Author: Rajan Venkatesh

  • शिक्षा, अर्थ व्यवस्था और स्वतन्त्रता (२/२)

    आर्थिक क्षेत्र के हर मोड़ के साथ शिक्षा का मोड़ साथ साथ चलता है और इसका सबसे घातक असर हमारे मूल्यों के ह्रास में दिखाई देता है; हमारे नैतिक पतन में दिखाई पड़ता है और किसी भी तरह से पैसा कमाने वाली प्रवृत्तियों को प्रोत्साहन मिलने में दिखाई पड़ता है। यदि सट्टा और जुआ खेलना…

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  • शिक्षा, अर्थ व्यवस्था और स्वतन्त्रता (१/२)

    मैं समझता हूँ कि शिक्षा और अर्थ व्यवस्था के संबंध को पूरी तरह से समझना बहुत ज़रूरी है न कि सिर्फ़शिक्षक या शिक्षाविदों के लिए, लेकिन हम सबके लिए भी। ‘अर्थ व्यवस्था’ शब्दों से मैं शिक्षा के नाम पर होरही व्यापार या बिसनेस की बात नहीं कर रहा; मगर मैं उम्मीद करता हूँ, कि जब…

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  • Zombies of Obedience

    Zombies of Obedience

    Note: This article is divided in two pages and it is worth reading. Please read till the end. I wonder how many of us recall the Civil Disobedience movement of pre-Independent India. Under Mahatma Gandhi’s guidance, India showed the world a practical and ethical political resistance which shook the British colonizer like no other form…

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  • Fasting to Slow Down

    In the region of western Maharashtra where I live, there is no farming work done on ekadashi, the eleventh day of the moon calender. The moon cycle is in two halves, each about 15 days, so there are two ekadashi days each month. All the farmers withdraw from the fields, allowing a regular regeneration of…

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  • Possibilities of Discovery

    Possibilities of Discovery

    It appears to me that many of today’s social issues which look unsolvable, have become so because of the political system within which we are seeking answers. Let us take together the three issues of the Jallikattu (bull taming ceremony) in Tamil Nadu, the Dahi-handi during Gokulashtami in Maharashtra, and the Kaveri river-sharing tussle between…

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  • Black Money, White Economics

    I sometimes wonder about the colour coding of currency: why legitimate money is ‘white’ money and illegitimately acquired money is ‘black’ money, even though we Indians are legitimately brown and black, and the colonizing chaps who came here as thieves and robbers were ‘white’! But this blog is not about racial language. What I would…

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  • Atma-nirbharta, the Local way

    Atma-nirbharta, the Local way

    There is an alternate voice in this country, and in other parts of the world, which questions the assumptions and systems of modern globalised society. This voice has been speaking for a long time in favour of the local and of strengthening the local community.

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  • We need Wisdom, not Civilisation

    We need Wisdom, not Civilisation

    Many years ago, at a village meeting in Garhwal, a colleague pulled out some pictures from typical garment advertisements and asked the audience what they could tell about the men in the pictures simply by looking at them.

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  • The Soul of the Matter

    It has been reported that Mahatma Gandhi was once asked, “What do you think of Western Civilization?”, to which he replied, “I think that would be a very good idea!” Beyond the obvious wit is a serious statement which is worthy of study.

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