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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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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 […]

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वृक्षमंदिर हिंदी मे Book Review Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Book Review by Dr Chiranjeev Kohli -2 AN ADMIRABLE POINT by Florence Hazrat

Dr. Chiranjeev Kohli Dr Kohli is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, and holds a PhD from Indiana University. He is currently a professor of Marketing at California State University, Fullerton, where he has been teaching since 1992. Besides his academic pursuits and teaching, he loves […]

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Book Review Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Book Review by Dr Chiranjeev Kohli “HOW TO WRITE SHORT by Roy Peter Clark”

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Dr V Kurien National Dairy Development Board, NDDB Reminiscences

Random reminisces of a forgetful old man-2; Vancouver, July 2023

We were in Vancouver from July 7th to 16th, 2023. The occasion was a sort of reunion of three families: the Anejas, Behlas, and mine. The three of us first met at Anand in the late sixties where we worked for many years with the then nascent National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) of India. Virindra […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Meeting of Former NDDB Employees, 21 and 22 January 2023: Session- 4

Extension of NDDB Projects to areas other than milk Nearly two hundred Former employees of NDDB, some of them with their spouses, gathered for a meeting on 21 and 22 January at NDDB, Anand. It was the third meeting of its kind, following previous meetings in 2015 and 2020. The two-day meeting had four structured […]

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Meeting of Former NDDB Employee, 21 and 22 January 2023- Session 3

Formation of NDDB Struggles and Achievements Nearly two hundred Former employees of NDDB, some of them with their spouses, gathered for a meeting on 21 and 22 January at NDDB, Anand. It was the third meeting of its kind, following previous meetings in 2015 and 2020. The two-day meeting had four structured sessions; Introduction, Dairying […]

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Meeting of Former NDDB Employees, 21 and 22 January 2023, Session – 2

Dairying in India before NDDB Nearly two hundred Former employees of NDDB, some of them with their spouses, gathered for a meeting on 21 and 22 January at NDDB, Anand. It was the third meeting of its kind, following previous meetings in 2015 and 2020. The two-day meeting had four structured sessions; Introduction, Dairying in […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

Meeting of Former NDDB Employees, 21 and 22 January 2023; Session – 1

On January 21 and 22, 2023, nearly 200 former employees of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and their spouses met in the Tribhuvan Das Auditorium at NDDB, Anand, to celebrate their association with the organisation and the years and years of work life they spent together at the NDDB in Anand. I had earlier […]