Ameen Ahmed, a naturalist and keen wildlife conservationist, remembers his association with World Wildlife Fund for Nature since his childhood. He has just begun working with WWF and made a move to Delhi, and is awed with the commitment of people there.
Binaca launched a tiger poster campaign. Each toothpaste pack carried a tear away coupon that one could fill and send to an address in India. In return, we received a beautiful Tiger poster. I did this twice and received posters in both the instances. As a kid I was excited not only about some one in a far way city responding to my letter but also sending me a poster of Tiger – something that I deeply appreciated
Read Work for a living planet. His blog is full of wildlife stories that were published in various newspapers.
More than a year back, I had suggested a few ideas to make low cost airlines profitable. No one has been smart enough to follow the strategies I suggested, but they are slowly moving towards implementing them.
Ryanair is trying, and so are some US airlines. First they wanted to charge fat passengers for two seats. They took the idea from me. It was only a modification of my earlier plan to charge pregnant women for two tickets. Ryanair once made a proposal of charging passengers for using toilets. Of course, that was my idea too. Now, they want to charge super steep additional fee of 40 euros to use check-in counter to print boarding pass. Obviously it’s a small modification of my proposal to allot seat numbers for those who pay extra.
Now that I see people taking up to my idea, I have a new career in mind. Meet Mr.Arun, the low cost career consultant. My mission is to eventually make flying free for all. And my vision is to stay highly profitable by recovering the cost of tickets by some forward-thinking strategies. Here is one for example: Some airlines are currently charging for checking in first baggage. No one seems to have been thinking of charging for retrieving checked baggage! You get the drift?
Most people visiting the North-East rely on travel agents to get permits made. Information is hard to come by, if you want to apply for it yourself. ‘Travel On The Dollar’ has a compilation of contact details of offices in Kolkata, Guwahati and other places in the North East where one can apply for permits. The page has info on getting permits for Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.
Guwahati
Indian citizens can pick up Inner Line Permits at the relevant state offices. However, foreigners shouldn’t expect the slightest morsel of permit assistance at these offices.
Arunachal House (Tel: +91 361 2452859) Head south from the GNB flyover, take the first left off RG Baruah Rd, then turn right up an unmarked dead-end lane.
Read Permits for travel to Northeast India