The World is my Playground

Topline to Bottomline, what is the distance? Where is the gap, when we have all the best resources and technology in hand which is probably meant for just 5% of the Urban Indians!!! Celebrating World Environment Day on 5 th of June...A set of students set out on a task given by Srishti Unicef for their Summer School Inclusive Innovation project, came out with unique solutions for problems which are existing in remote and rural pockets in Gujarat, especially Little Rann and Greater Rann of Kutchh… before elaborating on solutions, it was rather alarming to discover following paradoxes..or a Bipolar System!! 1. Gujarat, a state which has ISRO and all the possible sensors to gauge rainfall and underground water, here our farmers haven’t been given knowledge about the same devices or access to underground brine detectors. The plight is; they at times dig over twenty wells to discover brine water…. If your question is where? It’s just few hundred kilometers away from Ahmedaba...

Prof. Anil Gupta, a mentor, leader who needs no introduction, has been conducting “Shodh Yatras” i.e a journey meant to learn and find out more...strongly inclined towards research and learning from people located in various remote corners of India, who have lot of natural treasure in store, who with lack of infrastructure, convert challenges into learning footprints for rest of the world to follow. Prof Anil Gupta with his ‘ yatra’ intends to document and spread these learning’s to inspire the rest of the world. The 41 st Shodh Yatra this time was to Andaman and Nicobar islands, a place which has been more known for tourism and not much focus has gone in from deriving inspiration...The locals   learn, earn from and live with nature; that’s their cash, their wealth, their money...it is a best demonstration of a symbiotic settlement!! Hence, they respect and protect nature a lot, unlike urban inhabitants who are completely slaves of infrastructure and technology. 6 d...