Category Archives: Road Safety

When Worlds Collide #58: Making Our Roads Safer – Every Life Counts!

Posted on 17 March 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 17 March 2013 See also: When Worlds Collide #53: Saving Lives on India’s ‘Mean Streets’ “You lay crushed Under twisted metal. I held you, stunned until … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #53: Saving Lives on India’s ‘Mean Streets’

Posted on 10 February 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 10 February 2013 Sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to open our eyes to monstrous realities. A few years ago, 17-year-old Shivam Bajpai was struck down … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #38: ‘Surgeon of the Lamp’ Takes on All Accidents

Posted on 20 October 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 21 October 2012 Dr Wijaya Godakumbura is what I call a serial life-saver. All medical doctors have opportunities to save lives. But only a few take … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #36: Ready, Steady, Innovate?

Posted on 7 October 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 7 October 2012 Last week, I spent many hours at Sri Lanka’s first exhibition of inventions and inventors held at BMICH, Colombo, and took lots of … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #24: Kicking Lead in Petrol – Lessons for Cleaning up Dirty Diesel?

Posted on 15 July 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 15 July 2012 My column last week – about World Health Organisation confirming diesel fumes cause lung causer – elicited many responses. Some cautioned that phasing … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #23: ‘Slow Murder’ by Subsidised Diesel Fumes

Posted on 7 July 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 8 July 2012 Sometimes well-meaning yet ill-informed environmentalists can be their own worst enemy. By barking up the wrong tree, they distort public sentiments and even … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #13: Wake Up to our Urban Nightmares!

Posted on 29 April 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 29 April 2012 As I lie awake in the wee hours of the morning struggling to breathe, I remember Saneeya Hussain. And when I see yet … Continue reading →

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