Cheteshwar Pujara, 37, Test Specialist batsman, announces his retirement from all forms of cricket. 103 Tests, 7,195 runs with 19 centuries, 43.6 average.
Dog. Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris. Domesticated descendant of grey wolf. 450+ breeds with huge variation in sizes – 0.5 kg to 80 kg; 13 cm to 80 cm. Dogs’ senses include vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and magnetoreception – feeling small variations in Earth’s magnetic field. Dogs’ vision is dichromatic; their visual world consists of yellows, blues, and greys, with difficulty differentiating between red and green. Dogs have roughly forty times more smell-sensitive receptors than humans; an acute sense of hearing up to four times greater than that of humans. They can also sense atmospheric changes, vibrations, and objects not visible in low light conditions. A dog’s tail communicates its emotional state. 12.7 years is the median life span of dogs. Dogs’ have the ability to perceive information, retain it as knowledge, and apply it to solve problems. Dogs can learn by inference/ a billion dogs on this planet. Some 20% of them are pets.
Trumps’ 50% tariff effective 27 August may impact 50B USD exports. These may include: Shrimps, Gems and jewellery, Textiles and apparel, Carpets, Handicrafts, Leather and footwear, agriculture and processed food etc. However, pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients would be duty-free, unaffected by Trumps’ tariff. Electronics are also exempted. Other items exempted include: books, plastics, some metals, gold coins, rubber, corals etc. can we take this to more reforms – tax, GST, self-reliance drives, market diversification, local focus et al?
Government of India – is it for natural farming, natural living? Resource cycling locally. Local consumption, nutrition, economy. Does it have a long-term mission to take a quarter of its land into its fold in the next 10 years? 40M Ha.; 50M farm families. 250,000 peer extensionists. Does it invest at least Rs.1,25,000 Crore, 12,500 Crore a year? A mere 5% of the annual fertilizer subsidy? Can the 16th Finance Commission make the allocation?
Bharat Ratna, Nobel laureate, Saint, Nun Mother Teresa, Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, 115 (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian – 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997). Founder of the Missionaries of Charity [1950- ], with headquarters at Kolkata, working in 133 countries, with 500 brothers and 5,000 sisters in 600+ missions, schools, shelters. Members of the order take vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and giving – wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. In Mother’s words: MC would care for the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone. MC’s current Superior General is Sister M Joseph.
Gender equality. Sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, equality of the sexes. Or is it equality of women? Guaranteed fair treatment, opportunities, and conditions for everyone, regardless of gender. Inclusion; Participation; Fair compensation; Shared authority; Equal access to opportunities to pursue education, healthcare, financial independence, and personal goals; Empowerment, agency. Gender neutrality, equity can be the practices to achieve gender equality. Can we be more sensitive? Can we reduce discrimination? Can we transcend biases? Wage gaps? Stereotypes?
Can our world care for its poor, vulnerable, marginalized? Be fair? Love? Offer agency? Truthfully.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. No other ways. In N? satsahajayoga for 7L.