August , 2009
You gotta live a little
| 56 |  |
|
 |
Shut it down, shut it down...the SMSes I received last week had the same message. As a parent rep at my children's school -- it was my duty to convey the rising clamour from parents worried by the swine flu to the school. And as the nation saw its first victim, then its tenth, then its fifteenth that clamour reached (do I dare say it) a fevered pitch. School authorities and health officials gave them many logical reasons why shutting down schools for a short period would not really help the situation -- as the current strain of flu could well last a few months. Also that children at day-schools are at risk of infection at so many other places as well, that the cost benefit analysis of disrupting classes in order to stave off the flu did not add up. But the chant of 'shut it down, shut....
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.
Recent Posts
Archives
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.