Dear Readers,

We are glad to present “Lessons from the Village” in this issue. Unlike the previous issues, this theme was not pre-conceived – it emerged from the articles sent in. It so happened that four writers were visiting ICA’s projects in India. They kindly responded to our request for a story. Other articles here had a similar beginning – people doing interesting things decided to write about it. So, if you are involved in something that moves you, please consider sharing it on Winds & Waves.

This issue, our 11th, is a turning point for the W&W team – it is the last to be laid out by coeditor John Miesen, who explains below:

“Since my involvement in producing a magazine for ICA over the past 30 years (first with Australia’s Pacific Waves and then the past five years with Winds and Waves) I have been privileged to be part of sharing our work and imparting through these pages our learnings; the challenges, the miracles, the inspirations and aspirations of local communities and individuals across the globe. For that I will be forever grateful. But now is the time for me to move on. The future beckons in new ways for myself and my family. I hope you will embrace the future too, as it comes to you. Go well.”

Co-Editors
Dharmalingam Vinasithamby
John Miesen

Winds and Waves
Winds and Waves is published three times a year by The Institute of Cultural Affairs International. The articles may be copyrighted by the authors, and are not necessarily the views of the Editorial Team or ICA International.

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Co-Editors
Dharmalingam Vinasithamby (Malaysia) email: dvinasithamby@yahoo.com
John Miesen (Australia) email: johnmiesenhome@optusnet.com.au

Internet Format Design
Peter Ellins (Canada) email: peter@icai-members.org

Content Coordinator Robyn Hutchinson (Australia)
email: hutchinsonsydney13@gmail.com

Content submissions are most appreciated. Please include any (print quality) photos or graphics with your submission as attachments to your email. Text files should be in Word.

Regional Content Assistants
Catalina Quiroz Niño and Mane Arratia (Spain)
Gerald Gomani (Zimbabwe)
Isabel de la Maza (Chile)
Seva Gandhi (USA)
Voice Vingo (Zambia)

Proofreader (English) – Julie Miesen (Australia)

Correspondence –
Please direct all magazine correspondence to one of the following:
Content Coordinator Robyn Hutchinson (Australia)
email: hutchinsonsydney13@gmail.com

Letters to the Editor
Dharmalingam Vinasithamby (Malaysia)
email: dvinasithamby@yahoo.com
Co-Editor – John Miesen (Australia) email: johnmiesenhome@optusnet.com.au
ICA International President – Martin Gilbraith (UK)
email: president@ica-international.org