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पढ़ा लिखा और अनपढ़

“अनपढ़” बहुत घमंडी है। “पढ़े लिखे” को केवल एक ही बात का घमंड है । वह है “अनपढ़” से ज़्यादा बुद्धिमान होने का। “पढ़ा लिखा अनपढ़” और “अनपढ़ पढ़ा लिखा” कनफुजिआस्टिक स्टेट में विचरण कर रहा है मस्त है !

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Understanding Information: The Challenge in the Age of the Internet and Technology

AI + This blog has been written almost entirely by AI+ In today’s era of the internet and technology, information is readily available to us. Everyone can access information through their phones, computers, or other electronic devices. However, it has become increasingly challenging to make sense of information based on its accuracy. The first reason […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

जानकारी की सही समझ: इंटरनेट और तकनीकी जमाने की चुनौती

AI+ यह ब्लाग लगभग संपूर्णत: एआई+ द्वारा लिखा गया है आजकल, इंटरनेट और तकनीकी जमाने में जानकारियाँ आसानी से हमारे पास पहुंचती हैं। हर कोई अपने फोन, कंप्यूटर या अन्य इलेक्ट्रॉनिक उपकरण के माध्यम से जानकारी तक पहुंच सकता है। लेकिन, जानकारी के आधार पर सही समझ बनाना मुश्किल हो रहा है। इसके पीछे कई […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion National Dairy Development Board, NDDB Oilseeds and Vegetable Oil Project Operation Flood Uncategorized

The unfinished Blog: Finally Completing the Story of Meeting Rajeev Deshmukh

In August 2022, Dr. Mukund Naware sent me a message informing me that Rajeev Deshmukh, who had worked with the Farmers Organization and Animal Husbandry (FO and AH) Division of the National Dairy Development Board would be visiting Toronto and would like to meet me. Dr Naware and I had a telephone call after that. […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Dr V Kurien Operation Flood

A story in search of an end; “A Bull Made of Steel”

A developing story unfolds through correspondence between two individuals who have yet to meet face to face and live over 12,480 kilometers apart. Like any story, this one also has a beginning. However, both the writers and the story itself are still searching for closure and longing for an end. Dear reader, could you lend […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Reminiscences

Shri R N Haldipur. Humility Unlimited

Rashmi Kant Nagar I vaguely recall that it was month of July, 1982. V S Behla, who was Director, Engineering at that time and I were heading home after office. As we had moved just a few steps out of the main office building, a white premier car suddenly stoped in front of us and […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Random Reminiscences of a forgetful old man 1968-1975 Manthan and Mani Bhuvan-3

Manthan “Mathan” the celebrated Hindi feature film directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by the Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation Limited was released before I joined the Chairman’s Office in NDDB. Dr Kurien wanted to have the first show of Manthan in Anand and invite a select audience from various milk unions of Gujarat, Gujarat Cooperative […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

वसुधैव कुटुंबकम; वाक्यांश क्या केवल एक जुमला है ?

एक मित्र ने हाल ही में अपनी फेसबुक टाइमलाइन पर लिखा: “भारत में पारंपरिक संयुक्त परिवार प्रणाली को तेजी से एकल परिवार द्वारा प्रतिस्थापित किया जा रहा है। अंतरजातीय और अंतरधार्मिक विवाहों को अस्वीकार किया जा रहा है; सांप्रदायिक झगड़े उग्र होते जा रहे हैं. इस पृष्ठभूमि में, ‘वसुदैव कुटुंबकम‘ की महान भावना को भारत […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Satire

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam; Is it just a slogan being used these days?

A friend recently wrote on his Facebook timeline: “The traditional joint family system in India is fast being replaced by that of the nuclear family. Inter-caste and inter-religious marriages are being spurned; communal strife is becoming rampant. Against this backdrop, the noble sentiment of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’ is being waved around or advertised as India’s characteristic. […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Performance of Nasadiya Sukta at Times Square today

This performance of Nasadiya Sukta at Times Square today reminded me of the days of Bharat Ek Khoj! I remember our first color TV, Shyam Benegal and his team, Manthan, and so many other incidents and movies. During my Anand days, I was privileged to have met Shri Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, and many others […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

My DNA; Diversity and Identity

This Facebook post reveals a lot. Click on the link and watch the video clip, which is part of a podcast. In this podcast, Shri Pervez Hoodbhoy, a Pakistani Nuclear Physicist and a well-known researcher and educator, talks about DNA. In the Pakistani context, he mentions that those who call themselves Syeds and trace their […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

मेरा डीएनए; विविधता और पहचान

यह फेसबुक पोस्ट बहुत कुछ कह जाती है । इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें और वीडियो क्लिप देखें, जो एक पॉडकास्ट का हिस्सा है। इस पॉडकास्ट में, पाकिस्तानी परमाणु भौतिक विज्ञानी,प्रसिद्ध शोधकर्ता और शिक्षक श्री परवेज़ हुदाभाई डीएनए के बारे में बात करते समय पाकिस्तानी संदर्भ में उल्लेख कर रहे हैं कि जो लोग खुद […]