Liz Cooper
Senegal
A friend told me about TIG in 2007. I decided to join and to complete my profile, which led to links being made with others working in similar areas. TIG has therefore allowed me to share knowledge and experiences with others, to attend local events, and to make friends with similar motivations in terms of sustainable development. ( read more)
Frederick Bernas
United Kingdom
My inspiration comes from people who have achieved great things against the odds. Some people perform best when nothing is expected, but these circumstances can develop equally from when too much is expected and pressure is very high.
Feats that are performed involving talent, enthusiasm, passion, determination, dedication and diligence are also motivating.
Stories of how people have managed to achieve changes for the better in a previously negative situation drive me to continue... ( read more)
Ajit Rai
Nepal
As my preliminary and rather unsystematic analysis shows, what essentially inspires me to be what I want to be in life intellectually (a political economist) includes a set of two different but interrelated things. The first one is a social evil, probably the most serious of all other social evils: poverty, which is essentially “social phenomenon” rather than “physical phenomenon.” By this I mean that poverty essentially results from the exploitative socio-economic system known as... ( read more)
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The refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie forms an integral part of this architectural complex, begun in Milan in 1463 and reworked at the end of the 15th century by Bramante. On the north wall is The Last Supper, the unrivalled masterpiece painted between 1495 and 1497 by Leonardo da Vinci, whose work was to herald a new era in the history of art.
