PHM-Exch> Food for an overlooked thought (3)

[Claudio Schuftan]

>From Sakuntala Narasimhan sakunara at gmail.com



> I entirely agree with these comments about 'star speakers' hogging media
> coverage. I just returned from Harvard Law School which hosted a two day
> international symposium on "MDG and human rights". I have written 3 articles
> so far, this week, for the Press Institute of India, Women's feature Service
> and www.infochangeindia.org, and will be writing at least one more, each
> focusing on a different issue of MDG. Mary Robinson and Navanithem Pillay
> were the 'attractions' of course, but an African academic-activist named
> Fantu Cheru had very hard hitting things to say. How many have heard of him?
> Everybody wants to quote Mary Robinson (inlcluding my editors !) And
> although I have 2 Ph.Ds, I agree entirely that academics tend to do armchair
> theorising and are interested in paper presentations, not  seeking or taking
> 'solutions' forward.....
> Just felt like putting down my comments --
> Sakuntala Narasimhan
> Bangalore (India)
>
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