Shubman Gill makes centuries in each of the two innings in the Edgbaston Test.
Dalai Lama, 90, says: he hopes to serve people for another 30-40 years more, with Avalokitesvara’s blessings. ‘All of us, we, do not want suffering, we want happiness. We are the same in that sense. We need to engage in methods to bring about happiness for all of us and alleviate our sufferings.’
Surveys say average hike in salaries is 9-10% a year, over the last 3 years. Barely to cover inflation. With rising debt defaults, falling savings. Still attrition fell below 20%. Is it saying professionals are stuck in the workplace? Not-in-demand, underpaid generally. Particularly in non-CXO levels. Tech giants are cutting jobs. On the other hand, it appears CXO levels are soaring. Do tier-2 and tier-3 options work? Does home-based freelancing, willing-to-travel 50% time work? Does a small service providing start-up/team work? Do we go the enterprise way?
Amit Shah lays shilanyas for Tribhuvan Sahakari University at Anand. IRMA Director, Umakant Dash is appointed as Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
IYC2025. Year of Cooperatives. For fairer, more resilient societies. Cooperatives’ Day – Cooperatives: Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World. Billion+ people in cooperatives, with USD 3 trillion+ turnover.
Cooperative. A collective. An autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. Legal entity under cooperatives’ act or equivalent – mutually aided cooperative, producers’ company, trade union. Association of individuals, cooperatives as union/federation. A business or organization owned and run jointly by its members, who share in the profits or benefits. Voluntary and open membership; Member-owned, member-controlled, democratically governed – One member – one vote. Member participation – member need centric – economic, social, cultural, learning – equitable benefit sharing; autonomous and independent; member-education; cooperation among cooperatives; community concern beyond members. Producers; consumers; workers; service providers; community; multi-stakeholder, hybrid; platform; social. Primary, secondary, tertiary. First, second, third, fourth, fifth tier. For accessing resources; supplying inputs; aggregation, processing, marketing; credit; housing; learning; insurance et al.
Cooperative Movement(s). Associated closely. At various levels. In various hues. Of various commodities, services, needs. Informal and formal. Under various Acts – Cooperative, Mutually-aided Cooperative, Central Cooperative, Company (Producer), Trade Union, Society, Trust. Dairy, Oilseeds/ Oils, Credit, Banking, Agriculture, Tribal, Dalit, Disabled, Elderly, Women – Groups, their federal entities, Labour, Wage earners, Professionals, Housing, Consumers, Alumni and Teachers and so on.
Can we continue to work with/in/for collectives, cooperatives, commons, common good, community, society, universe? In mobilization, value-chains, wellbeing, managing risks, visioning-planning-strategizing, teaming-team building, building agency of the collectives and their members. In they taking their livelihoods, enterprises, collectives, lives, destinies into their hands. In tandem. Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Together yet alone. In N? ekam-sanghayoga for 7L.