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Ian, Mel and I sat down last Friday night to watch this epic of modern cinema: Ghandi. To match the theme, we picked up Indian take-away and settled down for what we realised would be a long night of screen-watching - three hours is a long time for any piece of cinematography so it was going to have to be good to hold our attention.

As it turned out, there were a few unanticipated distractions but despite that, the movie still did manage to catch my imagination. I was inspired most by the sheer determination of the Mahatma to stand by his principles, his unwaivering fight for the independence of India and his model of “non-violent resistance” - teaching people to fight for what they believed without any aggression or retaliation. The movie showed British soldiers clubbing men to death who did not raise a hand to defend themselves. Read more »

I aim to expand this section to contain tips for living and working in the Kingdom of Cambodia. For now my online diary Miss Phnomer in Cambodia which I wrote while living in Phnom Penh in 2003 is included here for your perusal…

World Vision Australia have come up with a new website called One Big Village educating about social responsibility and the impact the choices and actions made by societies and individuals have on a global level.

One area of interest is how our buying habits can influence the lives of others. I guess most people are aware that some big corporations utilise sweat shops in third world countries to produce goods at the cheapest price possible. I went to an excellent photography exhibition coordinated by John Pilger a few years ago which brought this home to me and I also became more aware of this when living in Cambodia eg brand-name clothes selling for a couple of dollars at the markets in Phnom Penh. It is horrifying to think we spend hundreds of dollars on these goods in western countries to line the pockets of big companies while people are being exploited to make these items. Read more »