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  The Interesting history behind Holi Festival Compiled by: Vijay Sardana Happy Holi to all of you. It is important to know and learn from our history, our culture and our value systems. Without roots and value systems no civilization and institution can survive. On the occasion of the Holi festival, this is an attempt to understand the characters behind the Holi festival. According to a story from Bhagavata Purana, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha are Vishnu's gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya, born on earth as the result of a curse from the Four Kumara. According to Sources, the birthplace of Hiranyakashipu is Moolsthan (Present Day Multan in Pakistan). Who were the Four Kumaras?  The Kumaras are four sages (rishis) who roam the universe as children, from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, generally named Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat kumara. They are described as the first mind-born creations and sons of the creator-god Brahma. Brahma, who had received the knowledge of the...

How to improve Farmers' Welfare? - Proposed Action Points - By: Vijay SARDANA “Participants with better bargaining power make more profit in business, the better future of small Farmers depends upon their collective bargain. Without bargaining power, difficult to improve margins ” A vast majority of India’s farming operations are carried out by small and marginal farmers or farmworkers. Many of them may or may not be landholders. At the same time, the majority of the farmers are comfortable in farming and not running an institution alongside their regular day.  With small landholding, these resource-poor farmers face several problems including lack of knowledge and technology to have control on cost, lack of process efficiency, lack of access to finance, poor risk management and poor market intelligence.  AMUL, other state milk cooperatives and some new FPOs have provided us with a model with the way forward for the welfare of the farmers. Unity is Strength for a better future...

  Rebuttal of Editorial from Le Monde Ignorant editors of foreign media spreading misinformation about India around the World By: Vijay SARDANA Techno-Legal Expert Advocate, Delhi High Court No one is keen that India emerges stronger. There is a growing trend in the western media to target Indian political leadership at any given opportunity. This week, Le Monde, the reputed French paper published an article on the expected line to target political leadership of India without understanding the ground reality as part of the agenda to defame the growing influence of India in the world. It appears that the attack on the political leadership of India is a part of a larger design. The editorial of the Le Monde is using the same language which is used by political opponents of the government and some selected media houses led by a group of people with anti-government agenda. That is why the editor failed to cross-check the facts on the ground. Let me share the facts for the benefit of t...

Why after the shocking 2nd wave of COVID-19 India will emerge stronger? By: Vijay Sardana History tells us India is not a country that is known for proactive planning. Look back in history and tell me, when we had proactive planning? Foreign occupation to poverty to current crisis all is the outcome of our casual attitude and reactive mindset. Unless we get a strong hit from outsiders, including terrorist attacks, biological threats, war, or natural calamities, we take time to wake up and by the time damage is done. Irrespective of political ideology, this happens because we are happy and satisfied underperformers, as a society. As a society, w e do not strive for excellence. Our political leaders believed in populism in place of excellence in governance . This breeds corruption, nepotism, and all ills which ultimately leads to painful crises. COVID-19 second wave is just the reminder of that.  At the same time, we are a very good crisis manager because once we are pushed to th...