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I always get confused what is development meant for. Is it a relative term or a absolute one, for the human as well as its intellectual development and pursuits. Then i take a pause,set my eyes on the development in the urban cities, and mistake them as the actual development,which we are being showcasing to the entire world. I might sound stupid but i have a very practical and eye opening visit to my village,which i undertook for some personal reason. Though i visited my native place many times but this particular visit gave me a very important and gainful insight of self sufficiency and sustainability, which have been eroded by us or by the colonial rule of 200 years in India, in pursuit of development. I think the story of other villages is not dissimilar. Guess what? The age old image of a self-sufficient Indian village came before me...Taking a break from the bookish prescription of a self-sufficient village,it gave me a rejuvinating experience. When i reached home my father brou

So,finally the Delhi's tongawallahs have been shown the door, for the sake of adding 'extra' beauty to the city. If i am not making any mistake,the tongawallahs have been practicing this vocation right from the British period. In other word they are too part of our history.The question is not who is displacing them and who has got displaced. The vital and most disturbing question is, whether any alternative arrangement has been made for their survival/income. The tongawallahas reminds us of the glory of the forbidden past which our ancestors enjoyed and we too embraced with dignity. The city is growing and so is the infrastructure. We cannot blame the government for the steps it is taking to improve the civic amenities and infrastructure in the city. But a novel and human approach should be put in place to resettle and rehabilitate these tognawallhas. Showing them the door is the simple way of depriving one of his livelihood, which is not only cruel but also inhuman. It is

It might sound astonishing but it is true, one time meal in a day is really a hard bargain for many. Sometime i feel surprised do all human being belong to the same species? Though genetically our root goes to the same ancestors but still there are contrasting differences among us. A newspaper report says that around 230 million people are undernourished in rural India, the figure might be different in actuality.If we talk about the children then the scenario is really horrible, want to know?, 50% of the child death in India is due to malnutrition. Can anybody answer where we are really heading for. What kind of development is this? If you turn your eyes in and around India you will find there have been two and three types of India growing within INDIA itself. So what measures should be taken to bridge this gap? Having a one time meal is everyone right. Lets make it a reality not just on paper but get it realized through smile of the people affected.. Share ur views........

Social entrepreneurship and social marketing have become the popular jargons for sustainable development and economic prosperity among social scientist. Though the world is witnessing a multitudinous development in all sphere of society,the world leaders and social scientist are advocating for development at grassroots level to bring the benefits of development to doorstep of every individual. But how this could be achieved.? The best suggested way is to involve the people at the primary level. The locals and the native are the best available resources to make this dream possible. We are far behind the goal envisioned by UN for millennium development. Many ways have been suggested to bring social equality and economic prosperity at grassroots level. The locals have their traditional resources and technique which can be used for creating a viable business atmosphere. The local businessmen and agro-companies can also be invited as partner in this regard. While the rural folk would provid

Micro-finance is a common term in social dictionary these days, which has become a synonym with social revolution in rural communities. Some economist and neo-socialist term it as a tool for social development and economic uplift for the poor.In fact there are many inspiring stories which spoke a lot about a change in the lives of rural folks through this scheme. People get a small amount as a loan on nominal interest to start some work or find some way for self employment. Many times we also get confused as we think that everyone of the beneficiaries is a social entrepreneur. But that is not the case. Not everyone is reaping the benefits. A newspaper reports that the rural areas have suddenly been flooded with institutions which have come come forward to lend money. This sounds really miraculous and it seems it would wipe out poverty from the world,as institutions are providing small loan to people to start business on their own. But that is not the case,many of the organizations and

Munia is living in a small helmet of Bihar and mother of three kids. Life was not so easy for her around two year back. Her condition became all the more miserable when her husband Buddhan left her and went to Mumbai for a better future, but neither he returned nor any news of him came. The thought of taking care of her kids without any viable source of income haunted Munia every other day.But one day someone told her about the microfinance scheme of a cooperative society. The cooperative was providing loan to women who belongs to downtrodden families on a very nominal interest rate. Munia appelied for the loan and she got a loan of the Rs 6000/- and bought some goats. She reared the goats with care and sold them to the local market, and surprisingly within year she made a profit of Rs 3003. She even paid up the loan in a year. Now she has adopted this as a profession and is selling grown goats to local kasai(butcherman). Her children are now going school and she has a saving in a bank