{"id":749,"date":"2025-08-24T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:05:08","slug":"rama-reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Demo page Rama Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"749\" class=\"elementor elementor-749\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f29a071 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"f29a071\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55e6288\" data-id=\"55e6288\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9ff71e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9ff71e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b56806\" data-id=\"3b56806\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0ff62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f0ff62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thank you for coming!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4f93d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf4f93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-black leading-relaxed mb-4\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I do not know, yet, what brought you to this website. \u00a0May be someone told you about me or we have been on a session together, and you have something that you need help with? \u00a0You have been told to do more reflection, go on a leadership course, have a mentor or a coach? Whatever the reason, you are welcome. \u00a0Have a look around and if you like it then get in touch.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beware I am not going to teach you anything, \u00a0especially as I am still learning myself. \u00a0However, \u00a0I can tell you what I have learnt so far and together we can figure out a way to support you. <br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rajan Madhok<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cac54fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cac54fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f12c1a0\" data-id=\"f12c1a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69319c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"69319c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82333d6\" data-id=\"82333d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-825bbd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"825bbd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"aboutref\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df9769 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1df9769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> What is Reflection?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73d90c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a73d90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-black leading-relaxed mb-4\"><div class=\"text-black max-w-490 leading-relaxed mb-4\"><p>Reflection to me is the key to becoming a better, happier and effective person. \u00a0You can read all the books, take various courses, have a mentor\/coach but they can only take you so far without reflection, that essential ingredient, the secret sauce if you will!<\/p><p>I do not see reflection as an additional activity, it is the way I live and work \u2013 it is my operating system, always in the background whenever I am doing anything. \u00a0Yes, I do take time out, now and then, to make my learning explicit and you can see some of this stuff in later sections. \u00a0And reflection is what has helped me live my life mantra: Do good, have fun and make (modest) money.<\/p><p>I am surprised at how much stuff there is about reflection on the internet, and for healthcare workers it is being rammed down their throats; reflection it seems is the latest fad. \u00a0It does not have to be that way &#8211; you reflect because you want to, since it will help you live a good life, and it can be easy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6522607 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6522607\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa471d3\" data-id=\"fa471d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2fcab elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e2fcab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do not believe me?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-abe8e3b\" data-id=\"abe8e3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa6c5cf 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3cb2f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb5bc4a\" data-id=\"fb5bc4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99df0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99df0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT REFLECTION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e74d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e74d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a class=\"text-blue-700 font-bold underline text-md\" href=\"https:\/\/gmcuk.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/16\/reflection-my-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>\u00a0is my article published by the General Medical Council<\/p><p>I am not an expert in theory of reflection. I have no formal academic qualifications in the subject though I have read the standard texts, especially the books by Donald Schon and Jennifer Moon and whilst I get what they are saying (most of the time), I also feel the need to make things simple. Sometime ago I distilled my understanding of reflection and for what it is worth you can see it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reflection-for-healthcare-workers.pdf\">here<\/a>. But I suspect you have access to material from various sources, or just google the term reflection though be warned there is too much of this stuff, and you will need to \u2018personalise\u2019 what it means for you- we are all different.<\/p><p>My proposition to you is that whilst you need to understand the basic theory of reflection, the real value is in acting on it. One never learns music, for example, by just learning theory, it is the practice that makes one a musician. So my focus is on reflective practice \u2013 take those early steps and slowly one gets the hang of it and it becomes automatic.<\/p><p>Reflection is not a fixed activity though professional bodies will make it like that \u2013 there is no end point, it is for life and ongoing. But of course you may have to \u2018feed the beast\u2019, fill the forms and submit your reflections as part of appraisals etc but if you adopt it as a way of living then the bureaucratic stuff becomes a simple by-product of what you do anyway. Beat them at their own game and on your terms!<\/p><p>Before you do anything, be clear about why you would want to do it, and here is the challenge for you. I do not know how old you are, but imagine that you have \u2018finished\u2019 working (though for the youngsters it may be never, sadly) and you are looking back on your life: would you be at peace, having lived a useful and happy life? Then write how will you make sure of this.<\/p><p>Now I do not know what you will have written though it should not be much different from the answer I get and which is that the only way is through constantly\u00a0<strong>reviewing<\/strong>\u00a0what you are doing \u2013 as life will have its ups and down, and constantly\u00a0<strong>renewing<\/strong>\u00a0yourself through learning more about whatever you want to do next. Guess, who will do that for you? No one, only you can do it and that requires\u00a0<strong>reflection<\/strong>. QED.<\/p><p>Here is a video that was made during a session I did with the cohort from the Healthcare Leadership Academy recently to tell you more about my take on reflection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d772593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d772593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=3sAvE8DYl2Q&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-251d379 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"251d379\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a6134\" data-id=\"76a6134\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4524ebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"4524ebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"aboutme\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f23190 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f23190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> About Me<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15d30e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c15d30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I could list some of the main roles and accolades \u2013 and there were a few \u2013 but one of the lessons I have learnt is that it does not matter what you did, it is what you do now and how you treat the person in front of you that will decide whether you are any good. \u00a0So, on that basis, here is my short bio. \u00a0I am a public health doctor who came to the UK in 1980 after initial training in Delhi and over the years worked my way up the system and held senior medical management positions in the NHS.<\/p><p>My professional story \u2013 my work in the NHS \u2013 until 2019 was recorded for the NHS\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">at 70 History project and is part of the archives at the British Library, London;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">visitors can read the documents and listen to the recordings and hopefully in time\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">these will be available online.<\/span><\/p><p>These are also available here:<br \/>1. Here are the three recordings of the interviews with Professor Stephanie<br \/>Snow, the Project Director.<br \/>i. <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RajanMadhok_1_24062019-1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RajanMadhok_1<\/a><br \/>ii.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RajanMadhok_2_25072019-1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RajanMadhok_2<\/a><br \/>iii. <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RajanMadhok_3_08102019-1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RajanMadhok_3<\/a><\/p><p>2. My <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i-NGuimIhLftIeb0L7OxSK2yc4MD0Okc\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> as part of the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Board Development Programme in Gateshead and South Tyneside Health <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Authority in 1995; this was my first board level job. Sadly, many of the issues\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">that we talked about in this interview are still relevant- things do not change\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">easily in the NHS.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p>3. I helped record experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic (see <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/#projects\">my projects<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">section) and in October 2020 I recorded<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rajans-message-to-future-generations.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">message<\/a> for the future generations. As the UK Covid -19\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Inquiry progresses (in 2025) it will be interesting to see what happens as a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">result. I am not convinced that the UK is prepared for another pandemic and\u00a0indeed things may be much worse, should that happen.<br \/><\/span><br \/>Sections from my story also feature in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NHS-75-History-Book-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a>\u00a0by Professor Snow.<\/p><p>I am now retired from full time work but do hold a number of positions with various public and charitable organisations.\u00a0 I live in North Wales and more recently have focussed on the Welsh NHS. I am interested in sharing my own learning &#8211; selfishly as I believe it will help me to grow as a person &#8211; in case this can help others.\u00a0Just as I was helped by others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Homage%20to%20my%20teachers%20%20by%20Rajan%20Madhok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> is a tribute to my teachers and <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Musings%20on%20life-%20an%20anthology%20of%20poetry%20by%20RAJAN%20MADHOK.pdf\">here<\/a> is an anthology about my views on life<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41eabce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41eabce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Here<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"> are the key documents that summarize my\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><b>reflections on the\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: #003300;\"><b>English<\/b><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0 NHS:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Personal reflections on the NHS - Vol 1 by Rajan Madhok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal reflections on the NHS- Volume 1 &#8211; The compendium of reflective writings (2013)<\/a> <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Personal reflections on the NHS - Vol 2 by Rajan Madhok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal reflections on the NHS- Volume 2 &#8211; the Jarrow March (2014)<\/a> <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Personal reflections on the NHS - Vol 3 by Rajan Madhok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal reflections on the NHS- Volume 3 &#8211; paper for the NHS 70 interviews (2018)<\/a> <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Personal reflections on the NHS - Vol 4 by Rajan Madhok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal reflections on the NHS &#8211; Volume 4 &#8211; paper for the NHS 75 conversations (2023)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a style=\"color: #003300; font-size: 14.4px; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/pdfs\/Lage-Raho-Munna-Bhai.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">Indo-UK health collaborations (2021)\u00a0<\/span><\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e74d0f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e74d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><b>Here are my reflections on the Welsh NHS<\/b><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.4px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-national-health-emergency-by-Rajan-Madhok-Oct-2024.pdf\" rel=\"nooppener\">A National Health Emergency in Wales (2024)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NHS-reflections-v4.pdf\" rel=\"nooppener\">A National Health Emergency in Wales: part 2 (2025)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/retired-doctor-writes-devastating-report-on-wales-broken-nhs\/\" rel=\"nooppener\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/retired-doctor-writes-devastating-report-on-wales-broken-nhs\/(2024)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/nhs-waiting-lists-reasons-to-be-careful\/\" rel=\"nooppener\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/nhs-waiting-lists-reasons-to-be-careful\/(2025)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/fixing-the-nhs-will-be-difficult-but-can-be-done\/\" rel=\"nooppener\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/fixing-the-nhs-will-be-difficult-but-can-be-done\/(2025)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/weekend-road-less-travelled-what-will-fix-the-nhs\/\" rel=\"nooppener\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/weekend-road-less-travelled-what-will-fix-the-nhs\/(2025)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/ministerial-advisory-group-on-the-nhs-a-start-but-more-to-do\/\" rel=\"nooppener\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/ministerial-advisory-group-on-the-nhs-a-start-but-more-to-do\/(2025)<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/game-on-but-will-it-be-any-different-this-time-nhs-and-2026-senedd-elections\/\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/game-on-but-will-it-be-any-different-this-time-nhs-and-2026-senedd-elections (2025)<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/do-not-cry-for-us-but-do-something-to-fix-the-nhs\/\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/do-not-cry-for-us-but-do-something-to-fix-the-nhs\/ (2025)<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/my-nhs-struggle-one-year-later\/\">https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/my-nhs-struggle-one-year-later\/ (2025)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed54d85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed54d85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f90d64d\" data-id=\"f90d64d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f9ac7 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"31f9ac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Helens-cancer-diary-2022.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tn-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-107\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Apart from commenting on policy I am interested in patients' experiences.\n<br><br>\nThis anthology describes Helen Job's journey through diagnosis and treatment for\nbreast cancer in 2021-22 in North Wales. \nIn addition,  <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Note-to-accompany-Helens-cancer-diary-1-1.pdf\">here <\/a> are some professional\nobservations on this experience.<br><b>Epilogue<\/b>\nHelen\u2019s cancer came back and in Sep 2025 she passed away.   <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/in-sickness-and-in-death-an-nhs-that-is-\nthere-for-you\/\">Here <\/a> is a brief a account of her last illness. She was a great advocate of the NHS, and supported Assisted Dying, and a few days before she passed away, we wrote our thoughts on the   <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Assisted-Dying-a-personal-view.docx\">subject <\/a> .<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc79359\" data-id=\"fc79359\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f019a94 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f019a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Why Me?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493848b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"493848b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-black leading-relaxed mb-4\"><div class=\"text-black max-w-490 leading-relaxed mb-4\"><p><i>By three methods we may learn wisdom<br \/>First, by reflection, which is noblest<br \/>Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and<br \/>third by experience which is the bitterest.<\/i><\/p><p>&#8211; Confucius<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a78af2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a78af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-black leading-relaxed mb-4\"><div class=\"text-black max-w-490 leading-relaxed mb-4\"><p>I have made the mistakes, so you do not have to. \u00a0My journey was not smooth \u2013 there were major unheavels \u2013 and these \u2018defeated\u2019 me at times, and so some of what I share is from bitter experiences. \u00a0Whether it will resonate with you is for you to decide and in any case one of life\u2019s mysteries is why do not we, as humans, learn from others; the generational gap being the oft quoted lament:<\/p><br \/><p><strong>Parent\u2019s lament<\/strong><br \/><i>When they were ready to learn<br \/>you were not <br \/>now when you want to teach them<br \/>they are too busy <br \/>to talk to you about<br \/>love, life, loss, peace and joy<br \/><br \/>You missed the chance, they say<br \/>but how could I have taught them<br \/>without knowing myself first<br \/>now they must make own mistakes<br \/>find the hard way, its all avoidable<br \/>and the cycle goes on<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1150b1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1150b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fa6f79\" data-id=\"0fa6f79\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f56905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-black leading-relaxed mb-4\"><div class=\"text-black max-w-490 leading-relaxed mb-4\"><div class=\"text-black max-w-490 leading-relaxed mb-4\"><p>Well, I can try. \u00a0I am not looking for work, and you do not need to feel obliged. \u00a0My basic premise is that one must get under the labels- mentoring\/coaching\/leadership \u2013 and decide what you really need; each of these initiatives has its own place in the scheme of personal development but by organising them in a particular way these also limit you (you get boxed into a particular way of thinking and doing). \u00a0The trick then is to rise above them, not see them as separate initiatives but approach your personal development \u2018in the round\u2019 and that is where reflection plays a crucial role.<\/p><p>To be upfront, I have no magic wand, I can be there to celebrate or commiserate with you but in the end, it is your life and you are incharge. \u00a0I will be there to talk through, share my experiences, and create the \u2018space\u2019 for you to reflect to realise that you are \u2018enough\u2019 and it is all within you. \u00a0As the Persian poet Hafiz said: \u00a0<i>\u201cI wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being\u201d<\/i>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92f5b65 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"92f5b65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99df0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99df0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">need help?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e74d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e74d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I promise not to drown you in high faluting academic stuff- yes I have read extensively and eclectically around philosophy, religion, management etc and yes I have done all sorts of courses from leadership to yoga, and in the end what it will come down to is finding what will work for you, and then stick with it. I do still read some of that stuff and am impressed with the daily messages from some well-wishing friends and various outlets, but it is not reading that matters, it is the doing. I found my own ways of living and working including by being in tune with nature \u2013 both external, and I live in a beautiful area, and internal, my own self with its faults, and try and combine these two. I looked out for years and only when I went into myself, that life started making sense.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RAJAN-MADHOK-PPT-EDGEHILL-CONFERENCE-15032023.pdf\">Here<\/a>\u00a0is a presentation that I made to the participants at a conference at Edgehill University and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reflection-Journal-for-Edgehill-Conference-participants-by-Rajan-Madhok.pdf\">Reflection Journal<\/a>\u00a0I made for them. Feel free to adapt this for your personal use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4660851\" data-id=\"4660851\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-895841d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"895841d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ec051c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ec051c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3ad76b\" data-id=\"f3ad76b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b0b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b2b0b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"projects\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc18096 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc18096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MY PROJECTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64644db elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"64644db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30929f3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30929f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text text-black max-w-610 w-full mx-auto mb-10\"><p>I have been working with some organisations to promote reflection and add value to their programmes\/projects \u2013 below is further information but please liaise directly with the relevant organisation to learn more about their specific programme.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad79856 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad79856\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d0dbba\" data-id=\"7d0dbba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ba93c\" data-id=\"19ba93c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940c8e3 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"940c8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" id=\"eael-advance-tabs-940c8e3\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-vertical eael-tab-auto-active \" data-tabid=\"940c8e3\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav \">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-top-icon\" role=\"tablist\">\n                                            <li id=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy\" class=\"active-default eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Supporting healthcare leadership academy<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work\" class=\" eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Building on peoples-uni work<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"nhs-at-70-project\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >NHS at 70 project<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"supporting-university-of-salford-course\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" 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   \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Supporting indian institute of public health<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"covid-19-pandemic\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"covid-19-pandemic-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Covid 19 Pandemic<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"ruthin-india-cultural-exchange-rice-and-my-welsh-journey\" class=\"inactive 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                                                       \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Other reflections<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                    \n                                  <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item active-default\" data-title-link=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-93 .elementor-element.elementor-element-c04f5c7 > .elementor-container{max-width:1228px;}.elementor-bc-flex-widget .elementor-93 .elementor-element.elementor-element-76aa73c.elementor-column .elementor-widget-wrap{align-items:center;}.elementor-93 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816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0567a97\" data-id=\"0567a97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51083e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51083e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Supporting Healthcare Leadership Academy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa4855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efa4855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I like the idea of leader as a philosopher, which is one of the main pillars of the HLA leadership programmes, and which means encouraging and integrating reflection into everyday practice and life of professionals.<\/p>\n<p>I have conducted some sessions for various audience groups on the HLA programmes and here are two examples:<br>&nbsp;&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3sAvE8DYl2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Introduction to reflection<\/a><br>&#8211;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JQR85r3aFnY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reflections about being a Board non-executive director<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item \" data-title-link=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-9f64218 > .elementor-container{max-width:1300px;}.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1da92cf img{width:100%;height:393px;}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-00e3354 .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-size:1.4em;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.1em;color:#171717;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-a2f9db6{text-align:justify;color:#232323;}.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-28188e9{color:#232323;}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"103\" class=\"elementor elementor-103\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f64218 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f64218\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c203138\" data-id=\"c203138\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da92cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1da92cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/peoples-uni.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/peoples-uni.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/peoples-uni-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/peoples-uni-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ae9d04\" data-id=\"5ae9d04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e3354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00e3354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Building on Peoples-uni work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f9db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f9db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is what <strong>Professor Dick Heller<\/strong>, Founder of <strong>Peoples-uni,<\/strong> has to say:<br \/><em>Peoples-uni helped health professionals in low- to middle-income countries gain skills in public health. Following the closure of Peoples-uni in March 2021, Rajan and I, together with others, have been thinking about next steps. We feel, backed up by survey data, that those who have already acquired these basic competencies skills should get ongoing support as part of their further professional development. You can see further details of our plans here &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoples-praxis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home &#8211; Peoples-Praxis<\/a>. Crucial to this is the ability to (continously) reflect on one&#8217;s knowledge, skills, and future career, including through mentorship. The RaMa Reflections initiative can play a part in this, and I hope that people will take advantage of Rajan\u2019s offer of help.<br \/><\/em><\/p><p><i>Recently,\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">working with a number of colleagues, with Dick Heller\u2019s help, we have\u00a0<\/i><i>published our book: Stories of hope: Reimagining Education &#8211;<br \/><\/i><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0462\">https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0462<\/a><\/i><\/p><p><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image 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Sans-serif;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.1em;color:#1F1F1F;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-119 .elementor-element.elementor-element-47f0be1{text-align:justify;font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#262626;}@media(min-width:768px){.elementor-119 .elementor-element.elementor-element-830ba53{width:39.56%;}.elementor-119 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e948d58{width:60.44%;}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"119\" class=\"elementor elementor-119\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b71e779 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b71e779\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-830ba53\" data-id=\"830ba53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58ae99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c58ae99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e948d58\" data-id=\"e948d58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54bff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c54bff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NHS at 70 Project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f0be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47f0be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was both, a subject and a researcher for the NHS at 70 project; as a subject my whole professional journey is part of the archive, and as a researcher I interviewed a range of people to record their stories &#8211; also available in the archives in the British Library. See Reflections on Covid 19 pandemic section later on.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what<strong> Professor Stephanie Snow<\/strong>, Director of NHS at 70, has to say: <br><em>NHS at 70 began documenting the everyday place of the UK&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS) in our lives and communities in 2017. We had no idea at the outset that we would go on to capture the unfolding of the Covid-19 pandemic through the NHS Voices of Covid-19 project. The social value of oral history as a method of reflection, sense-making, and meaning making runs through the many testimonies we are gathering. Rajan and I have worked together since 2009 when as Medical Director of Manchester PCT he had the vision to commission historical perspectives on public health and experiences of BAME clinicians that could help inform policymaking. He is&nbsp; now working with us as a volunteer interviewer and the collection is made richer by the involvement of people like him who are contributing their professional and life- skills to this shared endeavour so that we can make thefuture a better place for us all.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"supporting-university-of-salford-course-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"supporting-university-of-salford-course-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f7f778d .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;font-weight:600;color:#000000;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bb0081b{color:#000000;}@media(min-width:768px){.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-5df1696{width:48.947%;}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-80af3ad{width:51.053%;}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"315\" class=\"elementor elementor-315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e7338b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e7338b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df1696\" data-id=\"5df1696\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b2f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b2f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80af3ad\" data-id=\"80af3ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f778d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f778d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SUPPORTING UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD COURSE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0081b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been a visiting professor at the University for years and have been interacting with their Masters in Public Health (MPH) students through masterclasses and individual support to students. We are now building on this work to help students on their life&#8217;s journey beyond the formal course.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/812354954\/193567dcf7?share=copy\">Here<\/a> is the recording of my professorial lecture in 2023 and <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RAJAN-MADHOK-PROFESSORIAL-LECTURE-SALFORD-21-FEB-2023.pdf\">here<\/a> is the slidepack.<\/p><p>Here is what <strong>Dr Anna Cooper-Ryan<\/strong> has to say:<br \/><em>Reflection can help students with their development and more importantly their employability.<\/em><em>Processing, sense checking and creating meaning around what we have learnt and experienced helps students<\/em><em> to plan for the future, preparing them for how to apply their learning across different <\/em><em>situations. Across both the Masters and Degree Apprenticeship there are various opportunities to <\/em><em>learn about reflection and which will enable students to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills <\/em><em>to better analyse events and ideas and become reflective, and successful, practitioners.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"supporting-indian-institute-of-public-health-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"supporting-indian-institute-of-public-health-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-146 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f7f778d .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;font-weight:600;color:#000000;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-146 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bb0081b{color:#000000;}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"146\" class=\"elementor elementor-146\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e7338b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e7338b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df1696\" data-id=\"5df1696\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b2f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b2f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80af3ad\" data-id=\"80af3ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f778d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f778d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SUPPORTING INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0081b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am pleased to have been asked to join the Indian Institute of Public Health as an Adjunct Faculty with a particular focus on supporting their plan to promote reflective practice. Here is the<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Introductory-talk-to-IIPH-Shillong-students-Sep-2021.pdf\"> introductory talk<\/a> I gave to one of their batches of MPH students.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, I visited IIPH and interacted with the students and gave a lecture about the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the NHS continued to deteriorate and my next lecture in Nov 2024 focussed on the Broken NHS. The students, and the faculty- many of whom know and respect the NHS- are shocked and surprised at why this world renowned institution is in such a poor state.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0481c55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0481c55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb285e6\" data-id=\"cb285e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e327925 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d9e0d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c64f2c\" data-id=\"6c64f2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6a74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec6a74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5160475\" data-id=\"5160475\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e87d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e87d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID 19 PANDEMIC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9155d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9155d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the Covid 19 pandemic I worked with the NHS at 70 History Project, and documented personal experiences, in parts with some friends, and here are the personal documents produced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First year of pandemic \u2014 2020<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reflections-during-COVID19-lockdown_A-poetry-diary-_RajanMadhok.pdf\">1. Reflections during COVID 19 lockdown A poetry diary<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Our-lives-during-2020-an-anthology-pdf-March-2021.pdf\">2. Our lives during 2020- an anthology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second year of pandemic \u2014 2021<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Joy-of-small-things-part-one-making-of-an-allotment.pdf\">3. Joys of small things part one -making of an allotment<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Joys-of-small-things-part-two-memorable-moments.pdf\">4. Joys of small things part two &#8211; memorable moments<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Life-during-pandemic-in-2021-by-Rajan-Madhok.pdf\">5. 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data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"780\" class=\"elementor elementor-780\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01409cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01409cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ae1da9\" data-id=\"7ae1da9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe1180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"fbe1180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice-tab\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec61e51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ec61e51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice-welsh\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125c11b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"125c11b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401c6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"401c6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apart from contributing&nbsp;professionally to the Welsh NHS&nbsp;and during the Covid Pandemic&nbsp;I have also been&nbsp;contributing in other ways, as follows.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93690b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93690b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36ebc44\" data-id=\"36ebc44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a79c440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a79c440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-1024x312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-786\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-1024x312.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-768x234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610e39e\" data-id=\"610e39e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799998a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"799998a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/?page_id=814\">RICE<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>food for the soul &#8211; \u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">is about p<\/span>romoting and celebrating the best of both countries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9d8a7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9d8a7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4910978\" data-id=\"4910978\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503cad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"503cad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0I helped to establish the collaboration between Canolfan Gerdd<br \/>William Mathias in North Wales (where I was a Trustee) and Martin Luther<br \/>Christian University in Shillong. Subsequently, I was part of two visits to<br \/>Shillong and\u00a0here\u00a0are the reports of these :<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01.<a href=\"https:\/\/ruthinindiaculturalexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/visit-to-north-east-india-nov-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VISIT TO NORTH-EAST INDIA \u2013 NOV 2023<\/a><br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/dathlu-cysylltiad-india-cymru-gyda-thaith-shillong\/\">Dathlu cysylltiad India-Cymru gyda thaith i Shillong NOV 2024<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f38bb4\" data-id=\"0f38bb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8809230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8809230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-768x576.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-840\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2685f82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2685f82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4addfe\" data-id=\"c4addfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a1170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62a1170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/my-wales-an-essay-by-rajan-madhok-2023.docx-5.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13-216x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-441\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13.png 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c58b5ec\" data-id=\"c58b5ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b836df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b836df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As I worked on RICE, I wanted to know more about Wales, and in this essay I<br \/>share my learning and reflections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-862186d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"862186d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52321d1\" data-id=\"52321d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439b60c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"439b60c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I also started learning the Welsh language and was appointed to the<br \/>Government\u2019s Advisory Board: Mwy na Geiriau to promote the use of Welsh<br \/>language in health and social care, and where we are starting a <a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">programme<\/a> to<br \/>encourage and support overseas workers to learn the language and get to know the country.<\/p><p>As part of my Welsh language training, I was offered a week long <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Astudio-Cymraeg-yn-Nant-Gwrtheyrn-2024.pdf\">course<\/a> at the National Centre in Nant Gwrtheryn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac53b68\" data-id=\"ac53b68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e23ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76e23ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1024x486.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1536x728.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3365779 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3365779\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e335858\" data-id=\"e335858\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0bf1ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0bf1ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1024x470.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1536x705.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1.png 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-176b5d4\" data-id=\"176b5d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352ad02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352ad02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am continuing my journey of learning more about Wales, and have been<br>sharing my reflections through various <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/?page_id=794\">writings<\/a>&nbsp;about historical people and places, this time writing in Welsh.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e16b107 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e16b107\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e8ab91\" data-id=\"9e8ab91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b96303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b96303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy part of North Wales is beautiful and I want others to <a href=\"https:\/\/golwg.360.cymru\/aelod\/rajanmadhok2\">enjoy<\/a> it\u00a0as much as I do, and hence I am supporting the Designated Landscapes Clwydian and Dee\nValley through my membership of the Partnership Group and as a Trustee of its friends (\u00a0 for example:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/friends.cymru\/corwen-hydro-visit-a-rich-mix-of-history-and-the-future\/\">1<\/a> ,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/1301819a4835\/clwydian-range-and-dee-valley-newsletter-14?e=011b8ac72e\">2<\/a>\u00a0).\n<br\/>\n<br\/> I summarised my Welsh journey during the <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthinartsnetwork.wales\/our-social-evening-in-may\/\">talk<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">I gave at the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Ruthin Art Network in May 2025.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c530ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c530ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-781f5f9\" data-id=\"781f5f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9575122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9575122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Yn dod adre<\/b><\/p><p>Dim ond bod, dim hiraeth<br \/>Rwan fy mod i yng Nghymru<br \/>Mae wedi cymryd amser maith<br \/>Ond gwell hwyr na byth<\/p><p>Bryniau gwyrdd, awyr iach<br \/>Cefn gwlad a glan y m\u00f4r<br \/>Mwy o ddefaid na phobl<br \/>A fy hoff beth, bara brith<\/p><p>Yn eich tynnu i mewn<br \/>Yn eich lapio mewn breichiau<br \/>Gan ddweud eich bod yn perthyn<br \/>Gorffwysa\u2019n hawdd, deithiwr blinedig<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73119e0\" data-id=\"73119e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b71302 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b71302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Coming home<\/b><\/p><p>Just being, no longing<br \/>Now that I&#8217;m in Wales<br \/>It has taken a long time<br \/>But better late than never<\/p><p>Green hills, fresh air<br \/>Countryside and seaside<br \/>More sheep than people<br \/>And my favorite thing, brith bread<\/p><p>Pulls you in<br \/>Wraps you in arms<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>Saying you belong<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Rest easy, weary 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data-elementor-id=\"104\" class=\"elementor elementor-104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2186129 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2186129\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ea8716\" data-id=\"7ea8716\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2264cb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2264cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-105\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2.webp 845w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2-768x436.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e14cd78\" data-id=\"e14cd78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a9f9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3a9f9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Reflections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c093a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c093a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The background music is by James Bartlett ( and I apologise if I have taken liberty by using it here, it is one of my favourite pieces).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1fa7d5 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class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FEB-2025-A-SOJOURN-ON-HOLY-ISLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-645\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07.png 626w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">I have been visiting The Holy Isle, near Arran, Scotland for personal retreats, and here are reflections from two visits.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a913dc elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0a913dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rajan-Madhok-Ruby-Reunion-1972-76-Batch-Recollections.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tn-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-120\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">And to give thanks and celebrate friendships this is an anthology I compiled for the Ruby reunion of my graduating class from Maulana Azad Medical College,\nDelhi, India in 2016.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9907ef4 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"9907ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" id=\"eael-advance-tabs-9907ef4\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-horizontal eael-tab-auto-active \" data-tabid=\"9907ef4\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav \">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-top-icon\" role=\"tablist\">\n                                            <li id=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy\" class=\"active-default eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"supporting-healthcare-leadership-academy-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Supporting Healthcare Leadership Academy<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work\" class=\" eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Building on Peoples-uni work<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"nhs-at-70-project\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                            \n                            \n                                                            <p class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >NHS at 70 project<\/p>                                                    <\/li>\n                            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.elementor-element.elementor-element-0567a97{width:44.96%;}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"93\" class=\"elementor elementor-93\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c04f5c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c04f5c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76aa73c\" data-id=\"76aa73c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8bc41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b8bc41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HLA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HLA.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HLA-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HLA-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0567a97\" data-id=\"0567a97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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conducted some sessions for various audience groups on the HLA programmes and here are two examples:<br>&nbsp;&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3sAvE8DYl2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Introduction to reflection<\/a><br>&#8211;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JQR85r3aFnY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reflections about being a Board non-executive director<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item \" data-title-link=\"building-on-peoples-uni-work-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-103 .elementor-element.elementor-element-9f64218 > .elementor-container{max-width:1300px;}.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ae9d04\" data-id=\"5ae9d04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e3354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00e3354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Building on Peoples-uni work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f9db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f9db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is what <strong>Professor Dick Heller<\/strong>, Founder of <strong>Peoples-uni,<\/strong> has to say:<br \/><em>Peoples-uni helped health professionals in low- to middle-income countries gain skills in public health. Following the closure of Peoples-uni in March 2021, Rajan and I, together with others, have been thinking about next steps. We feel, backed up by survey data, that those who have already acquired these basic competencies skills should get ongoing support as part of their further professional development. You can see further details of our plans here &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoples-praxis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home &#8211; Peoples-Praxis<\/a>. Crucial to this is the ability to (continously) reflect on one&#8217;s knowledge, skills, and future career, including through mentorship. The RaMa Reflections initiative can play a part in this, and I hope that people will take advantage of Rajan\u2019s offer of help.<br \/><\/em><\/p><p><i>Recently,\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">working with a number of colleagues, with Dick Heller\u2019s help, we have\u00a0<\/i><i>published our book: Stories of hope: Reimagining Education &#8211;<br \/><\/i><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0462\">https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0462<\/a><\/i><\/p><p><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"nhs-at-70-project-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image 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data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"119\" class=\"elementor elementor-119\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b71e779 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b71e779\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-830ba53\" data-id=\"830ba53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58ae99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c58ae99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NHS-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e948d58\" data-id=\"e948d58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54bff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c54bff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NHS at 70 Project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f0be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47f0be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was both, a subject and a researcher for the NHS at 70 project; as a subject my whole professional journey is part of the archive, and as a researcher I interviewed a range of people to record their stories &#8211; also available in the archives in the British Library. See Reflections on Covid 19 pandemic section later on.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what<strong> Professor Stephanie Snow<\/strong>, Director of NHS at 70, has to say: <br><em>NHS at 70 began documenting the everyday place of the UK&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS) in our lives and communities in 2017. We had no idea at the outset that we would go on to capture the unfolding of the Covid-19 pandemic through the NHS Voices of Covid-19 project. The social value of oral history as a method of reflection, sense-making, and meaning making runs through the many testimonies we are gathering. Rajan and I have worked together since 2009 when as Medical Director of Manchester PCT he had the vision to commission historical perspectives on public health and experiences of BAME clinicians that could help inform policymaking. He is&nbsp; now working with us as a volunteer interviewer and the collection is made richer by the involvement of people like him who are contributing their professional and life- skills to this shared endeavour so that we can make thefuture a better place for us all.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"supporting-university-of-salford-course-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"supporting-university-of-salford-course-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f7f778d .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;font-weight:600;color:#000000;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bb0081b{color:#000000;}@media(min-width:768px){.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-5df1696{width:48.947%;}.elementor-315 .elementor-element.elementor-element-80af3ad{width:51.053%;}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"315\" class=\"elementor elementor-315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e7338b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e7338b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df1696\" data-id=\"5df1696\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b2f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b2f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salford-university-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80af3ad\" data-id=\"80af3ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f778d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f778d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SUPPORTING UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD COURSE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0081b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been a visiting professor at the University for years and have been interacting with their Masters in Public Health (MPH) students through masterclasses and individual support to students. We are now building on this work to help students on their life&#8217;s journey beyond the formal course.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/812354954\/193567dcf7?share=copy\">Here<\/a> is the recording of my professorial lecture in 2023 and <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RAJAN-MADHOK-PROFESSORIAL-LECTURE-SALFORD-21-FEB-2023.pdf\">here<\/a> is the slidepack.<\/p><p>Here is what <strong>Dr Anna Cooper-Ryan<\/strong> has to say:<br \/><em>Reflection can help students with their development and more importantly their employability.<\/em><em>Processing, sense checking and creating meaning around what we have learnt and experienced helps students<\/em><em> to plan for the future, preparing them for how to apply their learning across different <\/em><em>situations. Across both the Masters and Degree Apprenticeship there are various opportunities to <\/em><em>learn about reflection and which will enable students to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills <\/em><em>to better analyse events and ideas and become reflective, and successful, practitioners.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"supporting-indian-institute-of-public-health-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"supporting-indian-institute-of-public-health-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-146 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f7f778d .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;font-weight:600;color:#000000;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-146 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bb0081b{color:#000000;}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"146\" class=\"elementor elementor-146\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e7338b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e7338b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df1696\" data-id=\"5df1696\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b2f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b2f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IIPH-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80af3ad\" data-id=\"80af3ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f778d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f778d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SUPPORTING INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0081b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am pleased to have been asked to join the Indian Institute of Public Health as an Adjunct Faculty with a particular focus on supporting their plan to promote reflective practice. Here is the<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Introductory-talk-to-IIPH-Shillong-students-Sep-2021.pdf\"> introductory talk<\/a> I gave to one of their batches of MPH students.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, I visited IIPH and interacted with the students and gave a lecture about the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the NHS continued to deteriorate and my next lecture in Nov 2024 focussed on the Broken NHS. The students, and the faculty- many of whom know and respect the NHS- are shocked and surprised at why this world renowned institution is in such a poor state.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0481c55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0481c55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb285e6\" data-id=\"cb285e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e327925 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"covid-19-pandemic-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"covid-19-pandemic-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <style>.elementor-widget-image .widget-image-caption{color:var( --e-global-color-text );font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-125 .elementor-element.elementor-element-8e87d21 .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Roboto\", 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d9e0d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c64f2c\" data-id=\"6c64f2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6a74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec6a74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/covid-19-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5160475\" data-id=\"5160475\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e87d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e87d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID 19 PANDEMIC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9155d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9155d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the Covid 19 pandemic I worked with the NHS at 70 History Project, and documented personal experiences, in parts with some friends, and here are the personal documents produced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First year of pandemic \u2014 2020<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reflections-during-COVID19-lockdown_A-poetry-diary-_RajanMadhok.pdf\">1. Reflections during COVID 19 lockdown A poetry diary<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Our-lives-during-2020-an-anthology-pdf-March-2021.pdf\">2. Our lives during 2020- an anthology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second year of pandemic \u2014 2021<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Joy-of-small-things-part-one-making-of-an-allotment.pdf\">3. Joys of small things part one -making of an allotment<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Joys-of-small-things-part-two-memorable-moments.pdf\">4. Joys of small things part two &#8211; memorable moments<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Life-during-pandemic-in-2021-by-Rajan-Madhok.pdf\">5. 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice-tab\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec61e51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ec61e51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice-welsh\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125c11b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"125c11b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"rice\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401c6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"401c6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apart from contributing&nbsp;professionally to the Welsh NHS&nbsp;and during the Covid Pandemic&nbsp;I have also been&nbsp;contributing in other ways, as follows.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93690b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93690b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36ebc44\" data-id=\"36ebc44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a79c440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a79c440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-1024x312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-786\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-1024x312.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img-768x234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rice-img.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610e39e\" data-id=\"610e39e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799998a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"799998a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/?page_id=814\">RICE<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>food for the soul &#8211; \u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">is about p<\/span>romoting and celebrating the best of both countries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9d8a7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9d8a7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4910978\" data-id=\"4910978\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503cad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"503cad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0I helped to establish the collaboration between Canolfan Gerdd<br \/>William Mathias in North Wales (where I was a Trustee) and Martin Luther<br \/>Christian University in Shillong. Subsequently, I was part of two visits to<br \/>Shillong and\u00a0here\u00a0are the reports of these :<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01.<a href=\"https:\/\/ruthinindiaculturalexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/visit-to-north-east-india-nov-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VISIT TO NORTH-EAST INDIA \u2013 NOV 2023<\/a><br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/dathlu-cysylltiad-india-cymru-gyda-thaith-shillong\/\">Dathlu cysylltiad India-Cymru gyda thaith i Shillong NOV 2024<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f38bb4\" data-id=\"0f38bb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8809230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8809230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-768x576.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-840\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/appendix2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2685f82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2685f82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4addfe\" data-id=\"c4addfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a1170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62a1170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/my-wales-an-essay-by-rajan-madhok-2023.docx-5.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13-216x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-441\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design13.png 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c58b5ec\" data-id=\"c58b5ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b836df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b836df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As I worked on RICE, I wanted to know more about Wales, and in this essay I<br \/>share my learning and reflections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-862186d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"862186d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52321d1\" data-id=\"52321d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439b60c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"439b60c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I also started learning the Welsh language and was appointed to the<br \/>Government\u2019s Advisory Board: Mwy na Geiriau to promote the use of Welsh<br \/>language in health and social care, and where we are starting a <a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">programme<\/a> to<br \/>encourage and support overseas workers to learn the language and get to know the country.<\/p><p>As part of my Welsh language training, I was offered a week long <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Astudio-Cymraeg-yn-Nant-Gwrtheyrn-2024.pdf\">course<\/a> at the National Centre in Nant Gwrtheryn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac53b68\" data-id=\"ac53b68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e23ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76e23ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1024x486.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu-1536x728.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3365779 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3365779\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e335858\" data-id=\"e335858\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0bf1ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0bf1ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lingo.360.cymru\/2025\/angen-cydnabod-gwahaniaethau-dathlu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1024x470.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1-1536x705.png 1536w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rajanmadhok1.png 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-176b5d4\" data-id=\"176b5d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352ad02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352ad02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am continuing my journey of learning more about Wales, and have been<br>sharing my reflections through various <a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/?page_id=794\">writings<\/a>&nbsp;about historical people and places, this time writing in Welsh.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e16b107 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e16b107\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e8ab91\" data-id=\"9e8ab91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b96303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b96303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy part of North Wales is beautiful and I want others to <a href=\"https:\/\/golwg.360.cymru\/aelod\/rajanmadhok2\">enjoy<\/a> it\u00a0as much as I do, and hence I am supporting the Designated Landscapes Clwydian and Dee\nValley through my membership of the Partnership Group and as a Trustee of its friends (\u00a0 for example:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/friends.cymru\/corwen-hydro-visit-a-rich-mix-of-history-and-the-future\/\">1<\/a> ,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/1301819a4835\/clwydian-range-and-dee-valley-newsletter-14?e=011b8ac72e\">2<\/a>\u00a0).\n<br\/>\n<br\/> I summarised my Welsh journey during the <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthinartsnetwork.wales\/our-social-evening-in-may\/\">talk<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">I gave at the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Ruthin Art Network in May 2025.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c530ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c530ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-781f5f9\" data-id=\"781f5f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9575122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9575122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Yn dod adre<\/b><\/p><p>Dim ond bod, dim hiraeth<br \/>Rwan fy mod i yng Nghymru<br \/>Mae wedi cymryd amser maith<br \/>Ond gwell hwyr na byth<\/p><p>Bryniau gwyrdd, awyr iach<br \/>Cefn gwlad a glan y m\u00f4r<br \/>Mwy o ddefaid na phobl<br \/>A fy hoff beth, bara brith<\/p><p>Yn eich tynnu i mewn<br \/>Yn eich lapio mewn breichiau<br \/>Gan ddweud eich bod yn perthyn<br \/>Gorffwysa\u2019n hawdd, deithiwr blinedig<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73119e0\" data-id=\"73119e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b71302 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b71302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Coming home<\/b><\/p><p>Just being, no longing<br \/>Now that I&#8217;m in Wales<br \/>It has taken a long time<br \/>But better late than never<\/p><p>Green hills, fresh air<br \/>Countryside and seaside<br \/>More sheep than people<br \/>And my favorite thing, brith bread<\/p><p>Pulls you in<br \/>Wraps you in arms<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>Saying you belong<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Rest easy, weary 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data-elementor-id=\"104\" class=\"elementor elementor-104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2186129 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2186129\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ea8716\" data-id=\"7ea8716\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2264cb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2264cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-105\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2.webp 845w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/humbleness-2-768x436.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e14cd78\" data-id=\"e14cd78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a9f9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3a9f9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Reflections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c093a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c093a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The background music is by James Bartlett ( and I apologise if I have taken liberty by using it here, it is one of my favourite pieces).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1fa7d5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1fa7d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bec9689\" data-id=\"bec9689\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b946f elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"77b946f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-749-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-08-31-at-2.09.59-PM.mp3?_=2\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-08-31-at-2.09.59-PM.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-08-31-at-2.09.59-PM.mp3\">https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-08-31-at-2.09.59-PM.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaee008 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"aaee008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FEB-2025-A-SOJOURN-ON-HOLY-ISLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-645\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07.png 626w, https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-from-2025-03-15-15-07-07-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">I have been visiting The Holy Isle, near Arran, Scotland for personal retreats, and here are reflections from two visits.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a913dc elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0a913dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rajan-Madhok-Ruby-Reunion-1972-76-Batch-Recollections.pdf\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tn-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-120\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">And to give thanks and celebrate friendships this is an anthology I compiled for the Ruby reunion of my graduating class from Maulana Azad Medical College,\nDelhi, India in 2016.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b14c56f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b14c56f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84cbfe6\" data-id=\"84cbfe6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b3b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b7b3b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"getintouch\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c711479 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c711479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Get In Touch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aafdc36 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aafdc36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Depending on your needs we will develop a package of support for you\u2013 it may be a one-off talk or ongoing, virtual or face to face, and there is the option of spending quality reflection time in North Wales! We can make arrangements for you to come and stay to gather your thoughts, nothing like being in nature and walking to review and renew oneself. But one step at a time. Let us first see if I can add value and make it easier for you to be the best you can be. Drop me an email on madhokrajan[at]gmail[dot]com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1641d16\" data-id=\"1641d16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ddd169 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4ddd169\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d4d340\" data-id=\"5d4d340\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5add5b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5add5b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83f7f32\" data-id=\"83f7f32\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6a474c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6a474c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cd2a6b\" data-id=\"3cd2a6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262dc00 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262dc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>\u201cAnd that is all I have to say. This website is not being updated now. But you can still <a style=\"color: #525252;\"  href=\"https:\/\/ramareflections.com\/#getintouch\">contact me<\/a>. Thanks for visiting.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for coming! 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