Entries from November 2009

November 22, 2009

Winter Philosophy in Lavasa

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently [...]

November 19, 2009

Student Braves Controversy, Refuses to Recite Pledge

“Liberty and justice for all?”
Will Phillips doesn’t believe that describes America for its gay and lesbian citizens. He’s a 10-year-old at West Fork Elementary School in Arkansas, about three hours east of Oklahoma City. Given his beliefs, he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, specifically because that one phrase, “liberty and justice for all,” [...]

November 18, 2009

Cutting Edge in Gynecological Endoscopy – The MOGS Indo-Israeli Live Surgical Workshop & Conference

The MOGS Live Surgical Workshop on the Cutting Edge in Gyneacological Oncology was held on 14 November 2009. Cases were performed at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel and relayed live to the ITC Grand Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. In the morning session, there was a demonstration [...]

November 8, 2009

Moving surrogacy law forward in the UK?

Of all the prospective parents conceiving through assisted reproduction, those in surrogacy arrangements often face the most difficult legal issues. The surrogate and usually also her husband will be treated as the child’s legal parents at birth, leaving the commissioning parents with no legal connection with their child whatsoever, even where both are the biological [...]

November 8, 2009

The MOGS-FPAI Avabai Wadia Indo-Israeli Workshop & Conference on Contraception

The MOGS FPAI Dr Avabai Wadia Memorial Workshop on Contraception was held on 26 September 2009. Cases were conducted at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion and relayed live to the Regus Convention Center, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
The Workshop was held in two sessions. In the morning session, there was [...]