Will Namo, 74, follow BJP 75 rule? 13 years as political head of Gujarat; 11 years as political head of India already. This question begs the response for – do we need political leaders to retire by a certain age? Do we need bureaucratic, business, professional, community, technology leaders to retire? Professionals, community professionals, workers? Does it depend solely on fitness, popular demand, and self-will? Official limit for government servants is 65+2, even if one is an academic, or justice, or constitutional position. Except for High-end political appointments a la Governors, legislative and executive positions. Can we mandate an age limit, for various ‘work’ levels and possibilities? Can we mandate limited tenure(s)? A tenure not exceeding 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 years. Maybe 2, 3, 4 terms. Performance, and potential assessment can also be mandated for renewal, extension, within these tenure, age limits. Qualifications, eligibility too. Time spent with monks and in ‘monk’ schools? ‘political’ blessings?
Kejriwal resigns and Rhodes scholar Atishi Singh will be the new interim Chief Minister of Delhi. Delhi elections are expected in February 2025.
Email, invented by Shiva Ayyadurai, is 45. Shiva got the US copyright for the same – TXu-111-775. An invention that went ubiquitous, universal, becoming the most sought after mode of communication. It has acquired formal communication status too.
Livelihoods-Poverty Reduction-Development for/of/by Poor-Vulnerable-Marginalized – LPRD-PVM – is a domain, if you are in, it is not easy to get out. Even after almost 4 decades, neck deep, one remains fully glued in, despite all the freedom, choices, possibilities, and opportunities to stray. Being with them, being useful for them, letting them seize their agency is a portfolio of experiences is the attractor, charm. Trials, tribulations, experiments, back and forth in their arrows, capitals, contexts, continuums is everything that we cannot give up.
Experienced with various forms of organizations – informal, self-help, formal; registered, unregistered; network, group, teams; company, cooperative, MACS, society, foundation/trust, firm, partnership, trade union et al; private, public; limited, unlimited; society, union, federation, confederation; society/association as foundation; public society, private trust as foundation, charity, community public trust; not-for-profit, non-profit, profit; tax exempt, taxable; movements, aandolans – springs, long-term; virtual; individual, collective, community enterprises; service-centric, product-centric business; micro-finance services, credit, banking, insurance, equity; intermediary, advisory; implementation, support, advocacy, press; own, sourced fund dependent, self-reliant; tiny, nano, micro, small, medium, large; family; with GST, without GST so on. In variety of sectors, subsectors. TRUE livelihoods, health, education. At least 100 nuances have been started/come up. 100+ OD exercises. 100+ visions. 100+ teams, leadership for organizations. Some of the unorthodox included: tribal federal trust; federation of vulnerable; network/association/collective(s) of professionals, volunteers; alumni, faculty association; development practitioners’ collective; community groups, societies, unions, federations, confederations; enterprise collectives; hybrids.
Can we hang on till the end? With our portfolios in LPRD-PVM. Can we multiply with escape velocity?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, if we flow hand-in-hand with all NPSHFS. In N? sanghatanayoga for 7L.
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