Sankranti. Makara Sankranti, Makara Sankrammana, Makaravilakku, Poush Sankranti, Til Sankranti, Shishir Sankranti. Pedda Panduga, Pongal. Lohri, Uttaraayana. Khichari, Magh Bihu, Maghi Saaji, Ghughuti, Sakrat, Sukarat, Songkran, Thingyan. Magh Mela. Transition of Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn – Dhanu to Makara. Bhogi (discarding the useless, fire, fruits), Sankranti (main), Kanuma (livestock), Mukkanuma (reunion). Harvest celebrations. Games, Fight games. Rangolis. Kites. Many families go home with city roads being empty on these days.
In the 1800s, Sankaranti was on 12 January; 1900s, it was 13 January; now it is 14/15 January. It could be 16 January in the 2100s. Typically, Uttarayana starts on the Winter Solstice, some 20 days before Sankranti now. Some 1700 years ago, they coincided.
Brihanmumbai elections. It appears Mumbai is going away from Thackerays.
2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado, handed over her medal to Trump in White House. However, the Nobel Prize Institute reiterated and clarified that the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked. The decision to award a Nobel Prize is final and permanent. Trump acknowledges the handing over with ‘Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!’. Where are we headed?
Denmark’s Greenland is the world’s largest island. Lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its capital city is Nuuk. The population is just 60,000. Greenland is a self-governing entity within the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Denmark. Now, Trump wants to take charge of Greenland. Greenland and Denmark are resisting this effort. Greenlanders want to be Greenlanders, not Americans. Trump is threatening with tariffs for countries who are not falling in line with Trump thinking. Where are we headed?
Into the fourth quarter of 1000 moons, 250 moons away. From Amrt Kaal. Fourth expanded coexistence circle(s). Multiplied team(s), Portfolio transition. Exponential viral KSTR, thought, word, and deed. Exemplars, examples, models, role models, champions-animators, mentors-facilitators, teachers, trainers, consultants, institutions, collectives, enterprises, centres, schools, institutes, and stations.
Yes, at this stage, we need not become less active. May have to slow down a bit, not to pursue things in a hurry. May have to stop overeating. We need not retire, but remain connected. We keep moving daily, between the meals, before the meals, after the meals. We need to smile more, laugh more. We should not resist shedding tears, crying. We need to spend time in nature, with nature. Being in the moment. Going with our ikigai. Practicing, being grateful for every minute of us.
Next 1 year, amongst other things, let me prepare for the long haul. The big haul. First, at this stage, let us take stock and account for how we reached into the fourth. Our own account. Accounts by the people around us, through these three quarters. Works, extracts of work notes. Their conversations, correspondence, mails, letters, notes, autobiographical notes, and reflections. Into the school(s), learning, discovering ourselves, discovering by peers, and by the world. Gurukulams. Into the LPRD domain in general, collectives, commons, enterprises, and livelihoods in particular. Being with tribal communities. At Akshara, the livelihoods people, livelihoods support. Servant leadership, Mentoring. Into self-help. Into the agency of the PVM. Practitioner-Academic. Into 7L, Natural Farming. NF Seeding, Science, Scaling, and Systems, Integration KSTR. N-livinG is going to viral scale, everywhere, every way. Amrt Kaal. In 2026-27. Open notes from 2026.
Can we do this, in addition to YK, at least 1-2 times a week? In addition to travel, teams, and notes?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. With team support. In N? aatmayoga for 7L.