General NS Raja Subramani is our new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), succeeding General Anil Chauhan. CDS is the Principal military advisor to the government and head of the Department of Military Affairs. CDS’s mandate includes synergy among the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Bakrid, Eid al-Adha. Festival of Sacrifice. Qurbani, sharing, prayers. Celebration.
No Tobacco please.
Let there be peace. Let us salute the peacekeepers, peacemakers.
Mount Everest. 73 years since it was first scaled. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary did it.
Subscription to Zero Coupon Zero Principal (ZCZP) instruments on the Social Stock Exchange is now a permissible CSR activity. Up to 10% of CSR funds of an entity. ZCZP offers no return to the donor, but a transparent, audited and verifiable account of impact. Can this help small NGOs, community organizations of the poor?
It seems we invest increasingly more in interiors, curated living experience, and quality of life in the home. 20-40% of the home costs. As essential, mandatory. Across the country. Some estimate in a typical urban space: Rs.1000-7000 sft. How much does it cost to have a decent living space for a lower middle class in rural space? Rs.30 lakh?
Do we want to eradicate poverty or push out the poor, vulnerable, and the marginalized? Even if the percentages are small, miniscule. Can we work with not-so-visible, while we work with ‘visible’, multitude?
Can we help our schools to achieve 7R literacy, fluency? Reading, comprehending, writing, communication, analysis, synthesis, digital-artificial intelligence et al, plus reflection, practice, persistence. Help in learning, facilitating learning STEM, languages? Help in appreciating livelihoods, enterprises. Equipping to live these locally. Equipping to achieve potential, possibilities. Can we work with the teachers to do this in the schools, in the villages?
Can we equip ourselves to serve, lead? Shanku, chakra, gada, padma. Communication, articulation tools, instruments, skills, hands – to communicate ‘presence’, stamina, ability, vision, agenda, strategy, timelines, deadlines, processes et al; progress, performance review, re-visiting, planning, re-planning, on a regular and iterative basis; reward and punishment to keep teams, partners on track. Towards purpose aligned flowing world.
Leesa wonders: are we losing ourselves in professional success? Are we losing our humanity? Are we losing our ability to remain fully human? Humility, kindness, generosity, passion and so on and so forth.
As you progress in life, as we go up, we may experience loneliness at the top. Can we transcend this by reflection, meditation, and mindfulness? By networking, nurtured relationships. Being with people, communities, teams, partners, family, alumni, and peer groups. Can we practice detached attachment with offerings, processes, and results? Can we appreciate and realize that we are never lonely, in this universe? Can we interact and be in conversations with the ‘wise’? Can we see ourselves and be as the instruments of the universe?
At the same time, can we learn, practice, demonstrate? To reduce people’s wait time; use simple, plain understandable language; set clear expectations, ends; build trust, transparency, consistency, adequate time; not leaving any loops unattended, close loops; apologize gracefully.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Custom living on scale. In N? sarvavyaaptayoga for 7L.