Take care, Chitra, Ninad. Sadgati, Ganesh. Geepso. Prof Ganesh N Prabhu, 58. Rests battling unrelated complications after an angioplasty 10 days ago in an urgent context, and was discharged. Astronomer with a telescope at IRMA. Our classmate at IRMA, and our colleague at Dairy Board. Professor of Strategy – Strategic Management, Product innovation and entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, for almost three decades. Teaching, researching and consulting. Supported IIM Visakhapatnam in PG Programme and Career Development. A fellow of IIMA and Part of the elite management pool. Physics graduate from Elphinstone College, Mumbai.
Sadgati, Padma Bhushan Shyam Benegal. Shyam Sundar Benegal, 90 (14 Dec 1934 – 23 Dec 2024). Parallel cinema usherer. Dadasaheb Phalke awardee. V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award. Considered the greatest filmmakers and directors of his time. 18 National Film Awards, Nandi Award. Select Films include – Ankur, Nishant, Manthan, Bhumika, Susman, Junoon, Mandi, Trikal; Mammo, Sardari Begum, Zubeidaa; Films on Mahatma, Netaji, Mujibur Rahman. Serials: Bharat Ek Khoj, Yatra, Samvidhaan.
Manthan, the churning, was a film produced by milk producers of Amul. 500,000@Rs.2 each. About spearhead teams of cooperative movement, white revolution/operation flood. Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil and Girish Karnad in lead roles. It won National Film Awards for best feature film (Shyam Benegal) and best screenplay (Vijay Tendulkar). The song ‘Mero Gaam Katha Parey’ gave Preeti Sagar best female playback singer (filmfare). This became the tune for many AMUL advertisements. It was also part of the IRMA convocation theme song. This 1976 film was digitally restored and released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024.
New Governors to five states: Manipur – Ajay Bhalla; Mizoram – VK Singh; Kerala – Rajendra Arlekar; Bihar – Arif Mohammed; Odisha – Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati.
Consumers. Consumer rights to protect consumers from exploitation and unfair practices. These include: Right to safety, choose, be informed (about quality, quantity, price et al), seek redressal, basic needs, representation, healthy environment, consumer education, be heard.
Can we see N-movement emerging as a prakrtik dharm? Universal. A la sanaatan dharm. A paradigm of portfolio of ways of living. Farming, living naturally. Transcending into a paradigm akin to the post-Galileo paradigm of earth is round, goes around itself, and revolves around the sun. Culture, literature, education, festivals, celebrations. Can we have a resource centre that meets all needs – knowledge, tools, resources, advisories, services, biological inputs? More than BRC. Maybe an RC, HRC, KC. Can a VO, GP, Rythu Seva Kendram do this? Can the farmers get at least a fair share – 50% of the consumer rupee? Can they get paid decently, remuneratively, for the ecosystem services towards natural, produce-physical, social, human, financial, spiritual capitals? Ecocredits. Can we have trust based local value-chains, consumption, nutrition, enterprises? Can we have policies in place? Can we get ready for 2026+ amrt kaal, in the next 15 months? Trials. Efforts, pilots, results. Perspective plans, state- district-field level architecture. Initiation in more villages, farms, farm-farmworker families.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. Prakrtik today, tomorrow. In N? janabhagedariyoga for 7L.
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