Konda Lakshman Bapuji, 110 [27 September 1915 – 21 September 2012]. Stalwart. Freedom fighter. Able legislator, Minister. Telangana Champion for over 60 years, starting from Liberation, Mulki agitation.
At HortiConnect India Expo 2025. HortiConnect India – a premier platform connecting global innovators, suppliers, growers, and technology leaders. Meeting point to showcase cutting-edge solutions in protected farming, seeds, irrigation, post-harvest management, floriculture, and smart farming technologies. It aims to drive sustainable practices. That would include: it becoming regenerative; agroecological; and natural. Chandrasekhar Biradar, T Janakiram are its Technical Advisers.
Tourism. Travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes. It includes: the sum of the phenomena and relationships. From travel and stay, not leading to permanent residence; not connected with any earning activity. Local, within the country and outside. How do we make it sustainable, green, ecofriendly? Beneficial to local communities, economies. Travel broadens the mind. Tourism brings income into a local economy in the form of payment for goods and services needed by tourists. It also employs people. Tourism accounts for 10%+ of GDP.
It has several forms, based on the modes, purposes. These include; Agri, livelihood, lifestyle; Nature, eco; cultural; social; adventure; culinary; food; religious, spiritual, pilgrimage; film; geo; heritage, craft, DNA; medical/health; education, educational; study, learning, exposure; rivers, beaches, islands; landscape; sports; wildlife; wellness; destination events; seasonal; low-budget; leisure, vacation, holiday, luxury; travel, cruise, train, space; experiential, immersion; music, dance; home stays; community stays; yoga; retirement; volunteer; development; creative; sustainable; business; science et al.
We were part of the Endogenous Tourism Project at Bhudan Pochampally. Community-driven. Building on Bhudan movement; Ikkat, double ikkat cotton, silk, sico pachampally handloom weave; local crafts, products, occupations; chenetha gurus; handloom museum of various handloom weaves in Telugu stays; pachampally lake based boating, fish et al; Markandeya and other temples; site of Susman movie; being with the weaving processes; home stays, local stay and events facilities; products including handloom first products – saree et al, garments, new products, other local products – neera, wood etc.; improved designs, outlets; culinary, festivals. Songs, stories. Shobana’s dance. Handing over the project. As ETP advisers, supported Endogenous Projects at various other locations in Telugu states, apart from State’s Tourism projects like Budhavanam Project.
A confirmation: Immersion, induction, apprenticeship, internship, and fellowship are the best ways to take HR in. We may add: behavioural event interviews. There is no substitute for knowing a person well already. We do not know what to do if the candidate does not have time for this; if s/he is not willing to come in for a short-term probation. Biggest issue, can we say no when someone is in, even if on internship/fellowship? However, the risk is less. We can build them if we take and work with ‘young’, new professionals.
Can we catch people young and invest in them? In the community professionals? Communitize? Can we prepare them, not for one team, enterprise, organization, system, but for the movement, world?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Investing in talent, mentoring. In N? saarthakayoga for 7L.