Radha's love for Krishna in mythology.

This love was eternal and developed in childhood. Radha was 10 years elder to him. I think such eternal and extraordinary love between two lovers  transgresses the boundaries like age, marital status etc in fulfilment of that sublime and salutary effect on body and soul for sometime. That moment of joy and ecstasy felt in union of such lovers has no parallel in human relationships. 

Radha and Krishna represent such a union of body and soul with unique pleasure and fantasy commonly or rarely found in human beings.

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Hard work bears fruit in an arid land

 Four Sikh families have come from Moga in Punjab to Vallandhai in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and developed 300 acres of fallow land into an orchard.

This patch of land falls in Kamudhi block , one of the driest parts of Ramanathapuram district where Akal Farm has been developed by Himachal Pradesh-based Kalgidhar Trust.

They took three years to remove the shrubs since 2007 and develop the area for plantation of superior variety of guava, mango, cucumber & pumpkin, watermelon by digging 15 bore wells and using drip irrigation method. Timber tree is also grown over five acres.

A perfect method of land development and horticulture as strongly advocated by the author in a research conducted during 1988-92, of course, mainly keeping the economics of small and marginal farmers in Madhya Pradesh.

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Five lakh litres of milk per day being thrown on the streets of Tamil Nadu

This type of protest is going on for about a week now with a request and threatening that they would try to march towards the state secretariat, Chennai. The farmers and other labourers were helped by the bankers to buy the milk-yielding cows and buffaloes and sell the milk through the cooperative milk Societies. 

But alas! The Societies have refused to procure milk on the ground that they have no facilities to process it and sell through their retail outlets.

Prime Minister keeps talking to the farmers over radio network promising all sorts of help. The state governments encourage the people to increase their income through dairies but with no planning to help them in marketing.

Who is at fault? Who has failed to ensure succour to those self-employed people in the agrarian economy? Why such a gap between promise and performance. It is sickening that the government machinery seems to be quite insensitive to such an issue.

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Minimum Wage in the richest land!

Thousands of demonstrators, including many fast-food workers and child care staff protested in New York demanding a minimum wage of 15 US dollars an hour to escape poverty in America's largest city.

The minimum wage at the moment in New York is Dollar 8.75 ( around 63 indian rupees to a dollar ) an hour and due to rise to Dollar 9 in 2016.

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Rich is becoming richer!

Not only individuals but educational institutions as well!!

The assets of the 40 wealthiest institutions in USA, led by Harvard University, have increased 50 per cent over the past five years , according to a report released by Moody's Investors Service, the New York bond rating company ( TOI, April 17, 2015).

Any equivalent in India?
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Shia Genocide

Around 1000 people killed in two years. In Pakistan many social groups are in danger now, reports Fatima Bhutto.

A sad commentary on the situation prevalent in our neighbourhood. People kill other people in the name of religion? What is the use of such a religion in 21st Century? Only their God can reform such individuals and organisations!

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India is on the move!

Urbanisation is in full swing all over India. The people from countryside keep migrating to metros, class one cities, class two towns mainly in search of employment, safety and security, privacy in life, urban amenities etc.

Even villages in South India appear to have pucca houses, better road connectivity and communication facilities. It is a good development we should feel proud of. Cleanliness and sanitation is of course not cared for by any citizens unfortunately so far. Hope things should improve on this front too soon.

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Lee Kuan Yew

A law student from Cambridge, otherwise born into the third generation middle class Chinese family in Singapore in 1923, had the opportunity to form the People's Action Party  in 1954 and win the elections in 1959. Lee became the Prime Minister. After an initial merger with Malaysia, Singapore parted the way after two years and started its forward march under his rule since 1960. 

In the next three decades he transformed a tiny and sleepy fisherman island into an economically powerful city nation. Now the per capita income in Singapore is around  U S. dollar 55000/. 

Reason for success:

Enterprising and dedicated leadership

Incorruptible and strict government

Control on freedom of speech and media

Single party rule for 3-4 decades with no opposition

People's cooperation with the government

Is it possible in India to repeat that system given the constitution of India, diversity in race, religion, language, culture, history, geography etc? Not really.

A disciplined democracy, with press freedom subordinated to national goals, pronounced and practised by selfless individuals at the apex level and supported by a bureaucracy committed to the Constitution of India and the socialistic pattern of Indian society alone can pave the way for transformation of India into a world class nation developed in all aspects.

Can the Modi's role and rule be expected to usher in such a transformation in India?

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