One more year to Cx.
Environment.
Milk Day. Milk provides nutrition and livelihoods. Milk is an important element in the balanced diets of the people. Its environmental footprint is reducing. 40% of the rural poor get a significant portion of their income from milk – dairying. Natural farming and living translates as natural food, fibre, shelter et al. It therefore may mean natural milk and so on.
Deadliest three train crash in Odisha took more than 300 lives (sadgati to them!) and 1000 more injured (speedy recovery!). Let the families get the strength to cope with all this. The Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnav, stays put at the accident site to supervise all that is needed. Yes, he did not resign. The Prime Minister did not take responsibility. Maybe, a technical fault, casualness or oversight of staff or some conspiracy or ‘terrorist act’.
Israr Qureshi et al are coming up with their edited book – ‘Social Entrepreneurship and Gandhian Thoughts in the Post-COVID World’ discussing nurturing resilient communities with examples of work with them – Seva Mandir, SEWA, Basix, PRADAN, Sarvodaya, Nai Talim etc. They discuss: 5 core principles – Ahimsa, Satyam, Aparigraha, Sarvodaya, Swaraj – manifesting in – Nai Talim, Community-driven development, People-centric economics, Trusteeship, Means-ends equivalence – through – Cultural temporality, Constructive work, communing, technoficing – catalysed by – Antyodaya Leaders, Sahayogi Mitr – and achieve resilient, self-reliant, sustaining peacefully, coexisting, and caring communities.
Are we seeing more resignations around than usual, now? Majority of the times – to escape toxicity at the workplace (read: work relationships, and work culture), leading to high stress levels, and huge dissatisfaction. Seeking better career prospects is a distant second, followed by mismatch in values. Not being useful and impactful is another trigger. Incidentally, remuneration is the last in the line.
We are born to succeed, to win, and to lead. If we plan, prepare and expect to do these. Do we know what we are trying to win or lead? Do we have a clue why we ‘get going’? Are we the best in what we do? Why not?
Do the formal sophisticated systems go against the informal systems benefiting the poor, vulnerable and marginalized? If we do not acknowledge the existence of informal systems with intelligence – knowledge, skills and tools. If we do not give them their share in the new formal system(s). Share of ownership, control and work. If we do not collectivize them. If we do not let them come together. If we do not let their self-help groups, federations and organizations get their due space and opportunity. If we do not augment their ‘capital’, and ‘access’.
Should we not think big? Of Possibilities. No barriers, and constraints. Of having more skills, tools to be useful – to live and to earn a living. Are we ready for the crunch? Are we ready to be outside of the present comfort zone(s)? No one around us is stuck. They are changing their narratives to be more useful. Can we not do the same? Can we write/rewrite our self-narratives for these changes? Can we live the narratives so written? Can we embed small micro-steps into our day-to-day schedules? Can we take charge? Can we be ready spiritually, mentally, intellectually, relationally, emotionally, physically, and every way? Can we accept resulting uncertainties? Can we be ready to view any failures in the process as temporary? Can we start celebrating initial successes however modest they might be?
Yes, we can. If we coexist in the moment, with the values – hope, faith, promise, love and coexistence. In the flow in the direction of our life, our purpose. The flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of micro-micro-usefulness in coexistence in nature – pragatiyoga for 7L.
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