For Profit Education!And the Not so – profit Education! Yes,we seem to be living in a fast changing world! Very soon we have to learn to use the new planetary jargon of all sorts. From digital to Artificial Intelligence to Planetary changes whose fuller implications we are yet to learn and master the planetary realities!…
A boom time for farmers ahead?
Yes, this present state of affairs can’t last long!Why do the prolonged farmers protest?And what we have achieved after this historic protest? There are many troubling questions! Politics is not wielding power and coercive power at that! History doesn’t stand still! How many bother to hold on to something troubling questions. And agriculture? Perhaps the…
Farmers Protests withdrawn!
What will change now on the ground level realities? Indian politics must overcome the current mindsets of politicians. Politics is not the private property of one person, or one party. It is a public trust. Trust must be earned through open society, open debates and in a sort of Parliamentary behavior. After a prolonged 14…
Universities enhance a country’s image and strength!
How are the universities in India functioning? The London university was established in the year 1836 and even today its reputation is undiminished. Just now it held a degree awarding ceremony and its chancellor,Princess Royal participated and one of the honorary degrees was conferred to an African dignitary, an elderly lady, a grand-daughter of an…
Disruptions in education and the fast changing socio-cultural and economic scenario in India and the world over
All over the world the threat of the deadly Corona virus hasn’t subsided. On the contrary, there is a new surge in Europe and the latest news is the total lock-down in Austria.May be Germany and other countries are in the line of fires to say, in the next round.The news from USA and why…
Climate change and Agriculture and much else!
The new buzzwords for the current agri policy making! Climate change is now a grave reality. There is a debate in the distant Glasgow. At the same time there is flood in Chennai and there is dire prediction the Chennai city might sink in the sea to the depth of 1.8 feet before the end…
Sustainable Agriculture and what else?
This will be the new column. Concentrating off and on the ground level realities of Indian agriculture and also of the Indian rural realities. After having run this journal for over a few decades we have come to the conclusion that we have all along been talking of agriculture as if it is a heaven-born…
Farmers’ prolonged protest and agitation comes to an end!
Public opinion on farmers’ issues now would get some clarity? On the day of the great Sikh saint, Guru Nanak Dev day the government thought fit to withdraw the most draconian three laws on the farmers’ issues. Those who had agitated were the farmers of three most agricultural states, Punjab, Haryana and Western UP which…