Trump’s tally reaches 312. It is a sweep, comprehensive win. It is still not as good as the wins of Clinton or Obama. The American map looks more or less republican red. In the electoral college and in popular vote. Kamala’s shorter truncated campaign might have contributed. Trump’s winning coalition with multi-ethnic working class blocs. Congress and the Senate are Red now. Supreme Court Red nominees outnumbered others. The number may increase further.
Did Trump win or Harris lose? Did democrats lose? Did democrats make Kamala lose?
Maharashtra: Manifestos are out. Campaigns are going on.
Jharkhand: Getting ready for elections. Phase 1 voting is on 13 November.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – STEM – is mostly ideology neutral. Languages, History, Politics et al are left leaning. Academia has the luxury of not getting their hands dirty to make a living. Are academia isolated, therefore?
We are a krshipradhan country. Krshi – enterprise, entrepreneurship – is the DNA of most of us. We might be killing it as we grow up. Fortunately, life has given many people like me exposure to, practice of, and insights into a variety of enterprises. For me over the last 55 years. These include: weaving, farming, orchard, tailoring, pottery, carpentry, livestock, poultry farms, clothes shops, ready-mades, medicals, and service provision. Dairy cooperatives, multi-purpose PACS. Tiny powder making mills. Flour mills, rice mills. General stores, stationery, provisions stores, Kirana. Students’ food collective(s). Collective actions, students’ clubs – associations. Managing building houses. Micro-mini Contractor works. Tea shops. Temple management. Tank Management. School. Health clinics. Non-government organizations. Magazines, portals. Volunteer forces. Firm, partnership firms, companies, consulting, resource mobilization. SHGs, SHG federations, enterprises of SHGs – SHG Federations, handloom collective enterprises, crafts, artisanal. Gram Panchayats. Photographer-videographer teams, photo studios. Internet kiosks. Public call offices. Writing services. Drinking water enterprises. Homestays, tourism support services. So on and so forth.
Over 55 years, directly exposed to and practiced 100+ enterprises, 1000+ indirectly – three digit variety; supported, nurtured 10,000+ enterprises, entrepreneurs directly. A million, 100x, indirectly through LSI/Os – livelihoods support individuals, organizations. Influencing 100 million in varying intensities, degrees.
Learning facilitation to animators, people; and enterprise apprenticeship support are the two critical pillars, amongst many pillars of lifework. It may be coincidence, or a calling within. Elements of these two pillars have manifested with 50+ years of practice, experience, studies, and observations. This 50+ years of preparation should be helping us to be useful to the world.
Can we identify the key pillar(s) operating within, intrinsically? Can we plan forward on these pillar(s)? Can we build our portfolios that include these ‘pillar(s)’ within? Can we draw in all the knowledge, skills, tools, and partners? With robustness and rigour lined up. Can we team up with people, in large numbers, 1-2-3-4-5-10-20-30-40-50-100 a day to let the movement unfold, intensified? Joy.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing, deliberately ganging up. In N? sva-svabhaavayoga for 7L.
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