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In the talk at the International One Health Conclave at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Director Samanvaya made a presentation titled Synthesis as Solution from a Indian Knowledge System perspective. The presentation is hereThis presentation emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life, drawing from Indian wisdom and the “One Health” concept, which recognizes that human, animal, plant, and environmental health are deeply linked. It critiques current systems driven by consumption, short-term thinking, and ethical crises, suggesting that Indian philosophies—rooted in…
This month I have had three books sent / gifted by authors / associates of publications that I want to review before the month is over. The Grammar of Greed by Aseem Shrivastava is like its author an artistic beauty of a publication which one can read from any part and make a lot out of it. Daughter read the first para and already is loving it.Imperialism and Agrarian Transition in South Asia is a compilation of series of articles on the various aspects of the crisis in front of us from multiple perspectives. Pranjali Bandhi and Jacob's article on JC Kumarappa's vision caught my eye…
Hind Swaraj Cohort 2025 - Oct 2nd onwards: Sessions during the weekends of October 2025 Saturday and Sunday mornings between 6:30 and 8:00 am. Non-violence as a 'weapon' of change - Oct 4th: Online International panel discussion. Maghan Sangralay, Wardha - Oct 5 - 9: Working with institutional development ideas for this village industries institution established by Gandhiji and JC Kumarappa. Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon - Oct 9 - 11: Visiting to explore collaborative ventures in offering courses on Contemporary Gandhi and Green Economy.Swasthya World, Pune - Oct 11…
Book Review: Why the poor don't kills usThe title attracted me. I wish any Indian Economist had the courage to write this book. According to all recognized economic theories Indian inequality must have triggered us into a social anarchy several years (if not decades) back. Indian State's first non-communicable disease is inequality. I think it was Galabrith who said that if the society reaches an inequality of 1:30 it will descend into chaos and people will kill each other in the states (i may be wrong with the number). Recently I read that some of our IT companies have a disparity…
Seven years ago, I witnessed a crime at the altar of ‘development’—one that continues unchecked today: the deliberate refusal to see that what most of us call “rural development” is, in fact, just urban arrogance dressed as policy.Back then, I was summoned as the token “insider” to a high-powered government meeting —tasked, along with sophisticated sounding consultants from a global funder, to redesign the future a rural development programme. The experts from the multilateral spoke with polished confidence, their PowerPoints shining; the government team, by contrast, shrank into hesitancy,…
“Language is not only a social system of verbal icons, arbitrarily assembled through ages, it is also a ‘means’ of carrying forward the cumulative human experience of millennia to the future generations. When language trajectories are snapped, the accumulated wisdom in those languages too gets submerged and continues to survive in severely truncated, irreparable, and insensible forms.”Among the finest books I have read this year thus far. The foremost linguist of India has brought out a publication that leaves you breathtaking in place due to the vast expanse of historical and social…