#Ganesh is popular #Hindu god associated with beginnings, luck, and the removal of obstacles. He is particularly venerated in #Rajasthan and we were in #Jaipur during the start of Gansha Chaturthi. When we arrived at our hotel, we noticed two altars to him. And as we left our hotel, we realized that there was a third one just above the door. If you look at many homes here, you will see a small idol of #Ganesha just above the door.
Weekly Numerics | Fiscal deficit widens, talent scarcity hits India Inc., long timelines for debt recovery
'Four out of five employers in India report facing difficulty in finding the talent they need. Meanwhile, 52 million additions were made to the payrolls over the past four years.'
If you are not already reading the Takshashila Dispatch regularly, you should! Sachin Kalbag curates the most awesome readings on Indian public policy. #Recommended
Animal rights are based on principles of autonomy and freedom for non-human animals.
Animal rights advocate that non-human animals deserve to live their lives without human interference. It promotes that non-human animals have rights to live with respect and dignity without being subjected to human desire.
Just published this week's edition of Weekly Numerics, where I highlight noteworthy data from the week.
In this edition, I discuss:
--How #india GDP growth rate rose marginally above expectations (with a little help from favourable base effect), but, a deficit in rainfall have become a cause for concern.
-- How the gender imbalance in India's workforce has led to women being largely employed in low-paying jobs such as wage labour
Animals are not here on the Earth for us, but with us. Their lives are as important to them as ours are to us. Those who love animals, who believe that the stronger harming the weaker is bullying, and that exploiting another being for our own ends is unacceptable, often come to veganism to right these injustices
I read Guha's biography of Verrier Elwin years ago. Elwin was a British anthropologist who chose to become Indian (the first European after 1947) and who worked to lift up the Indigenous peoples of the Northeast. Highly recommended.
I'm saddened but not surprised that he would be caught up in the latest problems in the Northeast. When you can fix the present, you blame the past.