Nagarjunasagar is enchanting as ever. Even if it is shared between two Telugu states. Full water in the reservoir. Trickling down of water from all its 27-28 gates. Lighted up: earth dam to earth dam. Power generation houses are working to generate electricity. Krsna River on the other side has some water flowing. All the habitations have become municipalities. Nandikonda with Vijayapuri North alias Hill Colony, and Pylon. Vijayapuri South alias Right Bank. Many temples, churches. Budhavanam. Boating on both banks. Fishermen in the river. Boats in the reservoir. Launch to Nagarjunakonda is active. Srisailam drive could be a possibility too. Vehicles are not going on the main dam or the earth dams. But one can walk. The new bridge is a thoroughfare.
Andhra Pradesh Naivaasya Kalaasaala – AP Residential Junior College, Nagarjuna Sagar – APRJC – is entering into its Golden Jubilee Year of its launch. I have visited the college. Saw my name on the roll of honour. Showed that to the family. :). Met Principal and senior lecturers. Talked to students. Saw that alumni have conducted a medical camp. Learnt – mental health and psychiatric problems too exist for the young students in their teens.
Teacher – student ratio has fallen badly. Only a few of them are regular. Most of them are contact- guest faculty. There are no facilities for teachers to be residential teachers. Facilities for students exist minimally, while campus is huge. Performance cannot be expected. Admissions into reputed institutes, professional degrees is not satisfactory by any standards. Now, the strength has doubled and more such colleges have come. 20+ such colleges in Telugu States. More such colleges in social welfare and tribal welfare. There are some centres of excellence. New Education Policy is talking about schooling till Class 12. What will happen to them? Will these colleges start lower classes? Or the schools start higher classes?
This calls for a rationally argued framework and plan. Can this golden jubilee year do something concrete in this direction? This can be a great and unique pay forward by 5000 alumni. Can we try this, please? Incidentally, this is not an issue at all, for Navodayas, Public schools, Sainik schools et al.
Notwithstanding the modus operandi and emergence of ways forward for the above, or otherwise, we were blessed and we would like to thank our teachers, lecturers, Gurus profusely once again in this golden jubilee year. 5 September is the date chosen. Let us get ready. Let us also take this cue, and go to as many of our alma maters as possible, at this time, around this time.
River Krsna inspires. Challenges. Krsna is saying: Can we build the teams for ‘support’ – local, national, global? People, Partners, Resources – in the context of paradigm shift – N-living, farming, farmwork, allied, related. For LPRD-PVM. TRUE Livelihoods – Collectives, Enterprises, Support organizations, Forums, Platforms; Essential Development Practice – in Communities, with Governments, through Civil Society, Individual professionals, volunteers. 1,000+ Core, 100,000+ associates in the next 5 years. 100 people investing Rs.10 Crore supporting N across its length, breadth, depths. 1000 times. Can we? Can we meet needs, can we care to build our agency?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, if we listen to the flowing river, wind, light, to flow. In N? tarangayoga for 7L.
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