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Food Crisis and Agriculture in India

Along with my major research interests such as Natural Resource Management, Drought Management, Agriculture is one of my favorite topic for research and analysis. Agriculture is not only the most important economic activity that feed entire human population, it is also single source of livelihood for world's most poor and marginal population.     With openness provided by Internet Forums and #SocialMedia, there is a possibility of an inclusive policy discussion. One of such discussion was conducted by @IDRC "Are genetic crops the answer to the world food crisis? Ask India's Green Revolution founder" on World Food Day, 2013.     Though, I don't endorse genetic food for people due to possible generic massacre of agricultural gene-pool, my interest was solving food crisis. Hence my Question to M S Swaminathan, known as the father of the Green Revolution in India was this:  @AmiSri @IDRC_CRDI @DougSaunders MyQuestion: Despite India has wor...

Divisive Agendas and Educated Indians

While caste being less and less important in common lives of Indians, caste-politics is picking up and growing up to deeper depths. Education and appointments are totally casteists now, even the text book and examination papers are becoming tool for justification of caste politics and vote bank politics.             When India won freedom, entire population was poor and illiterate, regardless of its caste line. Reservations were far less and only in Electoral and public jobs. At present, 64 years down the line, Indian populous is richer and more literate and even more urban (where caste don’t even matter in real life), the caste quotas are must increased and infested all higher educational institutes even specialized agencies such as ISRO, NRSA, DRDO and all other government agencies. What is making this tendency stronger? Certainly nothing but the lust of power, which is being clinched through divisive vote bank policies....

Reply to a Buddhist Casteist

Udayveer ji, talking about the caste should not be one sided. What Dr Ambedkar did was not Annihilation of caste but rather insitutionalization of caste. The worst form of caste discrimination, which is publish in the govt report or any other report - is not universal. Even today, 99% atcrocities against poor or dalits are done by the so called OBC castes, who gets more reservations than even dalits! Talking on Dr Ambedkar, he was an educated rhetoric. His father was working in army. Local king sponsered all education on Mr Ambedkar. Despite that, He never participated in freedom struggle, also demanded separate electoral. Political parties and govt documents often lie in order to maintain the political correctness, referring him as a freedom fighter. He was never one. Read and think. Let's talk about another great leader who also belong to same caste - Babu Jagjeevan Ram. He was a great freedom fighter, finest statesman and perhaps he inducted several dalits in main str...

खुश हो जाइए आप अमीर हैं

‪ खुश हो जाइए आप अमीर हैं अगर आप रोज़ खरीद सकते हैं -0.44 रुपये का फल 0.70 रुपये की चीनी 5.00 रुपये का गेहूं 5.00 रुपये का चावल1.00 की दाल2.30 रुपये का दूध 85 ग्राम 1.80 रुपये की सब्जीयाने अगर आप रोज़ 32 रुपये रोज़ खर्च करने की हैसियत रखते हैं तो आप अमीर हैं...    आपको कोई सबसिडी नहीं मिलेगी... योजना आयोग अध्यक्ष (मौनमोहन) ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट को बताया है की गाँव मे प्रतिदिन 26 रुपया और शहर मे 32 रुपया खर्च कर सकने वाला व्यक्ति गरीब नहीं है...  चार लोगों के परिवार को महीने मे 3860 रुपये पर्याप्त होते हैं ... अब आप हिसाब लगाये आप कितने अमीर ? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone

Crimes of a Lunatic Govt

The Planning Commission told the Supreme Court that anyone spending more than Rs 965 per month in urban India and Rs 781 in rural India will be deemed not to be poor. At same time Govt has increased creamy layer income up to 4.5 lakhs per year. It means, anyone from who is earning 45,000 Rs can avail all facilities, quota, preferences and reservations along with those who are earning 781 Rs per month. If the poor family earning 781 Rs per month is from non-category castes, they have to pay more for govt facilities and education compare to Rs 45,000 earning families. This gross injustice is being institutionalised by govt as poor don't form a consolidated vote bank? However, this white lie of government can not change the reality. With skyhigh food inflation rates, every month millions of unemployed population falling into the trap of poverty. Small farmers, landless labourers, wage workers and people at the margins of economy don't get occasional hikes in their income. The p...