Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor, Siyasat, rests, within a day of Gaddar’s resting.
Youth hold immense potential to drive change in the country and the world. They need ‘education’, learning skills and practical, practicable skills for making this change. They need counselling, guidance, nurturing and handholding support. They need to go through visioning to appreciate aspirations in sync with their potential, and realize.
What will help universalizing, saturating, deepening, and scaling NF? Donors and CSRs working in tandem? Strategically? Committee for agroecology transitions? Networks, Coalition, Collective, Confederation, Consumers, Service providers, value-adders, aggregators, platforms, farmers, farmworkers, and People’s Movements?
It is already a year into Azadi ka Amrit Kaal. We need to hasten. To be sure that we the people have equal rights, duties, opportunities, decent livelihoods and enterprises, lives and destinies. We need to be 7R (read, write, arithmetic and digital, reflection, pursuit, practice et al) literate. We need to be conscious that we are a country of enterprises. Country of collectives. Country of local governments. Country of unitary and federal elements of governance. We need to include. We need to embrace pluralism. We need to communitize. We need to harmonize tradition with emerging science and technologies. We need to farm and live in harmony with nature and its ways. We need to have free and open access to Education and Health for All. 1000-day Nutrition to the child. We need to ensure these for every one of us in general and the GenNext, the children in particular. With Truth and Non-violence continuing to guide this pursuit. With hope, faith, promise, love and co-existence as our non-negotiable values. For the people, of the people, by the people. As we the people transcend to the family of the universe from the national limits and limitations.
Amrit Kaal Persona has come into being – Forming/Transforming/Reforming. Then the persona would have to reach Perform as visioned through a quick Norming and Storming. For the Vision of Amrit Pragati. Free from corruption, free from nepotism, free from appeasement. Prakriti, Swachchata, Satyam, Nyayam, Buddham, Dharmam, and Sangham.
Do we read and understand the Constitution? Do we embrace the values therein? Do we have strength with gratitude? Are we open-minded with faith in co-existence? Are we kind? Do we have the courage to advance humanity? Cultural diversity?
Did we see this – when foreigners ruled us, only our people have done the jobs of soldiering, policing, administering, taxing, exploiting, and actual ruling? Diluting/destroying education, economy, culture and practices et al? Are these still entrenched within? In our various social, governance, bureaucratic, business, technology, and civil society establishments? Can we read and analyse our history with our lenses?
Do we see why these people did what they did, do what they do? Do we see this – we submit and grant power over us to others? Out of respect, need, fear, and greed? Can we see power and authority is what we grant to others? It flows upwards. It is not top down. Can we see this? Leaders, Managers think they have the power. It is granted to them by us. Can we see this?
When we have to choose, professionals from outside or professionals from within and community professionals, can we choose the latter? It is the only way for communitization, and local governance. Can we have faith in the people and their abilities? Can we see education, intelligence, and talent different from literacy and degrees? Can we only value the contribution, potential contribution, possibilities et al, rather than anything else? Can we figure out that education is taking away from our courage and risk-taking ability?
Yes, we can. If we coexist. If we are on ground, staying, and walking. Night stays, works, animated discussions, and consultations. If we reflect, meditate. If we flow in sync. The flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of being free in nature – swaabhaavikayoga for 7L.
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