Ramasamy @Puducherry is in. Himanta Biswa Sharma @Assam is in.
Keralam – Congress, therefore, UDF – finally opts for Satheesan, 61. Notwithstanding the challenge from KC Venugopal, and Ramesh Chennitala. The need for bye-elections is obviated.
Joseph Vijay confirmed as TN CM by winning the trust vote in the Assembly, 144-22, with DMK walk out. Vijay’s 144 include: 105 TVK, 14 allies including 5 Congress, 24 AIADMK. 5 abstained. AIADMK appears to have split now.
In the hundredth year of the National song Vande Maataram, Government mandates singing all five stanzas, rather than the one. The full song –
Vande Maaataram! Sujalaam suphalaam malayaja seethalaam sasyasyaamalaam maataram, VM!
Subhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaamineem pullakusumita dhrumadala sobhineem suhaasineem sumadhura bhashineem sukhadaam varadaam maataram, VM!
Kotikoti kantha Kalakala ninaada karaale kotokoti bhijairdhrta karakaravaale abalaakeno maa etho bale? Bahubala dhaarineem namaami taarineem ripudala vaarineem maataram, VM!
Tumin vidyaa tumi dharma tumi hrdi tumi marma twamhi praanah sareere! Baahute tumi maa sakthi hrdaye tumi maa bhakthi tomaarayee pratimaa gadi mandire mandire, VM!
Twamhi durgaa dasapraharana dhaarinee kamala kamaladala vihaarinee vaani vidyaadaayinee namaami twaam! Namaami kamalaam amalaam atulaam, sujalaam suphalaam maataram, VM!
Syamalaam saralaam susmitaam bhuushotaam dharaneem bharaneem maataram, VM!
New Labour Code. 48-hour cap work week. Optional 4-6 day work week? Mandatory minimum wages. Safe work, workplace. Food place, with 100+ workers.
Can we reduce physical office workdays? Can we increase field days, online days, work-from-home days? Can we reduce dependence on fossil fuels? Can we increase alternate energy use? Produced fuels – farm, solar, water, nuclear et al. Can we farm producer-consumer-animal-plant health, soil health, planet health? Food, fuel, fibre, shelter. Locally, sufficiently, resiliently, coolly. Consuming locally. With no wastage. Now, immediately, in the next 20 years?
Can we let more comprehensive field stations with 2/3 villages each, if not more? Poverty-free village prosperity; self-reliant/sufficient village; NFFS village; R&L landscapes; school; health centre; anganwadi; library; IT-AI centre; Youth club; Cooperatives; Cultural centre; Home stay; Tuition centre; NF input-output-value-addition Enterprises; Services collective; watershed; tank; water; eldercare; creche; support to GP et al. Can we work with/partner with local NGOs, state NGOs, multi-state/National NGOs? Can we experiment and showcase various forms of organizations for development, livelihoods, and for PVM? Firm; Partnership firm; Company; LLP; Coop; Multi-state coop; Society; Trust; Section 8 company; Public Limited company; Union/Federation; Enterprise; Processing Enterprise; start-up; school; institute; alumni group, professionals’ collective; networks and so on. Can we vision, structure, plan, handhold, troubleshoot for them? Can we showcase, write, converse, journey, facilitate learning, astart consulting? Frameworks, models, notes, conversations, cohorts, mentors – for seeding, scaling, deepening; learning, handholding, trouble shooting.
Can we get ready, get going? Teams, communities, modules, forums, platforms, partners, resources. Orientations, immersions, master classes, interning, apprenticeship, certificates, recognitions.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. N-ready, N-go. In N? satatasiddhayoga for 7L.