Sadgati, KS Gopal, 74 [26 February 1952 – 16 May 2026]. Succumbed to cancer. Development practitioner, activist, intellectual. Co-founder, Deccan Development Society, DDS; Centre for Environment Concerns, CEC. Along with PV Sateesh, Vithal Rajan et al.
Dryland agriculture; women’s organizations; food sovereignty; employment rights; ecology, natural resources; technology; policy; rural livelihoods.
Contributed to evolution of MGNREGS; Rice Credit Line – Food Basket; System of Water for Agriculture Rejuvenation (SWAR) – gravity-based system that delivers water directly to plant root zones without the need for electricity.
NEET-UG 2026 paper leaked and re-conduct on 21 June is announced. Insiders, paper setters themselves seem to be involved in the leak. The leaked questions went national during the course of time. CBI is enquiring the case. The leak caused a huge cost to the aspirant students and system. NTA’s credibility has also suffered hugely. Hope it becomes more robust, more fool proof.
Rajinikanth praises CJ Vijay for independently standing against DMK, AIADMK, and winning. Pawan Kalyan thinks that the TVK’s and Janasena’s circumstances and situations are not similar.
VD Satheesan’s cabinet includes: Ramesh Chennithala; Sunny Joseph; K Muraleedharan; AP Anil Kumar; PC Vishnunadh; Roji M John; Bindhu Krishna; M Liju; T Siddique; KA Thulasi; OJ Janeesh. T Radhakrishnan, the Speaker. IUML Ministerial nominees include: PK Kunhalikutyy; KM Shaji; V Abdul Gafoor; N Shamsuddin; PK Basheer. Others include: Mons Joseph; Shibu Baby John; Anoop Jacob; CP John. Satheesan already has ordered: no convoy, security vehicles or ambulances.
Are our unemployed youth turning to social media, journalism, and RTI activism to ‘attack the system.’? Can Hon’ble CJI, on record, call them ‘like cockroaches’? ‘parasites of society’? CJI clarifies – ‘….Not only am I proud of our present and future human resource, but every youth of India inspires me. ..’
Economic stress. Can we see it as exposure of doings over several years? Not caused by the Iran war.
Can the white towel go from the back of the chair? In our offices, in our public places, and spaces.
Buddha Purnima, Buddha. Sangham saranam, Dharmam saranam, Buddham saranam.
We are grappling with materialism, stress, and mental disintegration. We are in a world full of complexity, speed, and noise. We are in the relentless race for productivity, competition, and consumption. We are restless outside, inside. More Emptiness inside. Do we know ourselves well? Sat-Chit-Ananda, one, advaita. Beyond our name, form, and ego. Inner compass, rooted in universal consciousness, being useful to universe. Intense action, detached to the coming results.
JK, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, 131 [11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986]. His famous books – his talks as – Commentaries on Living; Krishnamurti’s Notebook; The First and Last Freedom; Final talk. JK founded five schools in India including Rishi Valley School. Krishnamurthi Foundations added a few more schools. According to JK – understanding of the self only arises in relationships, in watching ourselves in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around us and within us. Observe the self in operation, learn about it, watch it, be aware of it. Just watch it, without any choice or distortion. Out of that watching and learning, the self disappears. Can we do that?
Can we stop losing friendships, friends? Time, energy, sensitivity for them, from them. Fading out, slipping through cracks. Stopped knowing. Not in ‘space’. Can we be back? With irrational generosity. Spending time together. Sitting silently. Holding hands. Being available without agenda.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Without losing hope, faith. In N? aaptayoga for 7L.