Since the beginning, the proponents of the Vizhinjam port have been propagating many claims. As I started reading official reports and other studies by experts related to both economic and environmental aspects of the proposed port, I realized that all these claims are false.
The claims are that it is a natural port, and no dredging is required;
that by building this port, Thiruvananthapuram will develop like Singapore or Dubai;
that it is India’s first transhipment port;
and it will create huge employment opportunities and enhance State revenue.
I am not an environmental/academic expert, though I was part of a research team looking at the ‘coastal ecosystem changes in the west coast of the country’ during 2000-2010. Together with this, being from the coastal fishing community in Kerala, and as my native place was the first coastal area to experience severe erosion after the 1970s construction of artificial structures (two breakwaters) at Vizhinjam for a fishery harbour; I had on-field knowledge and experience about the impact of such structures.
Over 1 lakh Indians gave up citizenship in 10 months of 2022: Govt in Lok Sabha 09 Dec 2022, By Sayantani Biswas https://www.livemint.com/news/india/over-1-lakh-indian-gave-up-citizenship-between-january-to-october-2022-government-informs-lok-sabha-11670589857164.html Muralieedharan informed the Lok Sabha that according to information available, 131,489 people gave up their Indian citizenship in 2015, 141,603 in 2016, 133,049 in 2017, 134,561 in 2018, 144,017 in 2019, 85,256 in 2020, 163,370 in 2021 and 1,83,741 till October 31 this year.
According to the Hindustan Times report, Muraleedharan said the ministry does not keep a tab on the “wealth taken away from India" by those who renounce their citizenship.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/over-8000-millionaires-set-to-leave-india/cid/1870040 About 8,000 dollar millionaires are likely to move out of India in 2022 — making it one of the top three countries to experience the exodus of the wealthiest, a new study has claimed. The key drivers for migration are the desire for higher standard of living, better educational and health facilities and also to get away from the stringent tax residency rule and the high rate of individual tax in India, Henley Global Citizens Report, 2022 Q2, stated
According to Bijal Ajinkya, partner in direct tax, private client and investment fund practices in solicitor firm Khaitan & Co, stringent tax rules and reporting requirements along with the desire for stronger passports remain the key drivers for Indians who are favouring the EU countries, Dubai and Singapore for relocation.
In May 19, 2015 , PM Modi insulting comments: People were ashamed of being Indians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLpxSL82ihQ
Indian PM Narendra Modi, known for his rhetorical and powerful speeches, has gone too far with his comments, when one of his statements was taken as an insult. Modi had said that people were ashamed of being Indians before he became Prime Minister.
While I dont vouch for it, is there a harm to give it a try. Even it is purely psycho-somatic, whats wrong with it?
As the result of the Gujarat pour in.. (8th Dec 2022 - )
Pause - set your Pulse...
Take a breath. Release the tension in your body. Place attention on your physical heart. Breathe slowly into the area for 60 seconds, focusing on feeling a sense of ease. Click https://thepulse.one/a-new-media-approach-for-improved-sense-making-through-physiological-coherence/ to learn why the pulse suggests this.
https://issuu.com/devissues/docs/devissues_spring_2022
Economic intermediation is moving online. This means that the acts of purchase and distribution of goods are shifting from the physical to the digital. These platforms are able to create a competitive advantage for themselves because they reduce transaction costs and because they obtain greater economies of scale. online retailing reduces the number of intermediaries. however the balance of economic power will shift in complex ways. The experience of Asian colonization makes it clear that when trading platforms are monopolizes, wealth accrues not to the producers but to the distributors of goods.
Security aspects of the platform economy are under-emphasized. Large tech companies gather tremendous amount of data and wealth globally and this data and the technologies they develop are utilized by military authorities.
by Sunil Tankha
from International Institute of Social Studies 'DEVISSUES'
May 2022
read more
Jignesh Mevani: ‘Bilkis Bano is close to my heart’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHl1y_BqeM Former independent MLA and now Congress candidate from Vadagam speaks with Manisha Pande of Newslaundry while campaigning for the second phase of , which is scheduled for December 5. Jignesh talks about the conflict he sees between electoral politics and activism, the reason he is speaking about at election rallies, and why he thinks the Congress has "too much democracy". He also dwells on why he joined the Congress and the role Rahul Gandhi played, the difference between Ambedkarite and Gandhian approach to caste, and more.
Mallika Sarabhai on 2002, Rocket Boys, and how Gujarat has changed in her lifetime | NL Interview https://youtu.be/_FZfFzgRWpE?t=250 Ahmedabad growing.. of institutions. Ahmedabad is more casteist today that it was a few years ago. . Malika Sarabai is an artist, actress, classical dancer and activist from Gujarat. In this conversation with Manisha Pande, she talks about how Gujarat, and particularly her hometown Ahmedabad, has changed since her childhood, her relationship with her parents, the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, her brief stint in politics, and what separates activists from politicians. “Activists don’t play on the common denominator of fear, hatred and insecurity,” she opines, “politicians do”.
Talking about the 2002 carnage, she recalls, “My neighbours were going out there in cars to loot shops and calling their friends to say, ‘Mattresses are good in this shop and we are looting so come.’ My dentist might have been out there, my gynaecologist might have been out there.” https://youtu.be/_FZfFzgRWpE?t=951
She also explores the nuances the TV series Rocket Boys missed about the relationship of her parents, classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/nehru-read-ramayana-every-morning-for-pure-joy-he-also-turned-to-religion-in-his-old-age/1237854/ "I have begun seriously reading the Ramayan—Tulsi too, and Kabir’s bhajans and slokas from Bhagavad Gita serve as memory exercises whilst I have my morning and evening walks. I have, as you might well imagine, regularly done my prayers, regularly retired at the time appointed by you, and been out of bed at the same hour when, as Nanak says the “Heavens rain nectar”.’ Later in the same letter, Nehru remarks: ‘My days are passed among the saints nowadays, and I should love to finish as well as I can my knowledge of the Bible, the Saints (including Christian Saints of course), the Ramayan and the Mahabharat (including of course the Bhagavad Gita). I have some secular literature [with me], no doubt, but that takes frankly, a subordinate place.
जातिवादी जजों का खुलासा/SHAMBHU ON PRESIDENT MURMU AND SC https://youtu.be/wghmmzwQY4w?t=171
President Murmu On Constitution Day: Onus On All Of Us to Make Process Of Seeking Justice Affordable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrL0_3E3Bak Nov 28, 2022
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said the legislature, the executive and the judiciary need to have "one thinking" for the country and its people. In her valedictory address at the Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Court here, she suggested decongesting jails by helping poor people languishing there for years for petty crimes. "It is said that jails are getting overcrowded and there is a need to set up more jails. Are we moving towards development? What is the need to set up more jails? We need to reduce their numbers," she said in Hindi. Ms Murmu said there is a need to do something for these poor people in prisons
Hansraj Meena @HansrajMeena https://twitter.com/i/status/1596843755486990340
भारत की जेलों में 4,78,600 कैदी बिना सजा पाए बंद है। इसमें 3,15,409 यानि 65.90% कैदी एससी, एसटी, ओबीसी है। ये आंकड़ा गृह राज्यमंत्री किशन रेड्डी ने पिछली साल राज्यसभा में दिया था। अब मुर्मू जी, ने कॉलेजियम जजों के सामने इन्हीं को लेकर अपना दर्द व्यक्त किया है।
"Govt Must Stop Overloading Supreme Court With Statutory Appeals" : Attorney General R Venkataramani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZNmGDLh8w
Comment onDeliberate use of words like Vanvasi, Appeasement or for that matter words like Inquilaab , by Shakil Akhtar and Prof. Akhil Swami on dblive https://youtube.com/embed/TX7Vk_0NSKY?start=898&end=1284 samanta v/s samrakshan etc pseudo-secularism,..
- lessons in Nationalism from Iranian Footballers
- NPA reduction claim by the Minister of Finance Myth & Reality.
- India’s draft digital privacy law: shifting the goal post
- The Original Prabodhankar Thackeray
- Reframing Democracy and Well-Being in Korchi,
- As the rule of law recedes in India, a new majoritarian consensus emerges
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
- Why BJP is so upset if Medha Joined Bharat Jodo Yatra?
- Cutting to the .. Rahul interview, Yatra Arragments, Police, impact?
- Someone has to pick the narrative by the hornss
- Modi ने जब एक पत्रकार से नाराज़ होकर बीच यात्रा में छोड़ दिया था
- Shraddha case Sack These Ministers, Warn Them: Sena Leader On Comments Over Delhi Murder Case
- Quota for identifying illegal migrants
- Salvatore Babones Punctures 'Anti-India' Narrative By Intellectuals
- Morbi Accident: Not God’s Will,
- Ukraine War: Myths and Facts
- Shukla Sen on Srennivas Jain on the Bharat Jodo Yatra
- Entrenching Impunity, Peddling Justice for Rape
- Review of nandinin Oza's book on Narmada Bachao Andolan
- Letter to NDMA on Kaiga Potential Disaster