Boston Tea Party. Philadelphia Tea Party. Escalated into the American Revolution, 1773.
India, Bangladesh Mukti Bahini celebrate win over Pakistan. Pakistani instrument of surrender. General AAK Niazi surrendered to Lieutenant General, Joint Commander of India-Bangladesh forces, Jagjit Singh Aurora. East Pakistan ceded from Pakistan, to be established as Bangladesh. Through a nine-month war. 3 million people got killed; 10 million refugees.
Violence against Sex workers. Violent and harmful acts, both physical or psychological.
Bhutan. Kingdom of Bhutan, in Himalayan Mountains. ‘End of Tibet’. Most mountainous, 98.8%. 71% forest cover. With a population less than a million. Constitutional monarchy. Druk Gyalpo (king, as the head of state); Prime Minister (head of government); and Je Khenpo (head of the state religion, Vajrayana Buddhism). Capital – Thimphu. Language – Dzongkha. Current King – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, son of Jigme Singye Wangchuk. Prime Minister – Tshering Tobgay.
With 66% literacy, the economy is based on agriculture including animal husbandry, forestry, crafts including weaving, tourism and hydroelectric power. Rice, chillies, milk, buckwheat, barley, roots, apples, citrus, and maize are the important crops/products. Currency – ngultrum, value fixed to Indian rupee. Inflation – 3%. The 25% budget is financed by India. Life expectancy is 70+ years. Smoking in public is banned in the country. Matrilinear patriarchal Society. Violence does exist. Bhutan’s biocapacity per person is 5.0 ha., and uses only 4.5. Thus, Bhutan is a biocapacity reserve. Despite declaring intent to become a 100% organic country, a decade ago, today, it could achieve just 1%.
Indian and Bhutanese citizens can travel to each other’s countries without a passport or visa. Bhutanese citizens can also work in India without legal restrictions. Indian rupee is also a legal tender. Can we visit, stay and work in Bhutan for some time?
ONOE goes forward with the introduction of the bills. Joint parliamentary committee has been formed to look into them and recommend them. 31 members – 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. Report may be due in 90 days. Are we going towards ONOE 2029?
Can we appreciate how we progress – knowledge/insight – practice – discomfort/uneasiness – more and more practice – progress – reflect/comfort and cycle goes on? Are we not uncomfortable? Then doesn’t it mean we practice more and more, harder and harder? Can we have uncomfortable, not-so-comfortable conversations? Raising tough issues, even if clumsily. In the decision rooms, halls. Can we have the accountability nodes, and be responsible for planned results? Can we have more independent program/system auditors, analysts, synthesizers helping the nodes? Can we spend more time, energy, resources at the cutting-edge? Seniors’ time et al. Let us cut layers. Let us invest in capacitation, handholding, apprenticeship, mentoring. We are here, in it, for a long-haul.
Can we set expectations? Clearly, reinforced again and again. Can we be thankful, grateful? Can we listen, indicate, nudge, coach, mentor? Can we invest in people, teams? High-end, with purpose, aligned, skills-tools-knowledge, in the momentum.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. In teams, groups. In N? janaganayoga for 7L.
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