2025 Nobel Prizes. Trump did not get the Peace Prize, despite his best efforts. The winners of 2025 include: Physics – John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis for discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit; Chemistry – Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for the development of metal–organic frameworks; Physiology or Medicine – Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance; Literature – László Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art; Peace – Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Nobel’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics – Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for explaining innovation-driven economic growth. Economic growth cannot be taken for granted. We must uphold mechanisms that underlie creative destruction, so that we do not stagnate.
World Standards. International Standards. Can we develop, can we live up to them?
Columbus sighting land in the Bahamas after a 33-day voyage across the Atlantic marks the beginning of European exploration and colonisation of the Americas.
Rural Women. Carers. Farmers, Workers, Value-adders, Vendors. With agency, with access. On their bodies, plates, works, families, farms, groups, organizations, value-chains, markets, governments. Can this be real? Women experience an additional impact of poverty than their counterparts. Families in extreme poverty are more dependent on women’s work both inside and outside the home. 50%+ rural women are in farming. 60%+ are food insecure. They suffer triple+ burden: class, caste, gender.
Food. Safe, nutritious food. No one goes to bed hungry. Sustainable food system(s). Four basic groups of food: vegetables and fruit, cereals and bread, dairy, and meat. FAO classification: cereals and their products; roots, tubers, plantains and their products; pulses, seeds and nuts and their products; milk and milk products; eggs and their products; fish, shellfish and their products; meat and meat products; insects, grubs and their products; vegetables and their products; fruits and their products; fats and oils; sweets and sugars; spices and condiments; beverages; foods for particular nutritional uses; food additives; composite dishes; and savoury snacks. Photosynthesis is the primary source of energy and food for nearly all life on earth. Soil food webs operate to ensure food to all life. We eat thousands of plant species; and animal species.
Poverty. Multitudes, multiple dimensions, forms. Poverty eradication. Can we do our bit? Access to education, healthcare, employment, women’s agency, social protection/safety nets. Can we be inclusive? Can we guarantee the basics? Literacy, education, skills, tools; non-discrimination, equal access; safe, clean water; preventive, primary healthcare-hygiene, medicare; philanthropy, social responsibility, aid; local enterprises, collectives; taking sides with poor, vulnerable and marginalized.
Can we offer: a community, a belonging, a home, a simple vision, a sense of being? Joy, equality, freedom, rights, identity, history, culture. Can we be a team? Shared vision; space; conversing, deep listening; working together; being connected; blended intelligence with gyan, karma, bhakti; weaving thriving diversity together; inner humility, patience, balance aligned; transcending to organism; servant leadership with excellence in action/support; kind.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Team-community-team. In N? sevaagraniyoga for 7L.