California – Los Angeles Wildfires. May be set on purpose or an accident. Fierce Santa Ana winds, faster than 150 km per hour, fuelled wildfires. 12 people succumbed so far. 180,000 people displaced/evacuated. Damage estimated is more than USD 50 billion, some estimates put it at USD 150 billion. More than 12,000 buildings, valued more than USD 3 million on an average, have been destroyed across a 40 km stretch. Flames are still advancing. There are five active blazes. Containing them, putting them off may take a while. Schools have been closed. Night curfew has been imposed. Drones flying over fire areas are banned. The President and Vice President have cancelled their overseas trips, probably would have been their last in their tenure.
Last decade was the hottest decade, and last year was the hottest year on record. 1.5 deg C threshold has been breached. It is said: the consequences of continued warming could be unpredictable.
Pratishtha Dwadashi. Ram’s Prana Pratishtha at Ayodhya Anniversary. The first anniversary is here.
Modi appears in a podcast for the first time. He says: mantra, only metric is Nation First; there may be mistakes, but no wrongs with bad intentions; studied in ‘museebat’ university; not a foodie, but vegetarian.
The Henley Passport Index 2025 concludes Singapore’s passport as the world’s most powerful. It can take to 195/227 countries without a visa. Against this, India is ranked 85, with visa-free access limited to 57 countries. India can try: strengthened diplomatic relations; inbound tourism resulting in reciprocal agreements; higher passport security and integrity; stronger economy and political power. India can become a stronger passport. Amrt passport.
Research suggests: vegan diet boosts the best health gut bacteria; vegetarian diet falls in between; omnivorous diet is at the bottom. Fibre and polyphenols feed bacteria that maintain gut health. Diets high in animal protein lead to harmful fermentation, inflammation and leaky gut. Eating more plant-based foods would improve microbiome and gut health.
Do we need to work long or work hard, intense, and smart? Think, create, design, and do. What we do passionately, excitedly, and enthusiastically matters more. Not so much the paid uninterested work we do even if we do not like. But what we do beyond the ‘paid’. This makes all the difference to the world. Being useful, relevant, and meaningful. We get paid to do what we want to do. A big bonus. Let us appreciate – the most valuable things in our lives – life; time; health; nature. We need to maximize returns for us, for this universe, per unit of these. Being in nature. Being with life. Being with ourselves, our families, friends, peers, teams. Being anxiety-free. Being with a full ‘life’. Being refreshed. Being satisfied, joyous. If life and work are integrated, then our perspectives may change. Work and life hand-in-hand, work feeding life, life feeding work. Can we make our lives and work meaningful and enjoyable? Then work hours are not the issue. Something else would be. Conversations, learning, results, processes et al. Focused intense work idiosyncratically and together.
Can we think, plan, do work usefully, efficiently, effectively, as the world indents? with respect to all life, living in sync and harmony with nature. Can we have teams, architecture, platforms around this?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. If we care. In N? kshamatayoga for 7L.
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