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My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values).
My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values).
My manifesto: not that it matters............
vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar (
practice) and sanskar (embedded values).
practice) and sanskar (embedded values).
The Dissent lies at the heart of democracy: great leaders
are judged by the extent to which they brook diversity of views and then try to
recognize the value of climbing ladder: vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea),
vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar( embedded values.
are judged by the extent to which they brook diversity of views and then try to
recognize the value of climbing ladder: vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea),
vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar( embedded values.
We will never find a perfect leader, but we can create
situations in which imperfection is continually debated and improved upon.
There is no doubt that Country wants Change, change from Inertia
to action, indifference to engagement, treating people merely as hands, mouth and legs to people with a
mind, a purpose; changing mindset of
using natural resources recklessly and saving every drop of water ( as tried in
mizoram and many other parts of the country).
situations in which imperfection is continually debated and improved upon.
There is no doubt that Country wants Change, change from Inertia
to action, indifference to engagement, treating people merely as hands, mouth and legs to people with a
mind, a purpose; changing mindset of
using natural resources recklessly and saving every drop of water ( as tried in
mizoram and many other parts of the country).
We have to ask questions as to why saurashtra can have more
than hundred thousand check-dams and farm ponds through people' participation (
people had died in firing afew years ago
in junagadh distt protecting against shortage of water, and Vidharbha
has only suicides and long dry stretches with hardly any in situ water
harvesting), elsewhere farmers use 60-70 hp engines to pump water from
thousands of feet, non sustainable use (worse many industrialists pour
untreated waste in underground wells)?
than hundred thousand check-dams and farm ponds through people' participation (
people had died in firing afew years ago
in junagadh distt protecting against shortage of water, and Vidharbha
has only suicides and long dry stretches with hardly any in situ water
harvesting), elsewhere farmers use 60-70 hp engines to pump water from
thousands of feet, non sustainable use (worse many industrialists pour
untreated waste in underground wells)?
Why should education in government and municipal school be
dealt with so much contempt and indifference because only the children of AAM AAurat study there? Why should not it be
obligatory for children of all central and state departments of education to study in in the schools run by
them? The quality will go up immediately. How can a service provider say that
quality standards for provider and the clients be different?
dealt with so much contempt and indifference because only the children of AAM AAurat study there? Why should not it be
obligatory for children of all central and state departments of education to study in in the schools run by
them? The quality will go up immediately. How can a service provider say that
quality standards for provider and the clients be different?
Why should 65 per cent people of this country be given subsidized food when only about 30
percent people need it? Why should not absolute poverty be eliminated instead
from the poorest fifty districts every year in the next five years?
percent people need it? Why should not absolute poverty be eliminated instead
from the poorest fifty districts every year in the next five years?
Why should people's knowledge, creativity and innovative
potential not become the fulcrum for evolving policies, institutions and
processes of governance? Why shouldn't
we ask hard questions as to what difference National Innovation Council made to
the lives of creative and innovative youth, forget the rest of the people? Why should not science and technology be
treated with greater respect than have eight cabinet minsters in ten years,
Ah!!!
potential not become the fulcrum for evolving policies, institutions and
processes of governance? Why shouldn't
we ask hard questions as to what difference National Innovation Council made to
the lives of creative and innovative youth, forget the rest of the people? Why should not science and technology be
treated with greater respect than have eight cabinet minsters in ten years,
Ah!!!
Why dont we have open source multi-media, multi language
content made by students in IITs and AIIMS IIMS and IISERs available in seven
lakh villages in one year? This will need the support of youth and not just
government. Why should not twenty million people traveling by train every day
be challenged to think about the problems of the country and also exposed to
sustainable life style tips? Isnt it a
shame that for the last one decade P and
T department ( to engage 1.6 lakh rural post officers covering seven lakh
villages) and Railway Board have been sitting over proposals to engage with
masses to involve them in the ideation process for the nation and diffusing
socially useful knowledge. Why can not we book for a digital course/s to be
completed while buying tickets and pursuing
our long distance bus or
train journey? will not that make
india learning and knowledge society.
people will start thinking about life long learning and divert their mind from
meaningless cribbing. Why should not Sanitation capital of Gujarat be not built
in Raj samadhiya village which has not collected much fine these days because no body throws any paper on road, or
dirties common lands or waters? similarly, why should not sanitation and roof
top water harvesting capital fo the country be shifted to mizoram rural.
content made by students in IITs and AIIMS IIMS and IISERs available in seven
lakh villages in one year? This will need the support of youth and not just
government. Why should not twenty million people traveling by train every day
be challenged to think about the problems of the country and also exposed to
sustainable life style tips? Isnt it a
shame that for the last one decade P and
T department ( to engage 1.6 lakh rural post officers covering seven lakh
villages) and Railway Board have been sitting over proposals to engage with
masses to involve them in the ideation process for the nation and diffusing
socially useful knowledge. Why can not we book for a digital course/s to be
completed while buying tickets and pursuing
our long distance bus or
train journey? will not that make
india learning and knowledge society.
people will start thinking about life long learning and divert their mind from
meaningless cribbing. Why should not Sanitation capital of Gujarat be not built
in Raj samadhiya village which has not collected much fine these days because no body throws any paper on road, or
dirties common lands or waters? similarly, why should not sanitation and roof
top water harvesting capital fo the country be shifted to mizoram rural.
Why should not at least 0.01 per cent area of all
infrastructural projects be set aside for in
situ conservation of biodiversity?
infrastructural projects be set aside for in
situ conservation of biodiversity?
Why does not any party claim that with in the first hundred
days of coming to power, they will make roof top water harvesting
compulsory? With in six months, high
quality local language content will be delivered to every school? Radio and Tv
and mobiles system will be used for educating masses and children on priority.
Public media no more gives space for poetry, art and culture the way it was needed
and as it was done earlier. Why not? Can a country survive in the long term
without poetry? Can we think of ourselves, our sanity without Kabir and Rahim? can we live with unsafe streets for women, children and
delayed court cases for ever, just like that?
days of coming to power, they will make roof top water harvesting
compulsory? With in six months, high
quality local language content will be delivered to every school? Radio and Tv
and mobiles system will be used for educating masses and children on priority.
Public media no more gives space for poetry, art and culture the way it was needed
and as it was done earlier. Why not? Can a country survive in the long term
without poetry? Can we think of ourselves, our sanity without Kabir and Rahim? can we live with unsafe streets for women, children and
delayed court cases for ever, just like that?
Ensure that people in Dhemaji in Assam will not have to
drink high iron content water and continuously suffer, have two dozen small
rivers with no bridge over them; people in Bastar will not have to extract oil
from non edible tree seeds using ten thousand year old technology? Why should these priorities of marginal
people, regions not be reflected in our priorities and so called
manifestos!!!! Ah!!!
drink high iron content water and continuously suffer, have two dozen small
rivers with no bridge over them; people in Bastar will not have to extract oil
from non edible tree seeds using ten thousand year old technology? Why should these priorities of marginal
people, regions not be reflected in our priorities and so called
manifestos!!!! Ah!!!
Why should AYUSH system of medicine and allopathy not be
integrated as done in China? Why should not do-it-yourself kits for making
water filters be shared with all poor households in first 250 days of new
government? why should not small scale
industries and start up be given prime attention in the policy making system? They
provide the most jobs after all. It is time to ask hard questions, but why are
not we hearing about them?
integrated as done in China? Why should not do-it-yourself kits for making
water filters be shared with all poor households in first 250 days of new
government? why should not small scale
industries and start up be given prime attention in the policy making system? They
provide the most jobs after all. It is time to ask hard questions, but why are
not we hearing about them?
We need an impatient system of governance, empathetic system of
engagement, intimate system of involvement of knowledge rich-economically
poor people in governance along with educated and wealthy elite which cares for
the country, trusts that an inclusive and sustainable India is in the interest
of the world, not just ourselves.
engagement, intimate system of involvement of knowledge rich-economically
poor people in governance along with educated and wealthy elite which cares for
the country, trusts that an inclusive and sustainable India is in the interest
of the world, not just ourselves.
A society where prayer for any sectarian benefit is
prohibited, how can it not pursue amity and cultural pluralism as a credo…
prohibited, how can it not pursue amity and cultural pluralism as a credo…
In our vedic prayer, we pray not just for believers in Ram
or Shiva, not just all human beings, but all living beings, such an embracing
philosophy can not be allowed to wither away..
or Shiva, not just all human beings, but all living beings, such an embracing
philosophy can not be allowed to wither away..
Sarvey bhavantu sukhinah….
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