Yogakshemam 201224
Being there
Ravichandran Ashwin; what a quiet exit! No grand farewell, no farewell match, no guard of honour, no packed stadium, no rousing tributes, and no emotional speeches. For such a high-impact career. Legendary farewell is missing.
Excited. A Bill is introduced to establish the Institute of Rural Management Anand, as a University to be known as the “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University; to declare the same as an institution of national importance; to impart technical and management education and training in cooperative sector; to promote cooperative research and development and to attain standards of global excellence; therein, in order to realize the vision of “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” and to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country through a network of institutions; and also to declare the same Institute as one of the schools of the University.
Thus, IRMA is becoming a centre of excellence and a school within Tribhuvan Sahkari University, an institution of National importance. We have to see what changes. Scope, size increases; More buildings, classrooms, courses, and faculty members. More centres. More extension partners, affiliated institutes, colleges, and schools. More learning-training programmes. Certificate, diploma, and bachelor programmes. More postgraduate programmes. In addition to management. Leadership, policy programmes are possible. More research projects, scholars. More books. Can be under direct control of the Ministry of Cooperation; funds flows may be more certain. What can go wrong – spine; excellence, quality; autonomy, freedom; politics.
We take Gandhi’s name again and again. Ambedkar’s name again and again. Or Buddha’s name. Rama. Krsna. Siva. Radha, Siya, Lakshmi, Uma, Satya, Jesus, Allah. What is wrong with this? Why should anyone say, it is better we take God’s name, not this name or that name? That too as a political discourse?
It required a young woman to beat the World Chess Champion, for Gary Kasparov to apologise and admit that he was wrong and women can play chess well, maybe better. Is it not an agreement that women can do all those men do, and do them better? Women do more things that men cannot do too. A la nurturing. But, there is a woman in the man; and there is a man in the woman. The woman in the man needs to be worked on to get ‘agency’ and the woman in the woman.
Google has announced a reduction of 10 per cent in management and vice president-level roles. Part of a broader organisational restructuring, for operational efficiency and aligning resources with strategic priorities. Is Google telling us something to all of us? Can we do more with less number of people, with less resources?
‘When things are going well, be patient, they’ll change. When things are going poorly, be patient, they’ll change.’ Can we appreciate this? Everything, every being is shifting, flowing, drifting despite best efforts to ‘hold’. Flowing in the river, with the river is the only way out. Alternative – resist this natural flow, clinging to expectations and suffering may not be right. Can we have the courage, wisdom to experience usefulness, relevance, meaningfulness, purpose in the natural flow?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. With mentoring. HFPL. In N? Buddhayoga for 7L.
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