The 72-member strong Modi Team takes charge. Cabinet members include: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Shivraj Chauhan, Nirmala S, S Jai Shankar, Manohar Lal, Kumaraswamy, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, JR Manjhi, Lallan Singh, Sarvanand, Veerendra Kumar, Ram Mohan Naidu, Prahlad Joshi, Jual Oram, Giriraj Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Jyotiraditya, Bhupendra Yadav, Gajendra Singh, Annapurna, Kiran Rijiju, Hardip Singh, Mansukh M, G Kishan Reddy, Chirag Paswan, CR Patil. Total 31 in Cabinet. 5 Ministers of State Independent charge – Rao Inderjit Singh, Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram, Pratap Jadhav, Jayanth Chaudhary. Some of 36 Ministers of State – Ramdas A, Jithin Prasad, Ramnath Thakur, Anupriya Patel, Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, Suresh Gopi, Bandi Sanjay. We await the portfolios of the Ministers to be announced in a day or two. We hear Purandeswari is tipped to be Speaker.
NCBN is finalizing his Cabinet team, for swearing-in on 12 June. Odisha is still figuring out its CM designate. An era ended in Odisha with Naveen and BJD’s loss. We hope the coming new government in Odisha builds on Naveen’s 24 year remarkable work.
India won the T20 world cup match against Pakistan in New York.
Modi – third time straight Prime Minister, next only to Nehru. It is a great feat in itself. Modi’s guarantee survived, but on the backfoot, moving away from the frontfoot. However, the seats were reduced by 20%. Vote percentage has reduced a bit. Majority has reduced even for Modi in Varanasi. Ayodhya has not preferred a BJP candidate. Congress and INDIA made massive gains, but not good enough to get the governance mandate. Rahul Gandhi has come of age. This time, the government has a formidable opposition in both the houses. This would lead to ‘reasonable’ nudges in governance and consensus politics. Overall, governance arrogance has given way to consensus, if not introspection, reflection, humility, inclusion, and consultation before decisions are made and pushed. Not just .in Delhi. Even in states. This is the magic of 2024.
Soon, we see non-ministerial political appointments. Then, bureaucratic appointments, reshuffles. 100-day plans. Budget for 24-25 at Union level and State level. We need to find ways to pitch for possibilities of a new paradigm. We need to find ways to work with them on the new agenda, architecture, policy frame, curriculums, inclusion, communitization, agency, et al. We need to nudge them. We need to get the space and agency for the same. Can we? Amidst all these, who will take the agenda of farming and living naturally in India, in Andhra Pradesh? And globally? Let us await it.
The persons whom we work for would never be satisfied with our efforts, processes. They would like us to achieve more, perform better. They push and push us until we collapse, in their enthusiasm. Can we resist getting pushed beyond our possibilities, abilities? Can we build our agency for them to push us? Can we make some small daily habits? Can we practise ‘being grateful, humble’? Can we drink water as soon as we get up? Can we walk, jog, cycle, jump up and down, and exercise? Can we stretch? Can we take deep breaths? Can we have the posture of looking straight up? Can we see sunrise, sunset, and the moon? Can we be kind? Can we be away from screen(s)? Can we complete quick 1-2 minute tasks immediately? Can we keep prioritizing and focusing on stones, over pebbles, sand, and water? Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, if we co-practice, we can co-flow. In N? In chittavrittiyoga for 7L.
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