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* * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-December/066098.html
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MONDAY MUSE (17 Dec '07)
ALTERNATIVES
For every ailment under the sun, there is a remedy or there is none.
If there is one, find it… If there is none, never mind it!
The above verse reflected my attitudes and approaches in life as a teenager. It
was sure-fire way to escape stress by just running away from the problem, if it
could not be solved. It also involved being slave to a singular dimension of
problem solving.
However travelling and interacting with people, especially in the villages,
brought me face to face with the reality that single answers often mask the
appropriate alternatives. Our major problem is we do not get to the root of the
problem. Worse we get stuck to the same static solutions.
Consider “development” for instance. Destruction of existing resources in
scarce regard to the stakeholders’ needs cannot be termed development. It is
necessary to identify the priority issues confronting the nation and devise
effective and appropriate alternatives to solve them. The emphasis has to be to
promote sustainable national development and disseminating the means for
creating sustainable livelihoods on a large scale, and regenerate the
environment. It involves the innovative creation of appropriate technologies,
responsive institutional systems and environmental and resource management
methods.
Hence the last line of the verse of influence needs to be unlearnt and revised
as follows:
If there is one, never mind it; if there is none, go ahead and find it
Progress cannot be exclusive to the elite segments of society. It should be
done keeping in mind the immediate needs of our people and the larger vision
for a better future for all. Hence it is pertinent to explore the multiple
dimensions of appropriate alternatives to create the right development that
will be people friendly, people relevant and people urgent. The smokescreen of
lip service won’t do! The true alternatives have to be chosen over fallacious
concepts.
The same static approach needs to digress
‘Develop new dimensions’ for real progress!
Regards
Pravin
17 Dec 2007, Goa.
A life coach with a passion to connect people to their potential, Pravin Sabnis
conducts unlearning unlimited workshops for leading corporate and other groups.
The Monday Muse series (since 2004) is dedicated to the annual theme of
JCI-India.
Pravin K. Sabnis
visit: www.unlearningunlimited .blogspot.com
www.poems-pravinsabnis.blogspot.com
www.monday-muse.blogspot.com
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