colorful moments...

“somewhere in..” the company name came as a shock the first time i heard it. i wasn’t even aware of a professional group called data miners. the sole reason i joined somewhere in is because i loved the people and the work place, having no clue about my job description. The 3d (deep data divers) team has been working for rystad energy since 2005; when i joined swi in 2008, 3d started a new project with a new client “peace research institute of oslo”. the project may aim towards achieving peace, but my job is to track small arms movement across the globe. that again was an unnerving mission. one time, i remember, nic (nicholas marsh, researcher at prio) had requested me to contact the defense ministry of bangladesh and seek reports on arms trade. i used all my personal contacts, borrowed contacts from others, unfortunately couldn’t get anywhere close to finding trade reports. i looked up the internet and found a site that was maintained by army personel and contacted them. long story cut short, i had almost been accused of espionage! so, that’s basically what I do (apart from spying), i collect arms trade report from various sources and filter out small arms related data and feed into nisat database (norwegian initiative on small arms transferes, a project of prio). i also write blogs, suffice articles, produce write up; all about small arms trade. moushum, first of 3d trio’s who work for prio, collects articles from all around the world and puts them up on the prio site. tazeen, does the same work as me. perhaps, the three of us should fear for our lives, as we may be the most knowledgeable people on small arms legal and illegal transfer, certified by nicholas marsh