Sometimes you come across a voice that cuts through the nonsense and tells it as it is. A voice that is not afraid to tell you that the UN spent $ 250 million on AIDS prevention in 1995, and private users spent $ 2 billion on botox injections ten years later. A voice that questions a much admired public figure for declaring that he intends wiping out polio in less time that it took his company to wipe out its nearest competitor. A voice that challenges with humour.
I just started reading Elizabeth Pisani's "The Wisdom of Whores", and I am already addicted.
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This is brilliant! The juxtaposition is scathing. Are you saying it is inspired by the book you are reading?
ReplyDeleteJan Morrison
Sometimes we need the truth!
ReplyDeleteNatasha - Oh, how right you are that we need voices that speak out and up. Voices that tell us what is really going on. Voices like yours.
ReplyDeleteAmen, sister. I don't know how it is in India, but here in the US we as a society have our priorities completely wrong. It embarrasses me, frankly.
ReplyDeleteTina @ Life is Good
Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteTalk about a title that just reaches out and grabs you...that's the one!
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