Paras's Blog – April 2010 Archive (12)

a few days back, i had written on how middlemen exploits the farmers of india. if farmers had knowledge of the market scenario they can ripe lot's of benefits. they could earn more and this will stop young farmers who leave agriculture and aim to settle in cities. they forget the fact that people in cities dream to live their life in villages and the fact that ' being simple is extra-ordinary'. that's why rich people have farm houses.



here's a initiative by one of the indian… Continue

i read this in a times of india today, i was really happy to see such a work being done a media house. they have this campaign in which well to do people adopt girl child of poor people..they are suppose to look after the welfare of the girl child. this is the perfect way to solve the issue of gender inequality. in India, it's a disgrace among poorer ma**** to have a girl child and hence they tend to stop accepting the girl as their child. in many cases the mother and daughter are both banished… Continue

About seva cafe : ( content taken from their website, link given below )

Seva Café is an experiment in the shared joy that comes from humble giving and selfless service. Our wh***some meals are cooked and served with love by volunteers and offered to our guests as a genuine

gift paid for in full by previous guests.

As more…

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this will be really fun..

let's guess the next evoke..

till now we had
1) social innovation
2) Food security
3) power shift
4) water crisis
5) Future of money
6) Women empowerment

i think next evoke will be on " education"

what do you think ?

it's been a week at evoke. i feel lucky to have found such a network where i can share my views on social innovation. i am pursuing computer science and a year back there was one question that i had...that was what will i love to develop using my knowledge of computer science if money was not involved in that activity? invariably answer came to giving back to society. somehow i forgot to develop on the urge. Now, a year later when i discovered this fantastic concept that urge has risen..now it… Continue

i live in India. India is said to be the land of farmers. we have lot's of folk songs that praise the work of farmers. Unfortunately, this farmers are exploited by middle-mens. this is so because majority of farmers are illiterate. this situation has grave implications. one is youth is gradually losing interest in farming and their goal is now to migrate to city and take up some petty job.



Our servant has lot's of land in his hometown.. he can be prosperous if he has little knowledge… Continue

i recently saw a doc**entary titled ' zeitgeist addendum '..it was mind boggling to see the doc**entary unravel the secrets that our present financial system. this doc**entary's content was supported by

http://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project-introduction/about



here is what is stated on the above link :

The Venus Project is an organization that proposes a…

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i am from india.

i would like to totally abolish the caste/sex/creed/religion based reservation that we have in India.

what change you want to make?

hey,

we all are different background, culture , culture..

so here's my effort to welcome all of you to share what you like the most about your country..

i'll tell you mine :

i like india because it the world's biggest democracy and top of it, it's functioning democracy !!
i like the secular status of India.

This is why i like my country..

State here, what you like the most about your country..

it was exhilarating to see how nelson mandela ( morgan freeman ) in the movie INVICTUS motivated the rugby team of South africa. They were underdogs for the tournament and went onto become the champions.



the movie shows that evoking the spirit of nationalism with positive influence can create wonders.



Now, here's my idea:



why don't we encourage socially underprivileged to take part in sports. Goverment selects best of the lot and provides them training. They are… Continue

My social hero is Dr. Anil Gupta.

you can view his profile on : http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/

his videos on ted.com : http://blog.ted.com/2009/11/the_buzzanil_gu.php



i had the privilege to hear him speak last year at one of the ceremony. his ideas on grass root innovations is what we are seeking here at evoke network. i strongly recommend to go through and… Continue

From the list of 33 secrets, i picked ' think like a child ' secret. i sincerely believe in this. ' think like a child ' means to think out of the box, think imaginatively/creatively. the phrase is not to be confused with think foolishly .



You might have noticed this, often spiritual leaders tell you that to be happy you need to behave/think like a child!! i believe to come up with innovative ideas we need to have peace of mind. our mind should be free from complex/incoherent thoughts… Continue