By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Democracy is increasingly being understood in India as elections and voting. The larger role of citizen engagement and the importance of several democratic institutions in ensuring good governance is rarely internalised by many. Democracy can be meaningful and productive for the people only when institutions that are created by the legislative…
Mysuru: Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Founder and Chairman of GRAAM and also the Founder of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), Mysuru, has been invited to deliver a talk and participate in panel discussions at the Berkeley India Conference conducted by the Institute of International Studies at UC-Berkeley, California, USA, on Oct. 7 and 8. The…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam India is not only the largest democracy in the world but is also known as one of the noisiest and unhealthy ones. Whatever it is, the events of the last couple of months is something that will make Indian democracy qualify as a ‘ugly’ one too. We always knew that the…
Mysuru: The 52nd Annual Day celebrations of All India Institute Speech and Hearing (AIISH) was held at its premises in Manasagangothri here this morning. Inaugurating the programme, Dr. R. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, opined that teaching was a very noble profession. He said that people with any physical impairment…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Food subsidisation and public distribution systems are the cornerstone for the assessment and eradication of food insecurity in India. While the Government of India passed the National Food Security Bill, the Government of Karnataka has implemented a revised food distribution system, known as the Anna Bhagya Yojana from May 2015. Under…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Caste and religion has today become an inseparable part of the daily discourse. Whether it is a discussion around a marriage in the family, or renting out one’s house or the politics of the nation, we seem to have reconciled to this being a part of our DNA. While some of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam This incident happened a few years ago. I was walking towards Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama in Mysore and was waiting at a signal-light to cross the road. Being a 4-way junction, the wait seemed to be a long one. It was then that I noticed a middle-aged woman selling bananas by the…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. — Kahlil Gibran Running a non-profit is not as easy as it sounds. Apart from the image that the sector generates, the constant uncertainties of funding and resource mobilisation, the lack of high-quality talent, the changing demands of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Dear Chief Minister, Last week saw a mega ‘tamasha’ unfold in our city of Mysuru by your Government… I am sure your officers would not have told you that the main arterial thoroughfares of Mysuru were blocked with buses coming in from all directions putting the city into disarray. Each of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Many years ago, I ran chasing young Manjula (whom I used to fondly call Chikkaputti), a 7-year-old Jenukuruba tribal girl. She was determined to escape being caught and was trying her desperate best to avoid coming to our school. Not someone who would give up easily, I went after her as…
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