COMMUNICATION WITH CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF AZIM PREMJI FOUNDATION

Dear Mr. Giridhar,

I read your article in TNIE with interest; while respecting your view point, I have following comments to make on the subject.

1. Azim Premji Foundation and University and its work in education sector are Innovative from start and a case of path breaking Leadership; as Azim Premji forms a minuscule part of Corporate Leaders who chose a domain like Education and tried to contribute his wealth and Management Depth and Organizational capabilities for a National Cause. This I Consider INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP

2. US President said in our Parliament and we also observe and understand that India is a creative Nation--- And, there is a huge potential for Innovation & Leadership in each domain of Human endeavor as it is proved by Indians in many Western Countries.

3. India has already wasted 65 years after Independence and therefore Need Urgently Institutions that would Promote Innovation & Leadership from the start.

4. There are a few areas which need Immediate and Urgent Intervention through Innovation and Innovative Leadership; and, that could happen if a few more Corporate Leaders follow in the path of Azim Premji and open their portion of their wealth, management capabilities and organization to make a difference to this Nation.

a. Technology and Management of Solid Waste Disposals in Indian Cities

b. Conservation and Management of Fresh Water and Sources

C.Technology for Low cost Roads of Global Standards

d. Technology for Fuel Efficient Aircraft, Railways and Road Transport

E.Low cost Technology for Food Grain Storage in Rural Areas

5. In my Opinion if Top 500 Corporate in India encourage and support their Employees for Innovation & Entrepreneurship inside their organization then we may not have to wait long to reap the benefit of Innovation & Leadership as a Nation.

Thanking You.

Kind Regards,

Bikash Choudhury

Socio-Economic-Political Activist

Bhubaneswar

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DESI ORTHOPEDIC TRETMENT

Photograph of Nilamadhaba Mohapatra 

Report: Bikash Choudhury

Nilamadhaba Mohapatra , a tea and cigarette vendor in Ashok Nagar Bhubaneswar met with an accident while crossing the road in front of Bata showroom and suffered Collar bone dislocation. He moved from Hospital to Hospital for good treatment for his ailment and spent huge sums of money by his standard and still did not get appropriate treatment and eventually; he knocked the door of a Desi Orthopedic located at “Mandirabeni” near Bhapur in Khandapada area. Their diagnosis is as simple as their Ayurvedic based medicine. First of all they go through the patient’s injury with their trained hands and figure out fracture/dislocation if any; and then they try to bring the damaged bones to original position and then they apply liberal amount of herbal oil in those injury with a traditional Bandage. They also prescribe and supply ayurvedic capsules for the patients to augment the healing process. In a gap of one or two weeks, patients are advised to revisit and depending on the requirement go for a fresh bandage and thereafter some heat treatment is given in that injured area to augment calcium formation. In this method, the patients return to normal life in 3-5 weeks time and saves poor people from expensive Hospitalization and complicated invasive surgery. Not only Mandirabeni but, there are other localities like Kalupada Ghat and Koleila that offer such simple but effective Orthopedic treatment at very low cost which needs to be brought in the State Map for Medical Tourism.

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India Incl. Missing a Big Business Opportunity

                                                          Bikash Choudhury

Interview with friends and family who migrated to western countries have of the opinion that apart from better career prospects they chose to pitch their tents in developed countries due to the better City life and City Infrastructure. Not only in India, but all across South Asia, Cities are crumbling under population pressure due to the onslaught of migration from rural areas and also due to lack of optimum public or private investment and non deployment of technology in City Infrastructure. The toil and tribulations of a Mumbaites is equally shared by people living in Karachi and Dhaka; if not more. This is a huge and big business opportunity that India Incl. can’t afford to miss. I live in a small city like Bhubaneswar and wish to live in garbage free city with spotless roads and with smooth traffic flow in and around the city with designated parking place and planned vending zones in all business and residential districts; and, am ready to pay little more in city taxes and same holds good for the residents of all cities in South Asia. A few top India Incl. with deep pocket can apply their mind and persuade GoI and State Govt. to make enabling policies for outsourcing the “City Management” services to the private sector; even, private sector could become the implementing agency for State Govt. & GoI programs in a transparent mechanism drawn for the purpose. With domestic experience in City Management Services, Indian Incl. could also export such services and expertise in South Asia and beyond for a fast buck while enhancing the soft power of India.

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ANTI INCUMBENCY FOR REAL

Congress Party must be very happy to receive a land slide victory in Karnataka. However, in the same logic it should be prepared for a land slide drubbing in the next National Parliamentary Election. And, BJP may get the entire benefits of UPA’s anti-incumbency; if, the proposed Third Front did not take off with an alternative and a new model for faster Development; keeping in view of the aspirations of Young People. Third Front should come out with a vision in which it should also include a plan to make Bureaucracy-the engine of Indian growth story.

Bikash Choudhury

Bhubaneswar

A TRIBUTE TO KHULANA BADA MAA

Bikash Choudhury(Julu)

  “Khulana Bada Maa” was the darling of our joint family at Gokhapada in Kendrapada District of Odisha. She was illiterate but possessed extraordinary intelligence, ready wit and humor. She hails from a decent Zamindar family of Kendrapada and married at an early age to Gangadhar Choudhury(elder brother of my father) one of the prominent Zamindars of Dasamauji Area of Mahakalapada Block. Even today villagers recognize us in 10-20 K.M radius through his name (apparently that proves Indian’s feudalistic mindset). Our family lost the trapping of wealth and power during the ‘Bhudan’ movement; but, some villagers by default show deference to members of our joint family even today. Adulation of ordinary people gives a ‘High’ feeling though that has got nothing to do with your contribution to society.

Khulana Bada Maa was the chief manager of our ancestral home made of wood and mud with a high attic (modern false ceiling). She was a short and lean lady but workaholic to a fault. Her responsibility was to maintain the entire house and feed a brood of 24 children of the joint family. She was always remembered for her Love and Compassion for all and more particularly for we the children of that time. She had a photographic memory which registers who likes what and she serves food in such a manner to all, that every body goes back happy with limited resources at her command; she used to do this for years without complain and meticulously managed the household impeccably which touched many of us; who received her love and affection in equal measure and never seen she being partial to her 7 children. She passed away on 4^th of May 2013 at 9 P.M after brief illness; the image of her serving food with graciousness in the dinning area of our ancestral home flashes in the mind. She is no more but her life, her work and her love and compassion for us would stay in our mind for a long long time.