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Gaurav Taneja case 

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Problem statement : Those who have money can pay for tankers but it's only promoting tanker mafias and black money now. Some of it pseudo controlled by cops and local politicians. Lake land also being claimed illegally by various parties including corporations. Sewage from industry and housing also joining lakes and rivers.

Govt supply is sketchy and difficult to improve. Need to start independent sources of water and revival of existing bodies.

Solution : Land around water bodies will need to be monitored for encroachments, cleaned up regularly and litigated for, to protect it. Similar stuff happening with aarey forest and metro project encroachment in Mumbai. Floodplain being encroached will make floods and water table levels worse, but it's prime real estate that can be commercialized and sold. 
  
All the lakes and rivers, vrishabhavati especially need to be revived and protected.

Homework : Check out million Wells project and connect with the founder, citizens for Bengaluru group, and read up on history of other revivals and their spearheads. Start water conservation efforts around your societies, basic rainwater harvesting should be in place at least. And yes, stop wasting water ofc.
  
https://www.fairplanet.org/story/the-million-wells-for-bengaluru/  
  
https://citizenmatters.in/shades-of-blue-book-bengaluru-lakes-tanks-citizen-activism-restoration/#:~:text=Bengaluru%20is%20well%20known%20in,with%20nature%20in%20the%20city.  

Did my research and work while i was staying there, thought it might be helpful for others looking for answers. Get to work soldiers 🪖💪

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According to a 2012 RTI filing, there were 8 Lakh people with more than 1 Cr in Agriculture income, who paid ZERO taxes in India.

[1] 1% farmers in India own more than 10 hectare of land. And, they are by no standards poor.

And, as per a paper by the erstwhile Planning Commission, if we could tax even 0.04% richest farmers, it would generate 50,000 Cr of tax gains.

[2] This money is enough to run the MGNREGA scheme for a year.

This post is not against farmers. 
It is about getting the rich to pay their fair dues.

[3] It doesn't make much sense why a normal corporate employee making 25K/month should be carrying the burden of taxes for Crorepati farmers. 

Widening the tax base would not hurt the government's revenues. 
And, it would improve the life of a normal tax payer. 

But, guess how many political parties are talking about it?

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This child is battling his life against a rare type of blood cancer - Refractory AML. He has been recommended for Bone Marrow Transplant, but not able to get it due to lack of funds

The annual income of the family is just 50K and they come from poor economic backgrounds in Odisha. Parents had to leave their job to get the treatment in Mumbai, hence they have no source of income currently.

People these days are not trusting crowdfunding links even though there's an option of directly contributing to hospital account and getting 80G

CSR of companies not responding on mail. Foundations aren't working or so great. Can someone please guide me on how I can raise this child? Thoda child is really needy and needs support as much as possible

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I genuinely sometimes don't understand how influencers/content creators earn so much money and just spend on anything. It's too frustrating to see that you work your ass off everyday for 9-10 hours and get those weekends to chill and still can't save up enough money to go to Europe for 2 weeks. On the contrary, the influencers who don't have any fucking talent just do some random bs podcast, some clothing haul, some grwm and then go to a Taylor Swift concert and go to 5 countries in a year with the most luxurious stays. Is it just me or is it frustrating for everyone to see? They will meet any celebrity, buy the latest smartphone, have the best parties etc. It's like I want that life but I don't think I'll be able to ever get there.

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In the last 30 days, two Indian women lost their lives due to the failure of systems at their work place. An ideal work place should ensure safety and support for all of its employees. Due to the lack of safety and support,we have lost a doctor and a CA. As a society,it is our job to ensure that the government works on these systems and ensure that things don’t repeat. To make governments work people should question. As a society we have questioned the RG Kar case properly. But what about the EY case? I agree with the fact that sexual violence is an extreme crime which cannot be compared with a death due to bad work environment. But a death is a death and people should be held accountable for this crime too. We haven’t seen enough outrage in the EY case, as much as what we saw in RG Kar’s case.   Anna is really a hero, who survived the torture. The problem with India is, we don’t even acknowledge this. Doctors as a community stood up when the RG Kar case happened. Leave CAs or the entire corporate employee cohort, her own colleagues didn’t bother to pay a visit to Anna’s funeral. In the case of RG Kar, the head of the institute was questioned and tried. Here the guy from EY, just shrugged it off his shoulders, saying random nonsense. Sometimes I feel that Indian systems have exceptions for foreign firms. I have seen people blaming Anna for not being able to cope up with work stress, instead of questioning systems in action. These people are very similar to those people who say that, the r@p& victim should have learnt martial arts. When the opponent is big and strong, neither martial arts, nor stress management techniques work.Always remember,today it’s her. Tomorrow it can be you or your loved ones. Isn’t it our responsibility to fight for better working conditions? Isn’t it our duty to at least spread awareness about a bad work place,instead of blaming Anna for not being fit enough to survive?

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A faded memory dawned on me early this morning while commuting to work, as I saw few kids leaving for school. 

A few years back, I was teaching underprivileged children in a distant government school as a part of a social initiative.

We asked kids, What do you want to become when you grow up?”

I really felt humbled and privileged when the kids responded with Policeman, Driver, Mechanic, Patwari(govt official who keeps record of lands) etc. 

We even remarked that whether they would prefer to be a pilot. And they responded with No. Perhaps, it was representative of things that they knew could achieve and things they could not.

It may even have been that their initial choices were likely due to positions of power that they had witnessed and wanted to emulate. Probably, they were not exposed to various options that exist out there.

As my cab whirred away, I was left with a deep sense of gratitude upon recollection of those memories. 

I really hope those kids achieve whatever they set their sights at.

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Ye naye reel wale Coder bhaiya ke kya rai rakhte ho?

I am sharing a screen shot of a separate conversation on this platform started by a student. I found it be coming from a young fellow who was inspired by these words of wlb and best pay etc. But then there may be a mature (10+yr ex) chap who reverted to him to focus on learning. I was amazed by the confidence of the author of the post in reverting to that fellow while taking a shot at his pseudo name also ( which was quite funny actually).

Generation gap?

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Highly appreciated if it is from LinkedIn

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Quick thinking from the kid. Use cases like this show how a customer can use the product in wild ways.

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Came across this vlogger from rural West Bengal - Ananya

Graduate in geography with ITI training, trying to be a YouTuber to support her single mother. Father passed away, lives in a crumbling old house with her cats. Watch her first 4-5 YouTube uploads. She's been looking for jobs and even got scammed by someone who claimed to get her a job after she paid money (still fairly common in rural India).

almost 8-9 months since she started creating content, now has 24 k followers across insta and YT. her reels are going viral thankfully, her consistent effort finally starting to pay off.

https://www.youtube.com/@ananyasarkarvlogs

doesn't have UPI yet, doesn't know how to get ATM card. her followers are helping her with digital literacy which is heartwarming but she's also getting the worst kind of trolls on her profile.

How can we make better platforms that can provide employment to people like her? How do we unlock financial access for her? How can we educate her well? How do we reduce trolling and bullying?

These are the challenges of rural youth in India. Something many of us are completely disconnected from.

I don't usually do these kind of posts but please do follow her on YouTube and support her work. she really needs it.

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