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ENVIRONMENT BY VIDYADHARA

on January 14, 2015

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Whose land is it anyway

Excerpts of Article published in October issue of ISSUES & CONCERNS LAND ACQUISITION WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY? By Vidyadhara, the author of ‘Sale of souls’ the only novel on land acquisition Land is that part of human existence, on which he lives to survive and be part of it when he dies. Managing this wealth needs effective care, concern, and governance. The Indian pre Independent legislation on this subject was the Land acquisition Act of 1894, enacted by the colonial rulers, which was amended few times for infrastructural requirements of the country. The right to property enshrined in the Indian constitution as a fundamental right under Article 19 and 31 was struck down with the Constitution 44 th amendment Act 1951 and a new Article 300 A, was introduced as a legal right. The misuse of acquisition law, rose to an extent that the, land were acquired in excess and in some places for the real estate builders. In a case in Bangalore, the land acquired was de

BHARATHIPURA an exemplary novel

Bharathipura a masterpiece by the great novelist India has seen in the recent times. I was waiting and hoping that he will win the award, when he was shortlisted as the finalists of the Booker award. This was an original Kannada novel published in 1973 and translated by Susheela Puneetha and published by Oxford press. Before this I had read Samskara , Bava and Ghatashradda written by U.R.Ananthamurthy. It is a story set up in a small town Bharathipura with the mixed caste and communities as in most of the Indian towns. There is one central main temple of Manjunatha which everyone worships. The protagonist Jagannatha a rich Brahmin and the trustee of the temple returns back from London after his studies. The London stay and his interest in Russel and others had transformed him into a liberal Hindu wanting to bring some change in the small town of Bharathipura by taking the Holeyaru inside the temple. A book trying to bring out the sensibilities of the caste system in practice

THE SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH-GOAN SCENARIO

This article was published in Pragati Magazine, May June 2014. The Indian industrial growth has been on the back foot for few years owing to various reasons of global and domestic issues. The unhindered growth of the economy is essentia l in order to provide a livelihood for the people; more so for the poor. With the young generation getting ready for the new life of salaried or entrepreneurial profession, the challenges are increasing multi fold for the managers of the economy to increase the capacity of the employment. We are a country which has the highest youth population which is a boon if employed effectively or else a bane to the society. It is inevitability for India to improve the growth by encouraging the industries. Goa being a self-sustained state, there was not much demand from the people in the post-independence days. With the increase in population, resulting in more qualified youngsters ready for the jobs; the demand has increased for creat

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