I’ve been in touch with friends and family back in Bangladesh over the last couple of days, and I genuinely believe that even I had underestimated the loss caused by Sidr. Over 3,000 have been confirmed dead, but this number is expected to rise to over 10,000. Over a million – yes, a million- families [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Sidr Update
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Cyclone
Posted in bangladesh, cyclone, sundarbans on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bangladesh was rocked yesterday by the Cyclone Sidr, which ripped through the southern part of the country and possibly killed over a thousand people. It has been described as one of the most vicious ones ever, riding wailing winds of up 240 km/hr along with tidal surges. The death toll is expected to rise above [...]
Update
Posted in budapest, study abroad, travel on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Midterms are over, the results are in, and I’m not on a plane out of Budapest – I can breathe easy until the semester’s over. I haven’t been travelling much, mostly due to visas, and because of travel warnings. As terrible as it is, racism and anti-semitism are alive in central eastern europe. Not so [...]
