Many regular readers of GoodNewsIndia [GNI] have wondered why this site has not been updated since 2006. The simple answer is this: the one-man team, that is me, D V Sridharan that publishes GNI is busy with a land restoration project christened, pointReturn . It will need my undivided time and attention at least till 2010; that leaves me with little time or energy to travel and do stories for GNI as I have done since 2000. So work on the site is temporarily suspended.
That is the reason. But there is a connecting story behind how I came to undertake pointReturn. In case you are interested, do pull up a chair and listen. It's a long one, and I must caution, somewhat opinionated. ⇒⇒
Jan 06, 2007
T S Ninan has picked six mega-trends discernible in India today. Five will make our hearts glad: Indian businesses will rival global giants in scale; speed of all manner of transactions will improve all round efficiencies; urbanisation and the growth of middle class that will follow it, will spawn caste-neutral politicians and force governments to provide better quality of life and services; common-Indian’s steadily growing integration with the world will bring about a new confidence and style in behaviour; with something like half of India being under 25, youth will gain ascent and their throbbing energy and desire for fairness will change India in unforeseeable ways.
The sixth one, his #4 in fact, is what makes Ninan’s exercise a serious one. Ninan says the destruction of environment, irresponsible energy use and insensitive pursuit of wealth could easily turn the modern day fairy-tale that the other five trends foretell, into a nightmare or even an endgame before collapse.
Random picks:
Reality is, there is a huge shortage and and a need to create new supplies of them.
Jan 16, 2007:ReformsThe Supreme Court has settled once and for all, that the Parliament’s freedom to legislate is not unfettered but subject to provisions of the Constitution
Feb 19, 2004:ActivismOf the distortions in world trade indulged in by the West, the most stark are in agricultural subsidies
Oct 07, 2003:ActivismIn spite of its much maligned administration and almost compulsively retailed jokes, Bihar still has surprises to deliver
Jun 22, 2003:EnthusiastAmong the few things that a man in uniform gets in India when he retires is, faith and love of his land.
Jul 01, 2004:InnovationAhmed Khan has now produced what seems a flawless solution that will satisfy all critics.
Dec 31, 2003:NewsclipArmy may be the right means to deliver this development message.
Apr 28, 2003:Enthusiast“And when I heard of GoodNewsIndia in Rajkot during a seminar I was delighted,” said this grand old man.
Nov 30, 2004:Ideas For IndiaDelivering sharp slaps on the notion of safe water having to come in priced bottles that are thrown away as litter.
Oct 29, 2005:ActivismDebi Goenka stood up to frustrate the conspiracy of profiteers to grab hundreds of acres earmarked for parks and other public spaces.
Dec 04, 2002:UpdateHousewives just love this cooker, not only because of the low fuel consumption
Jul 22, 2003:Newsclip“Labour market flexibility in India is reality for all but a small labour aristocracy.”
Dec 03, 2003:InnovationIndia can escape the horrors that the West went through before it recovered
Aug 21, 2003:InitiativeRead the Sam Singh saga...that would be enough to fill you with optimism
Sep 08, 2004:ActivismIf you marshall the Net, it’s not so hard to be a Thakkar.
Dec 19, 2002:EconomyIndigo will compete with models from the likes of Ford, GM and Hyundai
Mar 29, 2004:InnovationIn a world that has been drugged to believe that computing is not possible without Microsoft products, these four Indians are pointing to an enticing road ahead.
Jun 10, 2003:Ideas For IndiaAlready in India milk is cheaper than bottled water. Soon petroleum maybe too.
Jun 08, 2003:TrendThe number of heinous crimes had come down, particularly in Rajasthan and Maharashtra
May 12, 2003:Ideas For IndiaThis passion piece is prompted by Adalaj Vav
Apr 13, 2004:EconomyIncrease in credit and at cheap rates will spur investments and create jobs.
Sep 15, 2002:InitiativePrize for Dr Pushpangadan’s work with the Kani tribe
Mar 04, 2004:ResourcesIt takes 60 years to replace a 60 foot tree but only 60 days to replace a 60 foot bamboo
Dec 12, 2002:NewsclipLanguage is not the barrier - it is the challenge to create a PC that will
Jan 01, 2004:ProfilePandurang Shastri Athavale is one of modern India’s Great Masters
Oct 08, 2003:EnvironmentVizag Steel itself is one of the most modern steel plants in the country and a government run unit which has revitalized itself
Nov 24, 2003:InnovationIndia has about 300million each of non-literates and neo-literates. SLS offers a very low cost technique of developing their reading skill
Nov 09, 2002:TrendIndia’s knowledge services to the world is broader than you think. Most imagine it to be just software
Sep 21, 2002:NewsclipThe areas of his work may mystify the best of us but let us try
Dec 07, 2003:Ideas For IndiaThese are ideas that a rapidly changing India needs
Jul 02, 2003:Ideas For IndiaIs there an enthusiast out there to commission a study of this idea by specialists?
Dec 04, 2002:InnovationeChoupals will arrive in 100,000 villages within a decade
Nov 08, 2004:ProfileHis life changed the moment his question changed from “why me?” to “why not me?”
Nov 26, 2003:Memory Speaks“We wouldn’t return home till we had done the rounds of at least 20-30 homes”
May 08, 2003:EnergyThe team headed by Prof. Shrinivasa has come up with a draft policy
Jan 07, 2004:TrendFreedom has resulted in this current demographic advantage, that is likely to last another 20 years.
Jan 17, 2003:EnthusiastHe has so far brought back 80 species of mango and jack-fruit
Oct 07, 2003:EnthusiastPandey’s outlook is what a student needs to learn, to get inspired, to make a contribution towards society
May 06, 2003:ActivismIndia is a truly open society, people are well informed and activists are implacable. Activists like Vandana Shiva
Jul 30, 2003:Newsclip“The United States contracts out its technical thinking to Asia”