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Medha Patkar led the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which began in the 1980s. The movement opposed Sardar Sarovar Dam. The movement lasted for more than 30 years. Narmada Bachao Andolan was included in school textbooks and Medha Patkar was hailed as a revolutionary. However, the Sardar Sarovar Dam has provided benefits to millions of people in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. It not only supplies drinking water to several villages and drought-prone areas but also supports irrigation for millions of hectares of farmland and has boosted farmers' incomes. It also supports regional power needs. Now, people are witnessing that the Narmada Bachao Andolan they studied in school was not an environmental revolution but an anti development campaign which played with their minds. She misled Indians for more than 30 years.

All opposition parties have attacked the Govt. Agencies, EVMs, Election Commission, Media & now targeting the Judiciary. They don't realise that they are attacking the core of Indian democracy. Wait, People of India will give them a befitting reply, teach lifetime lesson!

Now that the 131st Amendment Bill failed, allocation of Lok Sabha seats will be based on 2026 census data. As per current estimates, seven States will likely lose 35 seats: AP (-5), Telangana (-3), TN (-10), Karnataka (-2), Kerala (-7), Odisha (-4), and WB (-4). Four States will likely gain 34 seats: UP (+12), Bihar (+10), MP (+5), and Rajasthan (+7). BJP is widely believed to be the potential beneficiary of redistribution of seats to States based on 2026 population. In a stunning act of self-denial, the NDA government came forward to freeze the current share of States based on the 1971 census data. There could be many reasons for BJP committing to such a freeze - putting the nation above the party, paving the way for expanding their footprint in the South, or avoiding a divisive issue when the nation has to focus on growth and prosperity in the face of global challenges. Whatever be the motivation of BJP, the seven States that lost share of population are offered an unexpected gift. You don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Surprisingly, the parties which have great stakes in the South and East have scored a spectacular self goal. This is a classic case of cutting the nose to spite the face. In 2001, as the freeze in seats was expiring, I was deeply involved in persuading the then Vajpayee government to continue the freeze in the number of seats allocated to States for another 25 years. An unwieldy coalition and the economic challenge posed by external sanctions after the Pokharan explosion demanded national unity, and the parties responded with the 84th Amendment. Now again a priceless opportunity arose, and the Opposition squandered it without any strategic thinking. If political animosity makes you oblivious of your own interest, or larger interests of fostering unity and focusing on growth and harmony, it is a sign of dysfunctional politics. I appeal to all parties to come together and find a harmonious solution to the thorny problem of seats allocation in the face of demographic imbalances. National unity and our quest for opportunity and prosperity for all demand a fair and swift resolution. In the long run migration will resolve the imbalances. Already millions of migrant workers are building and sustaining the economies of several States in the South, West and North. That is why, despite low fertility rate, Maharashtra's share of the population is increasing. In the US, dramatic internal migration changed the demography and representation over the years. People move freely to States where there is growth and jobs are created. In a century, Florida increased its representation in the US Congress from 4 to 28, California from 11 to 52, Texas from 18 to 38, and Washington from 5 to 10. Owing to outward migration, New York lost seats, from 43 to 26, Pennsylvania from 36 to 17, Illinois from 27 to 17, Ohio from 22 to 15, and Missouri from 16 to 8. We should make it easy for people to migrate to other States and recognize and respect their constitutional rights everywhere and make their life easier and safe. That will resolve our demographic challenges. Most states reached low fertility levels, and Bihar, UP, MP, Rajasthan and Jharkhand too are going to reach there in a few years. We need a reasoned and pragmatic approach to grow together and become strong. Let us persuade parties to shed inflammatory and divisive rhetoric and focus on quality education and skills and opportunities for all.

The answer to our current situation isn't more socialism. Its actual capitalism. The United States has not experienced free market capitalism for at least 50 years. Lobbying Interest rate manipulation Loss of gold statndard Socialism for the rich, which gets us to where we're at today.

At Frisco City Council Sahas Kaul is Back!!! This time around he chose to unmask the rage baiters, and how things for these people work online & in the outside world. A realtime fraud that we already know but Sahas served it in effective way Well done Sahas. Just loved it 👏🏻👏🏻

The English suffix -ham and the Sanskrit word grāma (village) are distantly related through their shared ancestor, Proto-Indo-European (PIE) Same for -ston and the Persian suffix -istan, Sanskrit sthan (स्थान) Also for -bury, a cognate to the Sanskrit -pur, -puri (eg Jaipur) 1/2

Not only that, the South and Central Dravidian words for a wagon are derived from the Prakrit word for trade. Archaeologically we see cart use from 1000 BCE onwards (Early Iron Age) in South India, so it is highly evident that Prakrits existed as early as that time.