I have been thinking of meditation and mindfulness for many years; way back when, I was a grad student at MIT when the first international Mind and Life meeting brought the Dalai Lama in dialog with neuroscientists and launched the field that’s now called contemplative neuroscience. …
I was going to write the first summary of Matthew Ball’s writings on the Metaverse, but have to put that on hold as last week’s news sinks in: Facebook is renaming itself as Meta, with a new stock ticker: MVRS.
Which came with a demo from Z himself:
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This essay on persistence and identity…
Everything is Connected
I am of the age at which that supreme idiot, Don Quixote de la Mancha set out to conquer the windmills of the world.
After 4 days of intense deliberations, the Janta ka Faisla jury read out their verdict. Both the Hindi text of the verdict (what was read out) and the English translation are given below. …
CM’s advisor promises to table the Jury Verdict of ‘Janta ka Faisla’ in Labour Planning Task Force
- On the third day of the ‘Janta ka Faisla’ event, Pradeep Sharma, who is the advisor to CM Bhupesh Baghel, appeared before the janta jury.
- Government will bring a new scheme for the…
Janta ka Faisla Day 1
Govt reaches public’s doorsteps
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
The progamme Janta Ka Faisla dedicated to the serve the interests of migrant labourers started at the Pastoral Centre Hall, Byron Bazar, Raipur as per the schedule on Monday. In the beginning of the session, the citizen’s jury of…
Even in the best of circumstances, elite readers and viewers don’t see migrants and other marginal communities as equals, as fellow citizens. …
Janta Ka Faisla (JKF) is a platform for deliberative democracy that seeks to address the needs of migrant workers and represents them as full citizens of India. It offers migrants an opportunity to participate in a jury that addresses the challenges of Indian society, whether they are from Samaaj, Sarkaar…
