Revisiting Dharampal https://www.samanvaya.com/articles/revisiting-dharampal Our work with the village community coincided with the bloom of Globalization in India which resulted in further transfer of ownership of even the industries in the metropolis to that of ‘foreign investors’ which were the modern corporates. One of Dharampalji’s oft repeated quotation was how the then American President in the 1940s wrote to the British Prime Minister, seeking that the British ensure ‘’India remains in the Western orbit’’. Globalization renewed Indian subscription to western orbit through diverse treaties, agreements, opening up to investments in all kinds of areas, subsidies in terms of land, resources, manpower and market privileges provided to such investors while imposing restrictions on our own industries, relaxing of regulatory regimes to suit profit making of foreign corporates and calling all of these as “development” and “progress”. Whether it be the medium of instruction, choice of careers, technology, defence, development, economic power, policy or even a sense of what constitutes dignity, if India merely subscribed to the Western orbital idea post Independence, the globalization agenda made us own up to the identity of being modern and western completely. Once in a conversation someone mentioned, ‘’but Dharampalji our people are employed in NASA and other big technological establishments’’ to which he responded, ‘’but what do they do? Can they actually change the way NASA or any of these companies work? Can they have a say in what gets done in the societies they live in or are they in these positions only because they are hard-working employees?’’.
Samanvaya Periodic Paper by Ramasubramanian 31st March 2023
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Academic Elites and their Climate Indifference…
Unforgivable sloth of Indian academia towards impact of Climate Change on rural India and
its practices that could contribute towards the knowledge to save the planet…
Greendex was an interesting consumption-based study that rated the greenest consumer base in the
world. This annual rating was by the National Geographic magazine and strangely (or not)
discontinued some years ago. This study ranked India as the No#1 country in the world as green
consumers. We as a consumer base adopted green building techniques, food production practices,
transportation, and materials more than any other in the world. We, as in the majority of India that
continues to live in the villages, not the urban population that irresponsibly consumes at par with
Europeans or Americans. Something must be right and sustainable among the village people of this
land. Who has studied these and why is it that we do not get to hear on these in the mainstream
academic discourse or even among the popular opinion generating media?
Academia in India is an elite that continues to look up to the western universities to generate
knowledge, even if it is knowledge about the CC resilience of communities in India. We do not have
the courage to theorize our own people’s customs, practices, or systems in place. for full text
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As we move from traditional banking to mobile banking apps, this is a cautionary tale of what could go wrong. These apps do come with several security concerns. Recently, in Mumbai, cybercriminals robbed Rs 1 crore from 81 people using the UPI app. Last year, Paytm was in trouble for flouting data storage laws. The money routed through the apps is difficult to trace, unlike in traditional banks. Digital literacy is a must to know and understand fintech; and though it is growing, our everyday life is fraught with rising digital payment frauds! Hope the regulators are paying heed.
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According to Mr Acharya, who is now a professor of economics at NYU Stern, "industrial concentration" - which refers to the extent to which a smaller number of firms account for total production in a country - fell sharply in India after 1991 when the country opened up its economy and state-owned monopolies began giving away their market share to private enterprises. But after 2015, it began rising again.
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102% rise in average cost of electricity purchased from Adani Power between 2021 & 2022: Gujarat govt https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/adani-power-gujarat-govt-rise-in-cost-of-electricity-8479214/ Between 2021 and 2022, the average cost of electricity bought from Adani Power went up 102 per cent from Rs 3.58 per unit to Rs 7.24 per unit in 2022, data tabled as a part of the reply reveal.
March 5, 2023 Comment In Whatsapp what would be the higher biil for the street lighting on the occassion of G20 in different cities?
Hate speech: If remarks are made with a smile, there is no criminality, says Delhi High Court Mar 26, 2022 https://scroll.in/latest/1020410/hate-speech-if-remarks-are-made-with-a-smile-there-is-no-criminality-says-delhi-high-court
CPM leaders have challenged a trial court order rejecting a plea for filing FIRs against Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly making hate speeches. the Delhi High Court said “In the election speech, so many things are said by the politicians to politicians and that is also a wrong thing,” the High Court said. “But I have to see the criminality of the act. If you’re saying something with a smile then there is no criminality. If you’re saying something offensive, then definitely [there is criminality].”..Justice Chandra Dhari Singh made the statement while reserving its verdict on a petition filed by Communist Party of India leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari.
The court said that it was important to note that when the speeches were made and what was the intention behind it.
“Only intention to win the election or intention to instigate the public to do the crime both are different things,” the judge said. “Then you have to see the mens rea [criminal intent].”
How caste works in an IIT https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-caste-works-in-an-iit-8519120/ Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question...‘What’s your [JEE] rank?’ it’s a question that unfailingly follows that first handshake with a hostel mate..., For many students from some of the reserved categories, that seemingly innocuous ice-breaker ends up being a proxy for ‘what’s your caste?’.
A professor from IIT Roorkee, said, “Campuses of IIT are bound to reflect Indian society and it is futile for the administration to deny the existence of caste on campuses. The focus should rather be on making sure that the affirmative action of reservation is implemented effectively. Reservation is implemented across IITs when it comes to student admissions. But it is missing when it comes to faculty appointments, even after the Mission Mode recruitment drive.”
Barkha Dutt LIVE | Raghuram Rajan EXCLUSIVE On "Hindu Rate Of Growth," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aIFzPgBYw 29/3/2023 Barkha Dutt speaks to former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan who was recently in the headlines for his remarks that India is "dangerously close" to the Hindu rate of growth in view of subdued private sector investment, high interest rates and slowing global growth.
Rajan also speaks on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, Adani-Hindenburg issue and the state of Indian economy.
Raghuram Rajan On Rahul Gandhi | "His Conviction An Indian Issue, Not A Party Issue" | Barkha Dutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3l6x08zarQ 30-3-2023 "Cant go to G-20 and present yourself as the fount of democracy and then.. Raghuram Rajan speaks on the Rahul Gandhi Disqualification issue, says "It's a free speech issue and its not about BJP or Congress, It's an Indian Issue."
Death of Free Speech in India's Press | Fact or Paranoia? | Akash Banerjee & Dharmesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCPg_6vpv3g
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