Blogger Shivani Srivastava

The Farmer protests rocking India for now more than 100 days, shows the apathy towards #agriculture, #farming, #farmers in India at large…. the urban India the rich and neo-rich class, as well as middle class which is busy making money, name, fame, career …. etc. including many, who have now become more urban than the ones who have been born and brought up in that culture ...walking through the path of villages- as for them the bottom line is earning money, living a lifestyle which was just a part of influence via TV and movies... a race to gallop wealth...which can facilitate buying anything and everything, even humanity!    Be it the steady work towards bringing an end to the rural and agriculture ecosystem....the rustic and eco-friendly village living ...lifestyle … or the growing challenges of climate change ...environmental degradation….the increased use of plastics that has affected the marine life to dangerous levels …..it’s all for a few select, to raise concerns and...

2020 bids adieu, with many a lessons and insights for one and all. 2021 knocks the door; time to introspect and reflect! The magnanimity and power of nature, if still not understood and we (human beings) continue to defy and exploit nature mindlessly, in the name of development, which in essence is nothing else but destruction and devastation for ‘beings’ selfish and senseless greed - amassing superficial power, wealth and status; probably it will never be learnt.   The year 2020 leaves with very important life lessons, provided our conscious and sensitivity is still alive to understand and listen to what is being made to be experienced with complete silence- that is, life is too simple, and its to be lived with gratitude, love and respect for one and all including mother nature- community living and with respect for nature and equality.   2021, hopefully will bring in the dawn of an era that will bring humanity and humanness back to mother earth…   the nature that ha...

The current crisis looming a country like India that has essentially been known as an agrarian economy is saddening and distressing. The mass protest by farmers from all over India and their march to Delhi and the way the current Government of India, is dealing and putting the police force in all its might to have it stopped is shameful and absolutely illegal. Article 19(1)(b) assures citizens the right to assemble peaceably and without arms. Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution includes that every person has right to express their personal opinions but subjected to reasonable restrictions. ... Thereby, right to peaceful protest is bestowed to Indian citizens by our Constitution. There was a time when we had Prime Minister of the likes of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, who gave the slogan of “Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan” in 1965 at a public gathering at Ramlila Maidan and today all has been put to shame, reflecting where and to what we have progressed and devel...