As part of Rally for Rivers, an initiative to revive depleting rivers across the country, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, on Saturday, launched the ‘Cauvery Calling’ initiative. BENGALURU: If every person contributed Rs 42, it will cover the cost of saplings for nearly five million farmers, in an initiative to introduce agro-forestry along the […]
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free”! Ms. Priyankas Singh, Generation Next Entrepreneur The survey also revealed that these women wanted to start their own venture to either gain financial independence (64 per cent), or an identity of their own (54 per cent). While most home-makers […]
India’s capital accounted for 25% of the 670,000 crimes recorded in India’s 53 largest cities in 2015. Delhi is India’s biggest megacity, home of the country’s central government and, according to new police data, way ahead of the competition in the quest to claim the title as the country’s capital of crime. The National Crime […]
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk and direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Vivekananda played a key role in the introduction of Indian yoga and Vedanta philosophy in the West. He made a strong impression at the inaugural World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893 – giving a powerful speech on the underlying unity of world […]
Healthcare in Estonia is supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and funded by general taxation through the National Health Service. Electronic health record Estonia is a pioneer in the use of Electronic health records because when general practice was moved out of hospitals in 1998 the records were kept in the hospitals, so GPs […]
With the choice to focus on Gross National Happiness, Bhutan has chosen to be great instead of big. Through such an approach, the country has become a small giant. As indicated earlier (Kuensel December 8, 2018), this broad policy framework provides tremendous opportunities for leap frogging in terms of Bhutan’s economic development, should the focus […]
Employment: For most Bhutanese graduates and jobseekers, becoming an entrepreneur may not be an enticing career to pursue. The concept of entrepreneurship in Bhutan was realised only very recently, failing to attract more takers. While being an entrepreneur has benefits, it also has several challenges. In order to decipher the reason why Bhutanese amidst the […]
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ! M.K Gandhi Golden Temple Amritsar, Feeds up to 100,000 People a Day for Free The Kitchen at the Golden Temple Feeds up to 100,000 People a Day for Free Everyone eats the same food being […]
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917, in the Champaran district of Bihar, India during the period of the British Rule, was the first Satyagraha movement inspired by Mohandas Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. Another important Satyagraha just after this revolt was Kheda Satyagraha.
Champaran Satyagraha was the first to be started, but the word Satyagraha was used for the first time in Anti Rowlatt Act agitation.
Champaran is a district which comes under the state Bihar. Under Colonial era laws, many tenant farmers were forced to grow some indigo on a portion of their land as a condition of their tenancy. This indigo was used to make dye.
Jaggi Vasudev (born 3 September 1957), commonly known as Sadhguru, is an Indian yogi, mystic and New York Times bestselling author. He founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers Yoga programs around the world and is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives.
Sadhguru was conferred the Padma Vibhushan civilian award by the Government of India on 13 April 2017 in recognition of his contribution towards human advancement.
