Voting is over. Exit Polls say NDA and Nitish Kumar have a clear edge in Bihar. Prashant Kishor and Suraaj may not open accounts at all, but hurting Mahagathbandhan. In Jubilee Hills, Congress has the edge, over BRS. BJP would be a distant third. Let us wait for 14 November for the results.
Car blast near Redfort, New Delhi, with 8 deaths already and 12+ wounded. Police confiscated several weapons and bomb-making material. Investigations may give more leads into this soon.
Dharmendra, 89, with respiratory issues, is on ventilator support in Breach Candy Hospital.
Sadgati, Padma Bhushan Prof. V. Rajaraman, 92 (1933 – 8 Nov 2025). Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee. IITK and IISc Professor of Computer Science. Author, 50+ books on computer programming. We grew up studying his books. He is credited with initiating the MCA programme; laying the foundation for supercomputing initiatives; C-DAC – Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Sadgati, Ande Sree, Ande Yellaiah, 64 [18 July 1961 – 10 Nov 2025]. Spontaneous lyricist-balladeer, Kavi Redu, king of poets. Giver of new State anthem to Telangana – Jaya Jayahe Telangana, Janani Jaya Ketanam. Prominent person in Telangana Movement. Orphan, with no formal education. Been a shepherd; and a mason. Picked up by Swami Shankar Maharaj associated with Sringeri Mutt after hearing him singing, Ande Yellaiah became Ande Sree. He wrote numerous songs, and 3,000+ poems. He received an honorary doctorate from Kakatiya University. His song ‘Maayamai Pothundamma Manishanavadu’ for the film Erra Samudram, has become part of Text Books for Graduation in Telugu. Today, he was cremated with state honours.
Gopichand Hinduja’s will. Distributing 3 Trillion rupee wealth. 99% of Hinduja Group shares went to Vikram Mehta, 71 – a financial advisor, non-family. 147 page handwritten notes on business; 73 commemorative items; real estate in various locations; luxury transport collection; access to the investment platform, Fundex LMX – an automated platform based on AI, and its assets – including accumulated Rs. 11 Billion rupees, and growing everyday. Four heirs – son, Sanjay; daughter, Rita; son, Dheeraj; wife, Sunita – get equal access to this. Decisions about withdrawing funds must be made unanimously. A surprise confirmation: a minimum deposit of Rs.21,800 can give Rs.3-5 lakh a year. And there is no entry barrier. Too good to be true.
Remembered: Important day. 11 November, 14 years ago, the-then Planning Commission cleared the NRLM Framework, Working Group Report on NRLM 2011-29 Plan and Budget.
As Sriram said: MRR, Rama Reddy was the man who let the communities lead. MRR’s influence would last the generations of cooperators and cooperatives for the advocacy effort – for establishing the right to form associations under Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution, and equality before law under Article 14 – resulting in Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies Act of 1995 and equivalent Acts in several other states, Central Cooperative Act, Producers’ Company framework in the Companies’ Act; Ninety-Seventh Amendment to Constitution declaring that co-operatives are protected under the right to form an association as part of Article 19(1)(c); and reforms for India’s rural co-operative credit institutions improving their financial sustainability.
Can we live our dreams, songs, and ideas? Can we pour out ourselves, create, love, give so completely that nothing precious dies within us? Sooner. Fuller. Being useful, to more and more of us.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. more for more^more. In N? bahulaarthayoga for 7L.