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Reflections on World Environment Day 2023
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani The United Nations Organisation has declared this Day, after a series of consultations with member-states as well as with Non-Governmental Organisations across the world, in order to provide a platform for an annual review of the issue of our pre-occupation or the concept, as well as to a review of the past efforts for future orientation. The following remarks would be limited to challenging some old myths and inviting the readers to reflect afresh and adopt appropriate attitudes toward…
Social Media for Better Governance
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani Freedom to express oneself is innate to a human being and hence, it is the 'sine qua non' to the Right to Life. To express is to assert one’s existence as a human being and more so in social relations. Among all human expressions, the freedom of speech is an essential attribute of a citizen, though historically authoritarian regimes have always detested free speech by the citizens. Dealing with citizens who express their freedom of speech without showing partisan loyalty has b…
Why Do We Have Low Levels of Human Development & Social Development?
Dr VBJ Rao Chelikani Normally any emerging national economy in good management should grow in double—digits, almost mechanically, without having to acknowledge the genius of any particular finance minister. China, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, and all the South-East Asian countries, which have initially performed ‘economic miracles’ are good examples of this phenomenon. This has happened, already in the case of West European countries after the end of the 2nd world war. They enjoyed three decades of unprecedented growth and prosperity. …
Towards Good Governance - II
Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani I. The Original Sin in Governance Good governance or rather better governance is difficult to achieve in its totality in the near future, particularly in most developing countries, including present-day India, as Power or Force, political power imposes itself as the source for all governance. The political power and, in short, all power is now a monopoly of the political entity called the State, and it is operated by the bureaucracy and the Representatives of the political parties. This has not bee…
Towards Good Governance - 1
Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani Bad governance by the governments and political instability are the main characteristics of all developing countries for the past seventy years, ever after their liberation from colonial domination. In spite of it, there has been political stability among a majority of Asian countries, since their national economic affairs are not controlled by bureaucracy. Many atrocities are being committed by the political leaders in Africa; much violence by the sta…
Borders Have No Sanctity but Human Societies Do Have
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani Land has been the common heritage of humankind to be enjoyed by all along with other live organisms which have been enjoying this common property much before the human species. Before becoming sedentary, the tribes of human beings lived pastoral life. It means they wandered in search of green pastures as far as they could go and continued till they faced stronger resistance. It is also a historical fact that whichever group and whoever individual is adventurous and stronger has been occupying whatever they wan…
The State and the Society are Distinct
Dr Chelikani Rao VBJ Living in a democracy, we have to gradually democratise all the institutions in the society, including our political institutions, so that all of them in which we are involved will be able to function sincerely and exclusively for social development and human development; and not for any other motives. Though a product of Society, we find that historically the State which monopolises force and Power, has not always been entirely working for social development and human development. The reason for this is …
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