Thought of the day - 7th February 2011

Some people have the habit of making simple things look complex.  They keep pulling unnecessary strings in an issue and then find them in a situation where they spend all their time and energy in justifying their stand on the conflict itself…

Ranjan Panda 

The Seed Crusader of India

Fortunate: we had with us one of the best agricultural scientists of India yesterday at Sambalpur.  Prakash Singh Raghuvanshi, an eight standard drop out, who is just a three and half acre small farmer, has developed 100s of indigenous seed varieties with wonderful production capacities.  He distributes his seeds for free to framers and asks to multiply them.  Ironically, our government goes to the MNCs to beg for terminator seeds...


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Thought of the day - 5th February 2011

To know about a person's attitude and nature, it is not always needed to see his/her face...

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Thought of the day - 4th February 2011

Had God not blessed humans with Death, we would have swallowed the earth by now.  Still we can't consider God a successful visionary because our abuse of earth is a world more than he could predict...

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Thought of the day -3rd February 2011

Once in a while it’s beneficial to reflect upon our journey so far.  My freshest reflection reveals that, had I run after Money, I would not have earned wonderful friends like you…

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Poster: POSCO U Turn of Jairam Ramesh

Thought of the day - 2nd February 2011

Some emotions are difficult to be explained, some feelings are difficult to be expressed. What one can do is to judge the reception of those by the person towards whom these are directed, from the silence or reaction by the other person... 

Ranjan Panda