For a massive population of 135 crore people, India is the most populous country growing at an unprecedented rate. To put that in simple number form, in 1947, India was some 350 million strong and in 72 years has grown 4 fold. That's an addition of over 1 billion people. By no measures does poverty... Continue Reading →
SANSKRIT SHOULD BE OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE
It is no secret in India that we speak some Sanskrit every day. Any language be it Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada etc., have Sanskrit words in them. Yet somehow Sanskrit to the Indians has become a Taboo language. Till the 90's, Sanskrit was available in schools and colleges as a language to study.... Continue Reading →
RESOLVING FARMER DISTRESS
#Vitarkka: Various data sources claim that between 160 to 395 Million acres of land are under agriculture in India and figures amongst the top 5 growers worldwide in many categories of agri-products. (India has about 812 Million Acres of land approximately). 60% of India’s population is directly or indirectly employed in agriculture. Agriculture exports according... Continue Reading →
SCHOOLS MUST TEACH AGRICULTURE TO CHILDREN
#Vitarkka: At the time of independence India had a population of some 300 million people which today has grown to 1.4 billion. That is 1.1 billion people in a matter of 70 plus years. At this rate in every 10 years we will be adding a few hundred million people and soon enough we will... Continue Reading →