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via ‘Tamil is semma gethu language machi’ | Chennai News – Times of India

Interesting article.

Dialect became part of Chennai’s un ..

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via How to be a good listener: the experts’ guide | Family | The Guardian

via How to be a good listener: the experts’ guide | Family | The Guardian

via “Comprehensive Mobility Plan ignores environmental impacts, sustainable solutions” | | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

My take:

While I agree that the Government of Karnataka is not following Ruling Party and PM’s slogan ” SABKA SAATH,  Sabka Vikaas”  I am inclined to say that some of the rhetoric in this essay is lofty thinking with just an eye to be on the committees as experts and delay the processes.

I would have appreciated if the Expert writer here would have suggested

SPECIFIC MEASURES NEEDED

MEASURABLE GOALS DEFINITION – using balanced scorecards, Lag measures clearly defined and Daily/ weekly/ monthly scorecards creation to assist not just the environment, Government but for the entire Humanity which would make use of these facilities.

I strongly feel that Citizen experts should leave ACHIEVABILITY i.e. Feasibility/ viability analysis to the experts in Government as they are not buffoons. I have met several High quality bureaucrats who are not only competent but at times better thinkers and implementers than the Corporates or the self=proclaimed experts of the NGOs.

I agree with the article when it comes to REALITY CHECKS and feel involvement of Citizens, and every one who would like to volunteer for the project “PRO-BONO” . rather than using these NGOs and websites as promo tools for self promotion to be accepted as either government’s paid consultants or politicians of the future.   I appreciate Reality checks and making the planners aware of the things they have missed from a Citizen’s perspective and ensure that C/itizen voices are heard.

Appreciated the TIMEBOUND PLANNING AND FINISHIATIVE NEED, being a drag by raising PILs in courts,  getting stay orders or raising frivolous RTIs to stall important projects is not the answer.

 

via Here’s how Chennai’s novel Madras Waste Exchange is incentivising recycling | | Citizen Matters, Chennai

via Turning fridges to agricultural fields: Mangalore school kids’ unique urban farming experiment | | Citizen Matters

via Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | TED Talk

via Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | TED Talk

via The Spellbinding Swedish Song That Calls Cows Home – Gastro Obscura

via Brainstorming: The Ultimate Guide

“BRAINSTORMING” WAS COINED BY THE MAD-MEN OF ADVERTISING, AS A WAY TO GENERATE BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES

The term “brainstorm” itself comes from 1939. Alex Osborn, one of the partners at the ad agency BBDO, began holding “group-thinking” sessions to come up with ideas for advertising clients.

The goal of these sessions, he wrote, was to generate a large quantity of ideas by combining brainpower and withholding judgment. “The villainess is a gal called Prudence,” he quotes.

Ten years later, brainstorming and Osborn exploded in popularity with the publication of the book Your Creative Power. In it, Osborn defined brainstorming as “using the brain to storm a creative problem—and to do so in commando fashion, with each stormer attacking the same objective.”

 

via Climate — A Haiku – Dhananjay Parkhe – Medium

by jay

Restraint creation
why climate ecosystem
betrayed by the change

 

via Fox -A Haiku – Dhananjay Parkhe – Medium

by jay

Sundown inclement
An arctic, feathered fox flies
in spite of the frog

 

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via Technology helps, but not enough cops to manage Bengaluru’s traffic: Former police chief | | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

My . takes:

1. Make Traffic/ Road Safety Management System a subject for
   1. Civil Engineers
   2. IIT
   3. IPS
   4. Administrative Staff College
2. Awareness required among the Citizens on basics like
   1. Respecting the Zebra LIne and stopping when you see a Human or animal crossing the road
   2. Pedestrial discipline to be taught in . schools.  I have seen children very firmly telling parents not to use Plastic as their “Teachers said so!”
3. All State and Central Governments need Staffing analysis just as the Corporates do.  Manpower planning, Recruiting, Selecting, Equipping – whether it is Traffic Policemen/ women or others in Government jobs is not just shoddy but it is also the root cause of Corruption as bribes are handed to get these jobs.

 

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