The genius on the shopfloor
The genius on the shopfloor by hbncon
PM’s visit to China: beginning of an Asian century
It is very fortuitous for Indian PM to visit china so soon after the visit of the President of China to India. I am a great supporter of Indian non alignment policy and believe that Indian friendship with China need not be at the cost of its relations with USA and Russia. In fact, Indian…
Lessening the pain of Earthquake affected communities
The number of people dead or affected by earthquake in Nepal has been increasing every day. It seems 10-15 thousand people might have lost their lives; ten to twenty times more have been hurt and traumatized. There are obviously a lot of mistakes which have been committed in preparing for the disaster in one of…
Anatomy of farmers suicide: Need for recasting agriculture policy
Every time there is a tragedy, the parliament discusses the issue and then business resumes as usual. I hope things will change this time. Not because in the presence of thousands of people, a farmer was allowed to commit suicide. But because the conditions which lead some farmers to take extreme step have their…
Summer School on inclusive Innovations 2015
We are happy to invite applications for third summer school on inclusive innovation program from 21st May 2015 to 11th June 2015 organised by SRISTI.org. We are inviting enthusiastic young minds who wish to spend their summer break in the process of solving social challenges with possible mass impact in the following fields: Developing…
35th Shodh Yatra in Tripura 13th to 18th May, 2015
The coming Shodh Yatra will be organised in Dhalai district from Wednesday 13th May to Monday 18th May, 2015. http://www.sristi.org/cms/35thshodhyatra
‘Don’t teach your children, they observe you all the time’
I want to continue the discussion on how do we educate our children, particularly pre-school and primary school children. I can never get tired of recalling what my grandfather, a monk had told me years ago, when I had just become a young parent. He said, ‘don’t teach your children. They observe you all the…
‘Don’t teach your children, they observe you all the time’
I want to continue the discussion on how do we educate our children, particularly pre-school and primary school children. I can never get tired of recalling what my grandfather, a monk had told me years ago, when I had just become a young parent. He said, ‘don’t teach…
saving in-situ and ex -situ genetic diversity from war and climate stresses
How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War http://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank-civil-war/?mbid=nl_041715 for those who may not know, it is useful to also recall Cambodian war and how Pol Pot, the dictator had banned cultivation of local varieties and thus tried to destroy the in situ genetic diversity. http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/4637/Encounter%20of%20Cambodian%20rice%20farmers%20with%20war%20and%20rice%20diversity.pdf?sequence=1 (author of this paper not yet known, inform…
Shailesh sharma
Riding high with spirits, donning many hats : an artist, a driver, a designer, and an event manager. Hails from Mainpuri, grew up near Sabarmati, lives in Chandkheda I met Shailesh sharma, who paints, drives car, manages events and struggles to be happy by being himself. I was driven by…