September 2024
“It shall be the duty of every citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have Compassion for wild creatures.” – Article 51 A(g), Constitution of India Sometime back I was asked to address online a group of doctors in a premium private medical college and hospital on the ‘’world environment day’’. This is a ritual in which many institutions currently engage as a notional acknowledgement to nature and environment. I asked Google to fetch me the news from across the world of the various environmental disasters and climate…
I look back at the past week with hope and desperation and it explains to me one thing clearly - the move from unorganized to organized sector, comes with a risk. The risk of divisive interests, manipulative possibility and hidden agenda. Let me start from the beginning - 9th Monday - talk to an alternate group on the scheduled (upcoming) talk to a larger nationwide group of wannabe agri-entrepreneurs11th Wednesday - visit another town, engage with about 20 and several agri-entrepreneurs and Farmer Producer Company (FPC) members12th Thursday - sit through government meeting on…