सहर

Originally published on JUNE 21, 2016 तन नै रन्थनिने चिसो बतास, सपना निमोठिएका काला रात जताततै हुर्केको सन्त्रास हिसाब बिहिन अन्तर घात ! हो, यहि हो, यो सहरको परिचय हराएको आफ्नो लय, कुरुप अवतार, मन देखि मन सम्मै तिखा काँडे तार न कसैको माया, न छ यहाँ आड भरोशा उजाडिएका शितल छायाँ छरपस्ट छरिएका ‘जीवित लाश’ फगत एउटा चाल, सतरंजका गोटी कसै बाट चालिएका, कसै बाट फालिएका आफ्…

The new beginning!

For a long time, I have been thinking of getting something (anything that crosses my mind) out on a regular basis. This was on my To-do list for a (really) long time but something always pulled me back. The habit of not writing might have added to this issue of procrastination. I know I should be doing more, I should be sharing more! Enable Ginger Cannot connect to G…