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India lives in its villages. And India’s most important characteristic on which its strength rests is ‘unity in diversity’.  We have grown with this fact.  The belief that people residing in urban areas are better off than their counterparts toiling in the villages is highly relative.  It really depends as to what really one wants to look at, in tangible form or intangible form. Whatever the case be, it is evident from the practices that the back end support to industrial power houses is provided by this strong rural working population, working hard through their lives. The thinking that standard of living in the villages in tangible terms is poor or relatively bad, is obscure.  It has given birth to an idea of focusing on developing better infrastructure in the rural areas.  It is also necessitated out of issues related to migration (from rural areas to urban areas), which is posing a great challenge to the urban development departments of the respective go...

The other day we were discussing among ourselves the motivation of students to study.  And some of the views of friends were really surprising. One of them said,  'these students are not really students, they are individuals, the class is a group of individuals, not really group of students'.  I thought let me think in my mind what ideally a student is. A student has a drive to learn new things, a student has urge to know more, a student has desire to excel, a student want to compete with others, a student raises questions, a student prepares and participates, a student engages him/herself in studies, etc etc. And then it struck to my mind, if a student is not doing either of this activity, one can not really call a student a student.   This is what gave me questions to raise and solutions to find for the problem that we, the teachers, are facing. Our experiences may not be generalised to all students at all geographies and I also wish that it is proved wro...

I have been thinking about great people and their faculties.  Just thought about following and feel there are many myths about success and achieving greatness and many times we focus on the activities which may not really be as important as their counter activities.  So thought of Intelligence, Mind and Brain, Institutions, Qualification, Degrees and Diplomas, Destination, Profit, Output, Expectation, Pride, Position, Philanthropy, Rigidity, Styles, Relationships, Companionship, and Competition, Tangibles, Acceptance, Expectations, Dexterity etc.  All these are important and contribute well for attaining targets, however their counter terms as a focal points for action become more important.   Though MORE makes it highly relative and I have no intention, whatsoever to get into an exercise of measuring it.  However I am convinced about the hidden importance of counter terms which needs more concentratio...

इंडियन पैनोरमा के द्वारा   शिलांग मे आयोजित फिल्मोत्सव के अंतिम दिन (६ मार्च, २०१४) ,   यानि कल ,   निष्ठा जैन द्वारा निर्देशित   ‘ गुलाबी गैंग ’   देखी।   सम्पत पाल के प्रयासों द्वारा बनाए गए गुलाबी गैंग की प्रष्टभूमि उत्तर प्रदेश के बुंदेलखंड क्षेत्र के बांदा जिले मे स्थित ग्रामों मे महिलाओं के प्रति बड्ते अत्याचारों की कहानी है। भारतीय समाज का एक बहुत बड़ा हल्का इस मद मे लिप्त है कि पारिवारिक ,   सामाजिक व आर्थिक निर्णयों मे पुरुष की प्रधानता सार्वभौम है। इतना ही नहीं लड़कियों व महिलाओं का मानसिक व शारीरिक शोषण इस पुरुष-प्रधान समाज का एक अंग सा बन गया है। उत्तर प्रदेश ,   हरियाणा ,   राजस्थान व देश के कई अन्य स्थानो पर महिलाओं के प्रति अन्याय व उनका शोषण   आय दिन की बात हो गई है।   सबसे चौकाने वाली बात तो यह है कि शोषितों के परिवार वाले भी उनके साथ खड़े होने को तैयार नहीं हैं और इसको भगवान व प्रकृति के द्वारा किया कृत्य   मान कर संतुष्ट   हैं। शोषण कर्ता के खिलाफ आवाज उठाना असंभव सा दीखता है। ऐसी परिस्थितियों मे ...

While I was waiting for a friend at city centre, Agartala, capital of this small state Tripura, I felt little uncomfortable. My head was getting heavy and I felt like vomiting. Something was blocking my throat. I tried locating a medicine shop and as I found one, I spotted my friend waving. It was around 7 in the evening.  I told him 'I am not feeling well' . He showed his concern and inquired the reason and diagnosed that it is gastric problem. He said we should have spicy tea at this stall (indicating the exact location of a tea vendor on a side). I avoided as I thought maybe it might spoil my stomach further. We started walking towards the other end and I started feeling better. Took a small bottle of soda and after few sips it made me little light. I was getting better. We reached back to city centre and he again suggested that better we have this tea. He had told me about this tea stall and its delicacy before. So I agreed and as we sipped tea I started admiring the t...

The existence of organization, big or small, state owned or privately owned, profit making or non-profit making, is initiated with some purpose in mind and in that direction objectives are outlined. The organizational activities are designed and the task to perform those activities is assigned to the employees or workers as the case may be. The performance is evaluated from the perspective of organizational objectives. During the course of its operation, the organization at times faces competition from other organizations or with past performance or with situation. These forces of competition compel the organization to draft winning strategies so that each one of them can perform better than the other. And this is what keeps an organization on toes and organizations keep surviving like this for years. Just like human beings. The human life keep facing challenges, ups and downs throughout and this is what makes life interesting as well as worth living.  Individuals perform t...

Having attended the conference at Bangalore, I would like to mention some of the takeaways which are purely based on my personal observation. Hence I would love to have your disagreements as well as agreements (if any). a. Excellent inaugural address (by Sri Hansraj Bharadwaj) as well as valedictory address (by Sri Veerapa Moily). I am going to cherish the memories of it for many years. I have no hesitation in saying that both were some of the best ever addresses I have ever attended. Congratulations for the organizers to have chosen these great personalities. b. Excellent cultural program by the professional dancers. It provided great relaxation after the hectic day. Thanx a lot organizers. c. Good arrangements for stay of the delegates. I did not hear anything negative about it, though some of the research scholars and young faculty members were complaining about the stay on 7th night, but somehow that was arranged by the organizers. As for my personal experience, thou...