May , 2008
Tiddly Pom to Technology
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The more it snows
The more it goes
The more it goes
On snowing
And nobody knows
How cold my toes
How cold my toes
Are growing
- AaMilne
It's an old poem from Winnie the Pooh I most think of on days like this. I am in Islamabad on assignment, flying in to cover the Foreign Minister's talks. And what's most on my mind is not the composite dialogue process, Siachen, Sir Creek or Wullar, but whether I've got enough batteries.
Let me explain - items on my person at present moment requiring some sort of power input:
1. Video Camera - 1
2. Lights - 1
3. Computer - 1
4. Mobile Phones - 3 (yes, 3)
5. Microphones - 4 (2 with radio transmitters)
And apart from all the voltage, Li-Ion, AA, AAA etc that they need - I feel like I....
More about Suhasini Haidar
Suhasini Haidar is the Deputy Foreign Editor and Prime-Time anchor for CNN-IBN, regularly anchoring its award-winning show India@9. She entered the world of journalism in 1994 with an internship at the CNN’s United Nations Bureau in New York. She worked with the CNN in New Delhi after that, as a producer and then as a correspondent until she moved to CNN-IBN in 2005. Suhasini regularly covers the sub-continent, frequently reporting from Pakistan. She has also traveled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cover his official visits to the US, France, Russia, NAM, SAARC and CHOGM and is the only journalist to have interviewed Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, and their daughters. Suhasini's also been in the field covering elections in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir for CNN-IBN. She received her Bachelor's degree at Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College and her Master's at Boston University's College of Communication. When not at work Suhasini turns off the TV and loves to read, swim and walk. When she is lucky, her two daughters, dogs and husband join in.
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