Robin Giri
Robin Giri has been a communications officer with UNICEF, the U.N. children's fund, since 2004. He worked in Nepal during the conflict and is now with the Media Hub for UNICEF's Regional Office in South Asia.
Strength in numbers after Bihar floods
By Robin Giri
Muzaffarpur, Bihar - There is a saying that it takes a great tragedy to bring a people together, and it couldn't be truer for northern Bihar.
Six weeks after some of the most severe flooding to hit this part of the subcontinent, thousands of people, extended families and communities, are huddled together on embankments and roads, often with their livestock all sharing the same space, and trying to stay clear of the rising water.
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By Robin Giri
Muzaffarpur, Bihar - There is a saying that it takes a great tragedy to bring a people together, and it couldn't be truer for northern Bihar.
Six weeks after some of the most severe flooding to hit this part of the subcontinent, thousands of people, extended families and communities, are huddled together on embankments and roads, often with their livestock all sharing the same space, and trying to stay clear of the rising water.
... Full article
AID WORKER DIARY: Normalcy still a long way off in flood-hit Bihar
By Robin Giri
MOTIHARI, Bihar, India, 6 August On any given day, the state of Bihar is just another byword for poverty, synonymous with the extremes that characterise the inequality and injustice that Indias poor endure.
Some say that Bihar where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment is a land cursed by the gods, and that Buddha himself had foreseen extreme hardship for its people.
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By Robin Giri
MOTIHARI, Bihar, India, 6 August On any given day, the state of Bihar is just another byword for poverty, synonymous with the extremes that characterise the inequality and injustice that Indias poor endure.
Some say that Bihar where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment is a land cursed by the gods, and that Buddha himself had foreseen extreme hardship for its people.
... Full article
