Stories and Discussions on Human Development, Culture & Tradition | वृक्षमंदिर से कथा, संवाद एवं विमर्श विकास संस्कृति तथा परंपरा पर
G. Krishnan started his career in the NDDB as an Apprentice in 1973 and subsequently worked in the Planning Division and the Oilseeds and Vegetable Oil Wing. In 1978, he went on deputation to CLUSA and worked in the vegetable oil project for a brief period. This is a strange, real-life story. In the early 1980s, we usedContinue reading “The Celebrity Next Door”
कल खेल में हम हों न हों नीला आकाश रहेगा सदा झिलमिल सितारे रहेंगे सदा सूरज जग रोशन करेगा सदा जलचर जल क्रीड़ा करेंगे सदा नभचर कलरव करेंगे सदा थलचरों की नाद गूंजेगी सदा कल खेल में हम हों न हों बाढ़ आँधी नाश करेंगे सदा ज्वालामुखी क़हर ढायेंगे सदा बवंडर घरों को गिरायेंगे सदाContinue reading “पृथ्वी सौंदर्य – पृथ्वी प्रकोप”
A couple of days ago, my dear friend and former colleague, Dr SC Malhotra, sent me a whatsapp message forwarding a video clip. He has done many audio stories for Vrikshamandir which can be accessed here. Dr Malhotra is a prolific commentator on blogs that are posted on Vrikshamandir. His text message forwarding the videoContinue reading “चिंता, आशा, ममता और मैं”
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This blog is dedicated to the memory of my mother, who left us on 5 May 2021 to the world she had come from. If she was with us would have loved listening to the embedded bhajan. Thanks to Tushaar, my Twitter friend from Vadodara on whose website Bharat Parikrama, I read his beautiful storyContinue reading “ते तणो खरखरो फोक करवो”
This is second part of the article by Nagar. In order to access the first part of the two part article on poverty and public distribution system please click here. So, How poor are the poor that need PDS support? Two important points to be noted here are: A ration card entitles the card holderContinue reading “Poverty and Public Distribution System – Part – II”
यह कहानी जिसे मैं अपनी मां से बचपन मे सुना करता था आज भी याद है! मैंने ये कहानी उनसे पहली बार उस समय सुनी थी, जब मैं कोई पाँच साल का था। उसके बाद ये सिलसिला कोई चार-पाँच वर्ष और चला होगा। पर इस कहानी के बारे में विशेषता ये है, की मैंने ये कहानी हर बार गहरीContinue reading “दिव्य कृपा”
मानव सभ्यता के कुछ बुद्धिजीवी विशेषज्ञों का मानना है कि ”विकास” का पृथ्वी पर अवतरण सर्वप्रथम जंबूद्वीप के भारत खंड मे हुआ था। चूँकि बुद्विजीवी विशेषज्ञों का एक मत होना लगभग असंभव सा है, स्वाभाविक है कि बहुत से बुद्विजीवी विशेषज्ञ ऐसा नहीं मानते। उनके अनुसार, विकास सबसे पहले अफ़्रीकी-भू भाग में अवतरित हुआ औरContinue reading “विकसवा है कहां ? यहां है पर है भी नहीं !”
Saw this on WhatsApp and was reminded of my father. The first one from his village to go out for higher education, to attend college and university, to work for the government, to travel abroad, etc etc. He specialised in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management because he felt that such knowledge would of immense valueContinue reading “JB and his Vrikshamandir”
Nagar had sent this article to me several months ago. Of late, I have not been paying much attention to Vrikshamandir. Since the beginning of this year, I have had some health issues. Now that the situation is fast normalising, I thought, what better way to start regular posting on Vrikshamandir than posting this fromContinue reading “Poverty and Public Distribution System; Part – I”