Paralympics: Hyderabadi intellectually disabled Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the bronze medal in 400m running. Born during a solar eclipse, her birth disability is a cognitive disease hampering communication and adaptive skills.
Government of India is readying for release of new National Cooperative Policy, in the next 2-3 months. It would reflect ‘sahakar se samriddhi’ – economic development with cooperation, strengthening cooperative movement across the country reaching all villages. PACs would be digitized in the next 6 months.
We are also likely to have Rs.5 lakh health insurance cover for all elders above 70 years in the country, under AB PM-JAY. No ifs and buts.
Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Don on left, Kamala on right on the screen. 2+2+1 minutes per candidate per question. No props, and no pre-written notes. Meaning there may be just 8-9 questions per candidate. Kamala says she has a plan, and is willing to discuss this. In these standing 105 minutes, will Kamala make a mark here? It may not be easy to say. Then, can her running mate Tim Waltz make a mark on 1 October? Maybe. Kamala’s plan includes: Opportunity economy and lower costs for families; Fundamental freedoms; Safety and justice for all; Safe, secure, prosperous America. Tax cuts for the middle class. Overall, Kamala is one-up in the debate.
Let it rain. Can we slow the water then, towards no or little discharge ‘geography’? Likewise, can we slow down the use of resources, run to walk, to stop-stand to sit-seep-reflect to lie down-sleep? Can we consume to meet the existential needs? We should not let our key hero metabolism to succumb. Let us be at it. Can we spend more calories? Can we avoid junk? Can we diet, fast? Can we lose weight? Can we take more protein? Can we sleep more? Can we get rid of chronic stress by hobbies, exercises, meditations, conversations, and entertainment? Adrenalin stress is fine.
First, can we harvest without uprooting farm resources, rather than hunt? Natural, physical, social, human, financial, and spiritual. People, women and men, leads, proactive managers, willing-with stamina teams, synergies, partners, partner collectives, enterprises, support organizations, networks, coalitions, forums, platforms, time, quality time, intense time, energy, dedicated energy, attention, intensity, funds, timely funds, adequate funds, reliable-flexible funds. Can we do the same thing year-after-year, season-after-season? With marginal improvements. Big changes once in a while. We may not want to add new farms every year. The way we keep breathing without getting bored till we rest. The way we keep taking water every two-three hours day-after-day? Maybe, we add tea, coffee, juice, artificial liquids et al. The way we keep eating several times a day, more or less the same food. The way we retire and sleep every day. The way we live and coexist with our loved ones, friends, colleagues et al. The way we have conversations. The way we repeat ourselves ad nauseam. Can we make all these more meaningful, less tiring, and less uninteresting? Can we persist with 7R? For reach, scale, systems change. In more geographies. In more related themes, domains. Scale in, up, out, deep. Grow, sustain, evolve unlearning. Support, handhold, troubleshoot, lead, mentor, showcase, inspire, engage, connect, go viral. Record, memory, legacy. Can we be there?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, if we live, link, lead, love flowing. In N? satatasasyayoga for 7L.
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