“DOMESTIC VOILENCE” whenever my ears hear this term , an image of a crying lady with loads of wounds on her body comes in to my mind , who is hardly breathing , pleading in front of  a coward. But  it has a deeper meaning which is much more beyond this , if you absuse her , you character assassinate her , fill disgust for her in her, child marriage , dowry , acid attack , rape etc are all subset to this term and this term is the universal set to all . By thinking her as a “Weak Leaf” , this is where you are making the mistake , actually you are in the delusion , and , this delusion bursts out when she fights back making you a “coward creature” who is running for his life.

Talking about the different shades of domestic violence committing in different ways in India . Generally , women are preferable for the domestic violence  and not so surprisingly , the voilences that come under “Domestic violence” are fully against women , done by the people who believes that the status of women  is not even the lowest in the strata of the society. But , surprisingly , they are some  women who give air to this kind of brutal violence and believe , it is a right thing to do. We are living in 21^st century , women are empowered and reaching hieghts , people’s perspectives are changing but still not changing , they are accepting it but still not accepting it. The reason behind this  are the few people with polluting minds.

According to the reseaches, around 70% of women in India are the victims of domestic violence , said by our union minister for women and child development , Renuka Chaudhary. It is legally addressed in 1980s  by the introduction of 1983 criminal law act under section 498A. It is divulged by the National Crime Bureau , that a crime is committed against a women every 3 minutes which is raising the goosebumps. Every 29 minutes, a woman is raped ,  women death because of dowry in every 77 minutes and talking about the cruelty which is either performed by her husband or his relative is taking place every nine minutes. These mishaps are occurring despite of the law of the protection of women from domestic violence act.

 I just want to click  the  button of “Being lioness” in the minds of all the women out there , that, they are strong , have their own life to live , take their own decisions , have an authority to raise your voice and not let other people boss you  but “Be your own Boss”. By raising these facts , I just want to make them believe “If someone raises hands on you , you too can raise because god has given you hands , if someone helps you with those hands , help them! , ‘BE FEROCIOUS’ !.

WE ARE LIVING IN THE MODERN INDIA WITH MODEST THINKING AND A RAGE FOR UNEQUALITY IN OUR SOCIETY , WHICH IS STILL THERE . EVEN AFTER , OPPOSING AGAINST THIS AND FIGHTING FOR THE EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, FAVOURING THE LOWER STRATA OF THE SOCIETY . EXPOSING THEM TO BEST OF THEIR RIGHTS LIKE RESERVATION SYSTEM, HIGLIGHTING EQUALITY AS THE MAIN VALUE OF THE CONSTITUTION , BASIC FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS . BUT , THE “CASTE INSECT” HAS NOT LEFT THE FEW MINDS WHICH IS A KIND OF VENOM FOR OUR SOCIETY , MAINLY, FOR THE DEVOLOPMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.

DR. B.R AMBEDKAR HAS PUT DOWN IN HIS BOOK ” ANHILATION OF CASTE” THAT “CASTE IS A STATE OF MIND” WHICH IS AN APPROPRIATE STATEMENT MADE BY HIM. YES, CASTE EXISTS IN EVERYONE’S MIND , MAY BE IN THE FORM OF CLASS , RACE , GENDER , RELIGION ETC BUT IT DOES EXIST. HE HAS ALSO OUTLINED THE DIFFRENCE OF BEING A POLTICIAN AND BEING A SOCIAL THINKER . HE SAYS , ” POLITICAL TYRANNY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO SOCIAL TYRANNY AND A REFORMER WHO DEFIES SOCIETY IS A MORE COURAGEOUS MAN THAN A POLITICIAN WHO DEFIES GOVERNMENT “. HE CLEARLY SAYS HOW POLITICIANS ARE NOT ABLE TO DEFY THE BEST FOR THE SOCIETY AND NOT MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR ITS BETTERMENT , SOMETIMES , GOVERNMENT OVERPOWERS IT . BUT , A SOCIAL THINKER WHO ALWAYS THINKS FOR THE SOCIETY AND WORKS FOR THE SOCIETY , WHOSE MAIN FOCUS IS ON HOW THE “BIRD SOCIETY ” CAN FLY AT HEIGHTS ! .

HE HIMSELF HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CRITICISM AGAINST HIS CASTE, HE CAN’T TOUCH THE TAP OF THE WATER JUST BECAUSE HE IS OF LOWER CASTE , SO A PEON ONLY CAN MAKE HIM DRINK . THE PROBLEM OF STTING IN THE CLASSROM AWAY FROM ALL THE UPPER CASTES. BUT HE FOUGHT ! , HE FOUGHT TILL THE ETERNITY AND BELEIVES THAT DEVOLOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF LABOURS CAN ONLY ENHANCE THE SOCIETY. HE FABRICATED ALL ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION IN HIM AND STARTED WRITING THESIS , STUDIED AT LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND SELECTED FOR AS A CHIEF ARCHITECT FOR THE FRAMING OF OUR CONSTITUTION WHICH IS BEST AMONG ALL THE CONSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD . HE MAKES THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR WORTH IN THIS WORLD , IN THIS SOCIETY IN THEIR MINDS . AS EDUCATION IS GREATEST YOU CAN IMBIBE IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE CHANGE AND BE THE CHANGE , DR B.R AMBEDKAR IS THE ONE ” A GREAT SCHOLAR” . HIS EDUCATION AND CONFIDENCE EMPOWERED HIM AND AUTHORITIED HIM WITH A POSITION OF CHEIF ARCHITECT , AN ECONOMIST AND RESPECTED GLOBALLY.

THE VISION OF DR B.R AMBEDKAR ON THE SOCIETY IS BASED ONB THE TGHREE CORE VALUES : LIBERTY , EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY .

MODERN YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE MODEST VISION !

  Each year August 9, is celebrated as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In the year 2016, it was reported that about 2680 indigenous languages were in danger and on the verge of extinction. In view of this, UN selected 2019 (that is last year) as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to persuade, convince and create awareness to people about the indigenous languages which was undoubtedly a praiseworthy move. Protection of indigenous people and their rights are sine qua non as we Indians know suffering of Ekalavya who was indigenous. Ekalavya was very talented and humble and that is why he smilingly offered his best asset (required for archery), his right thumb as Guru Dakshina to Dronacharya.

   It is pertinent to mention that there are around 476 million indigenous people in 90 countries and they constitute little more than 6 percent of the global population and 15 percent are in  extreme poverty. Their territories are home to 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Still indigenous people are not advanced like other communities. In this regard, few points collected from un.org/en/observances/indigenous-day are presented for the benefit of readers.

• More than 86% of indigenous peoples globally work in the informal economy, compared to 66% for their non-indigenous counterparts
• Indigenous peoples are nearly three times as likely to be living in extreme poverty compared to their non-indigenous counterparts.
• Globally, 47% of all indigenous peoples in employment have no education, compared to 17% of their non-indigenous counterparts. This gap is even wider for women.

  This year International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples theme is COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ resilience. The virtual commemoration will feature an interactive panel discussion on the innovative ways indigenous peoples continue demonstrating resilience and strength in the face of the pandemic while confronting grave threats to their survival. The aim is to highlight how the preservation and promotion of indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and practices can be leveraged more fully during this pandemic. Panellists (Monday, 10 August 9 AM to 11 AM) will share good practices with the audience through an interactive virtual event that will focus on building back stronger.

  As academician and researcher, I have the opportunity to visit across India and interacted many indigenous persons in the different states of north eastern region, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal. The names of some communities are   Boro, Dimasa, Chutia, Karbi, Sonowal, Tiwa, Garo, Rabha, Hajong, Tripuri, Deori, Naga, Chakma, Jamatia, Noatia, Adi (Abor), Aka, Apatani, Tagin, Galo       and others. Also in West Bengal I have interacted with Rabha and Santhal and in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chenchus, observed all indigenous persons were rational, erudite about local and traditional things and very careful to preserve nature. Not a single indigenous person will cut a tree for making money that is out of greed.   

  On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, I salute to all indigenous Peoples.  

The following websites have been consulted while writing the article.

1)wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_World’s_Indigenous_Peoples

2) www.un.org/en/observances/indigenous-day

3) https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/2020-2.html

Dr. Shankar Chatterjee

 Former Professor& Head (CPME)

NIRD &PR (Govt. of India),

Hyderabad-500 030

Telangana, India

Email <shankarjagu@gmail.com>

There was an article in Deccan Herald regarding a paper. which appeared in National Reviews Immunology back to the fact human immune system might be able to fight COVID-19 as SARS-COV-2 had already come into existence earlier. As a result of which many people had grown an immunity towards it due to T cells which are loafers who might be surviving in human’s bloodstream owing to commotion with other relative coronaviruses, which cause common cold in us.

Though this study is not clearly backed but researchers are getting strong indications regarding this. Dr. David L. Katz, founding director of Yale University’s Yale Griffin Research Center remarked it as one of the excellent news while giving an interview to CNN. He stated, “We have had indications for this from a long time that many people may not be prone to get this….”

My Views

Now when he have heard such an outstanding news, we can give our minds some relaxation that maybe in nearest future we might get vaccine of the disease which has caused such devastating damage to human population which has killed 727 thousand people worldwide taking 19.7 millions in its grasp; though we can proudly say with our cumulative effort 11.9 millions have recovered from it. It has ruptured us from inside out stealing our hope but we are survivors, we know how not to succumb to such fights. We are ready to fight, survive and thrive again.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the financing facility of one lakh crore rupees under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund  today through video conferencing. He will also release the sixth instalment of funds of 17 thousand crore rupees to 8.5 crore farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-KISAN) scheme.

AIR correspondent reports, the  financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund will catalyze the creation of post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets like cold storage, collection centres and processing units.

These assets will enable farmers to get greater value for their produce, as they will be able to store and sell at higher prices, reduce wastage, and increase processing and value addition. One lakh crore rupees will be sanctioned under the financing facility in partnership with multiple lending institutions.  

11  Public Sector Banks have already signed MOUs in this regard. Three percent interest subvention and credit guarantee of up to two crore rupees will be provided to the beneficiaries to increase the viability of these projects.

The beneficiaries of the scheme will include farmers, Marketing Cooperative Societies, Joint Liability Groups, Multipurpose Cooperative Societies, Agri-entrepreneurs and Startups.

The PM-KISAN scheme has provided a direct cash benefit of over 75 thousand  crore rupees to more than 9.9 Crore farmers. This has enabled them to fulfil their agricultural requirements and support their families.

The scheme has also been instrumental in supporting farmers during the COVID-19  pandemic, through the release of nearly  22 thousand crore rupees to aid the farmers during the lockdown period.

“Artificial Intelligence is the new electricity” a quote by Andrew Ng — former Baidu Chief Scientist and co-founder of Coursera gives a beautiful insight about what AI is and how it will impact our lives.

I would like to start by dissecting the topic of discussion. The first part is to establish what AI and unemployment really are and second being how closely co-related they are. A quick google search defines Artificial Intelligence as intelligence demonstrated by machines and a plethora of other similar meanings where machines seem to take intelligent decisions. On the other hand, unemployment is not that easy to define. However, the definition given by NSSO can be used for reference here i.e Unemployment occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work.

Now If we compare the data from birth of AI as a field in 1956 to today one can easily infer that the periods where the field of artificial intelligence has sky rocketed, the unemployment rate more or less hasn’t followed the same suit. An argument can be made during the current times but the numbers for the current period also tell the same story.

I would like to bring attention to how AI instead helps to create jobs. The World Economic Forum in 2020 forecasted a strong increase in AI jobs globally over the next 2 years, with new jobs per 10,000 opportunities increasing from 78 today to 123 in 2022.

And fortunately, one of the major sectors to benefit from this is Finance & Auditing. AI has enabled large pieces of the audit process to be automated, but it hasn’t reduced the number of people involved in the audit process. Professionals now can find patterns in the data they would otherwise not see and create better forecasting models. Other Industries adopting AI have seen reduced wastages and savings in time which ultimately making the economy more productive.

Another Argument can be drawn from the past. Jobs which could never be predicted are existing today because of technology. For Eg. Air Hostesses/Pilots, entire Airports and other jobs attached to Aviation industry were non-existent before we made Aeroplanes themselves.

So, what are some of the possible jobs that can be created by the AI revolution?

Jobs directly related like safety and maintenance engineers, machine designers, and ethics re-searchers are some examples. Specialized skills such as data analysis will be needed too.

Jobs indirectly related to AI will also expand, such as educational content related to such fields. Experts will also be in demand as all this needs knowledge and specialization.

And Finally, Humans will be able to focus on doing more rewarding work such as scientific discovery, problem solving, and innovative design. The decline of monotonous jobs will also allow for creative jobs to expand as people have more time to pursue less technical interests.”

Look We might think AI and computer advancements as something really scary but to be honest even with such leaps every year computers are nowhere close to having true intelligence as we possess. All this is because humans have something special, the ability to use knowledge.

Even the most advanced AI systems like IBM’s Watson has more knowledge than most humans, yet all its power is only ultimately used to help humans in decision making. Jobs in the field of Human Resource Management, Software Development, Public Relations and other creative fields cannot be automated. Ever

And lastly to conclude, Electricity might have replaced jobs in candle factories but I don’t think it has added to unemployment woes since.