President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Harini Amarasuriya as new PM, Sri Lanka.
Declaring faith in the temple deity by non-hindus is expected, if they want to enter the temple. Why should there be any other opinion on this?
Adulteration in ghee and edible oils is rampant. Cow ghee is Rs.1500/kg; refined inedible oil is Rs.50/kg. Scope for adulteration is high. When someone wants to supply ghee to Tirumala at Rs.300-400, it has to be adulterated with cheaper oils. Animal fat based oils are costlier. Or they are taking the supply under their CSR, or social responsibility, and their donation.
DAY-NRLM’s Aajeevika samaagam, the National Livelihoods Conclave has a vision of creating 3 crore lakhpati didis. Through regenerative climate smart, diversified, farm and non-farm livelihoods; collectivization; and market linkages. In sync with Samriddh Gram and Visksit Bharat 2047. This is 30% of its membership. At current prices, we need to talk of income, at least Rs.3 lakh per year, rather than a lakh.
Can we become interdisciplinary? Multi-disciplinary? How do we become one? New education policy and UGC are asking all institutes including IITs, IIMs to become multi-disciplined. Accordingly, IIT Bombay is offering graduation in economics. Interestingly, Economics happens to be a sought after course. Fourth course. Engineering, Technology offer highly transferable skills like analytics, analytical thinking, logic, and problem solving. Tools like mathematics, statistics, and applying theory into practice. Economics seems to be emerging as a strong multidisciplinary course with transferable skills-tools like engineering-technology. It is intertwined with other disciplines like finance, environment. The course might include economic theory; understanding economy; analytics; software; supplementary studies. It calls for research, reading, writing, and presentations. We can become interdisciplinary with economics in our portfolio. Can we?
What do we teach our children in our homes, in our schools? Languages, numbers, nature-environment-around us-science et al. Can we teach logic, analytics, scepticism, history, including history of science, and politics of science? Can we teach what includes nature, what nature does, what we do to nature, and how nature is alive, intelligent, and partnering? Can we discuss contexts, culture, and interconnected systems? Can we discuss life, living, livelihoods, linkages, leadership, learning, and love? Can we discuss research and who is doing research – farmers, people who are living, living as scientists, and people who are curious – children included? Can we discuss ‘spirit’, philosophy, and behaviour, who am I, purpose, life, death, happiness, music, dance, health, first aid, diet, nutrition, exercises, freedom, justice et al? Soft, living skills, yoga, meditation, reflection, accountability, and dairy? Preparing for real life after school?
Can we care for ourselves, our core? Can we really dedicate time for maintenance, full-time as required? Can we care to notice silent recurring warning signals – minor chest-breath discomforts, nausea, indigestion, and cold sweats without exertion?
Can we be in the communities, field, conversations, cohorts, notes et al? Next 5,000 days and more?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flow with mutually caring co-flowing life. In N? nirantarayoga for 7L.
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