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"Around 595 million people, which is nearly half the population of India, defecate in the open. India accounts for 90 per cent of the people in South Asia and 59 per cent of the 1.1 billion people in the world who practise open defecation.
Open defecation poses a serious threat to the health of children in India. The practice is the main reason India reports the highest number of diarrhoeal deaths among children under-five in the world. Every year, diarrhoea kills 188,000 children under five in India. Children weakened by frequent diarrhoea episodes are more vulnerable to malnutrition, stunting, and opportunistic infections such as pneumonia.
About 43 per cent of children in India suffer from some degree of malnutrition. Diarrhoea and worm infection are two major health conditions that affect school-age children impacting their learning abilities. Open defecation also puts at risk the dignity of women in India. Women feel constrained to relieve themselves only under the cover of dark for reasons of privacy to protect their dignity.
Open defecation exposes women to the danger of physical attacks and encounters such as snake bites. Poor sanitation also cripples national development: workers produce less, live shorter lives, save and invest less, and are less able to send their children to school." - Says the UNICEF site.
All of us are a personal witness to this ugly scene, even if we have never been to a rural area, we have seen this while travelling by a train. We have become so used to this unhealthy and extremely dangerous practice, or so apathetic to the large number of our compatriots indulging into it and the hazards thus faced by them that we do not feel it necessary to talk about the issue.
LEAD Trust has decided to launch an awareness campaign against the unhealthy practice.
We will keep you informed through the LEAD Events page, which you may kindly keep checking. If you support us in our initiative kindly help us in spreading the word by sharing, +1ing, tweeting, emailing, blogging, pintresting (just hit the buttons below the text) and discussing about this page. If you have some idea to share or wish to volunteer or sponsor the activity you are welcome to contact us.
We live in a democracy - a rule of people, for the people, by the people. We are the ultimate sovereign, using our one vote each to select the people who make laws for us, and those who administer these laws. As a natural corollary the laws that we have guarantee, or should guarantee, equality for all of us.
Equals that we all may be in the use of our one vote, we are not equal in many other advantages and disadvantages. Information and awareness about our rights and duties is one such aspect in which we are not equals. This inequality is one of the main sources of many other inequalities, including - but not limited to - the inequality in the access of our recourse to justice.
Our farming community, the giver of bread and butter to all others, is one such unfortunate lot. Despite sincere efforts by government after government since independence, the chasm between the urban and the rural India is perhaps increasing. Prof B. N. Singh elaborated the issue in details in his paper presented at the National Seminar on Growth with Justice.
In order to contribute our humble effort in mitigating the situation somewhat, we have decided to hold Farmer's Legal Rights events. We will keep you informed through the LEAD Events page, which you may kindly keep checking. If you support us in our initiative kindly help us in spreading the word by sharing, +1ing, tweeting, emailing, blogging, pintresting (just hit the buttons below the text) and discussing about this page. If you have some idea to share or wish to volunteer or sponsor the activity you are welcome to contact us.
According to Wikipedia, Zardozi or Zar-douzi (Persian and Urdu: زَردوزی, Hindi: ज़रदोज़ी) work is a type of embroidery in Iran, India and Pakistan and Zardozi is a Persian word that means Sewing with gold string. It is claimed that Zardozi embroidery has been in existence in India from the time of the Rig Veda. An Iranian website aftabir.com claims that around 105 BC the Chinese emperor sent Zardozi embroidered pieces of cloth to the Iranian emperor with his emissaries. The word 'Zardozi' is made up of two Persian terms, Zar meaning gold and Dozi meaning embroidery. The Persian embroidery form, Zardozi attained its summit in the 17th century, under the patronage of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Under the rule of Aurangzeb, it is said, the royal patronage stopped and this led to the decline of the craft. Since the cost was high and raw materials quite rare, craftsmen could not carry on with the embroidery on their own.
Many craftsmen left Delhi and went to the courts of Rajasthan and Punjab in search of work. With the 18th and 19th century bringing industrialization, the craft suffered another setback. It was only after receiving independence in the year 1947 that the Indian government undertook steps to promote Zari embroidery. Lucknow, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Delhi, Agra, Kashmir, Mumbai, Ajmer and Chennai are the main centres of Zardozi work in India.
As reported by jagranjosh.com, Business India, Wikipedia etc Lucknow Zardozi became a full fledged brand after being accorded with the Geographical Indication (GI) registration by Chennai- based GI Registry. GI is basically a sign or name which is used on certain products which relate specifically to a geographical location or the origin, which can be a town, region or the country.
Zardozi is not merely a needlecraft but a vestige of an opulent bygone era. An embroidered extravaganza in gold and silver threads embellished with precious stones and crystals patterned on velvet, chiffon, crepe, silk, evoking the nostalgia of an exotic past. During the last three decades, some claim that one has witnessed a resurgence in the production of Zardozi embroidered clothes after their induction as ethnic couture in the bridal wear, fashion and glamour industry of India and abroad. This has created, they say, a huge local demand and an export boom to the Middle East and Europe.
The plight of the artisan however remains the same rather worsened. As per our own estimates an average Zardozi Sari, may go to the ultimate customer for something like INR 75 k to 80 K, in the local showrooms. But the money does not percolate to the actual artisan. Same is true for the Chikan workers also. For an intricately embroidered floral design as per an estimate they get INR 3 or INR 2 only. Why?
No preconceived judgemental reply will be fare. And no effort to mitigate their situation will be fruitful in absence of a systematic and methodical scientific study of the situation.
We intend to spearhead such a study and invite all those - especially people trained in research methodology in sociological, economic, and market research - who are interested in joining hands with us on a voluntary basis to contact us. Their efforts and contributions will get due recognition (but no monetary reward).
Did you find about the dangers of the use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides the #HHP?
Now search the phrase "Ban Hazardous Pesticides" on Google. Perhaps, you will be convinced that not enough efforts are being made in our own country to save us and our children from this slow poisoning. We seem to be sleeping over the issue. Only the west is talking. If this state of affairs continues, soon the MNCs losing market in the west will try to make up for their lost sales from developing countries. It is time that we wake up and appeal our government to effectively ban these pesticides in India too. A list of some of such pesticides is available in the paper presented by Prof B. N. Singh during the National Seminar on Growth with Justice and can also be found in his slides available at LEAD Slides. You can also listen to his talk at LEAD Channel (and read in greater details in his paper published in the compendium). For a quick reference we are including the relevant slide here:
Please support us in our campaign, by speaking about the issue, writing about the issue and spreading awareness in this regard as much as you can against this Crime Against Humanity.
Inflation, as a macroeconomic phenomenon is not only known to all of us but its effects are felt in our day to day life. Broadly speaking it is a regime of increasing general price levels. It is caused when supply fails to keep pace with speeding demand. You can imagine two cars in a race one is demand and the other is supply. When demand starts speeding up and supply fails to accelerate at a matching pace the distance between the two goes on increasing. This is what economists call inflation.
The great depressions of 1929, it is said, was reigned by following the recipe suggested by John Maynard Keynes. He firmly believed that demand creates its own supply and to achieve full employment governments must boost demand by encouraging investment and expenditure even through deficit budgeting. True as it might be it has resulted in a never ending inflation. Inflation has at times turned into stagflation but never a full control on it.
Inflation however is a re distributor of wealth. It shifts wealth from fixed income earners to profit earners and from salaried employees to governments. Inflation, it is said, is a sin. All governments denounce it and all governments indulge into it ...
A law graduate from University of Lucknow, Asma is pursuing her Masters in Social Works. She has great passion and respect for sports and outdoor activities, has participated in many sports events like National Sports Festival Maharashtra(2007),State Games Lucknow (January 2006), Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tournament Patna (December 2007), National Sports Festival Jammu & Kashmir (December 2004) State Games Agra (September 2004), All India Inter-University Tournament Bangalore (2003-04), Aita Inter-State Tennis Tournament Gurgaon (November 2004) National Sports Festival Punjab (October 2003), All India Ranking Tournament Patna (January 2005) All India Inter-University Tournament Jaipur(2002-03), Hindalco AITA Super Series Tennis Tournamnet Renukoot (May 2003), UPLTA State Tennis Tournament Lucknow (June 2002), ELDECO AITA Chanpionship Series Lucknow (2004) and Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tournament Patna (December 2008). She has attended camps at Gymkhana Club Lucknow (2002) and National Tennis Academy Gurgaon (2005). She won the 3rd Sameer Misra Memorial Teachers' State Badminton Championship organised by the B.S.N.V Institute Lucknow (Feb. 2015), got First Prize in the State Games Lucknow (January 2006) and in the State Games Agra (September 2004). She emerged as a Quarter Finalist in All India Ranking Tennis Tournament Patna (January 2005), Semi Finalist in All India Ranking Tennis Tournamnet (2003), Pre-Quarter Finalist in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tournament Patna (December 2007), Quarter Finalist in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tournament Patna(December 2008) and Semi Finalist in AITA Talent Series(2004). She has been associated with La Martinière Girls College, Lucknow in the capacity of Physical Education Instructress and Tennis Coach since 2007, and is the Sports Coordinator at Unity Degree College. She is also a member of the GB of Unity Technical Institute Society.
Mr Murtaza Hasnain Khan is an Advocate by training and profession, heading the Max Law Firm at Lucknow. He is a member of the Management Committee of Unity Technical Institute Society and Unity Degree College, is the Secretary at the Justice Murtaza Husain Educational Charitable Trust and is the Chief Coordinator at the Unity Degree College.
He is a Civil Engineer and a City Planner by training, having obtained his Bachelor of Engineering Degree from National Institute of Technology Allahabad and Masters in City Planning from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is also an Alumni of International Institute of Aerial Surveys and Earth Sciences Enschede, Netherlands. He is a fellow of Institute of Town Planners India and life member of Indian Institute of Public Administration New Delhi. He has nearly 45 years of experience of working in the field of Urban Planning, Urban Development, Urban Management and Urban Governance. After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service as Commissioner and Secretary Urban Development, Government of Meghalaya, he took to consultancy and worked as a free lance consultant in projects funded by Multilateral Agencies like Asian Development Bank besides projects supported by Japan Bank for International, Cooperation where he worked as Institutional Expert, Team leader, Urban Utility Management Specialist, Urban Governance Specialist.
His Lordship is a former Senior Judge of the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature, Allahabad (Lucknow Bench). Much like his illustrious father, Hon'ble Late Mr Justice Murtaza Husain, he too has a great inclination for serving the less fortunate human beings. He is chairing the Unity Technical Institute Society, an NGO founded by his father which is running the Unity Degree College at Lucknow, as well as the management committee of that college. He has also started a girls school at village Sidhnath, Asiwan, Unnao for destitute female children in the name of his mother Late Mrs. Shahar Bano Begum Sahiba. That school is being managed by Justice Murtaza Husain Educational Charitable Trust which is an NGO dedicated to this purpose, chaired by the Hon'ble Justice.
He was
immediately selected as Agriculture Officer at the Erstwhile New Bank of India.
He served ENBI and Punjab National Bank in different management grades and at
different places for seventeen years. During his banking career, he closely
interacted with the farmers, rural artisans, glass workers of Firozabad, carpet
workers of Bhadohi, and embroidery workers of Lucknow. He passed the Certificated
Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (part I) examination and is a life
member of theIndian Institute of Banking and Finance, Mumbai.
He has had his training in Rural Development Projects at theCollege of Agricultural Banking, Pune.
During this training he worked on a project for Sericulture (silk growing)
farmers in the Karnataka Statein
association with the State Bank of Mysore. He is also a trained Internal
Quality Auditor, trained byDet Norske
Veritas and theBureau of Indian
Standards.He coordinated the ISO Certification of the Gorakhpur
Regional Office of Punjab National Bank, as the Dy. Management Representative. He
also helped in the quality drive at PNB as trainer facilitator and motivator
for ISO Certification at Regional Offices at Faizabad and Varanasi, the Zonal
Office at Lucknow and many branch offices.
After taking voluntary retirement from his banking career, he was
nominated a member of the State Level Committee for Monitoring and
Implementation of Prime Minister's 15 Point Programme and Multisectoral Development
Plan for Minority Concentration Districts by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
On the exhortation of his close friend Late Mr. Jawed Murtaza advocate, and at
the behest of its founder, Hon'ble LateMr. Justice Murtaza Husain,he
joined the Unity Technical Institute Society, and is a member of its GB. He did
his MBA (Finance) and M.Com and passed theUGC-NETexamination. He also served at the
Unity Degree College as the Administrator and OSD. He is a member of the
Commerce and Management Research Association, Lucknow and a dawami member of Anjuman-e-Wazifa-e-Sadat-wa-Momineen, Aligarh.
He has authored
the book "Tightening Noose of Poverty" and compiled the book "Growth with Justice". He has also written many articles
and papers in English, Hindi and Urdu, which have been published by different
journals and newspapers. He has presented many papers and chaired technical
sessions in many seminars.His next book "Inflation" is also on the anvil.
She is the Coordinator at Unity Degree College and Member GB at Unity Technical Institute Society. She is BBA, M.Com by education, and a dedicated philanthropist and photographer by passion. She successfully supervised and conducted Nai Roshni (Leadership Development Programme for Minority Women) under the aegis of Ministry of Minority Affairs GoI at Lucknow City and at Village Sidhnath and adjoining places, at Asiwan, Unnao. As a freelance photographer she has covered various photoprojects like theInternational Taj Mahotsav – at Fatehpur Sikri, “Horizon” monthly cultural programme of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Lucknow (for many years), Still Photography of Fatehpur Sikri for UP Tourism, Photographic Exhibition of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, Stills for “Kafan” a movie directed by Rishi Jena, Lucknow Mahotsav 2015-16 for U.P. Tourism and the passage of the planet Mercury accross the face of Sun for the Science Centre, Lucknow. She has received many recognitions, awards and mementos, the latest was given to her by His Excelency the Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh for her artistic coverage of the Lucknow Mahotsava (Annual Festival of Lucknow) 2015-16 organised by the U.P. Tourism Department.
A national level seminar on Growth with Justice was
organised on April 10, 2016, at Unity
Degree College jointly by the Lucknow Educational And Development Trust (LEAD
Trust) and Unity Degree College. Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza was the Chief Guest.
Besides him, reputed academicians
like Prof. R. S. Yadav (Former Pro VC,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow), Prof. M.
Varma (Dean faculty of Education,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow), Prof. Somesh Kumar Shukla (Head of the
Department of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Prof. B. N. Singh
(Former Professor and Head, Department of Plant Breeding, Rajendra Agricultural
University, Pusa, Former Director Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack and
Former Director Research, Birsa Agricultural University Ranchi), Prof. A.B.
Siddiqui (Principal, Unity Degree College) and Prof Pushpendra Mishra (Associate
Professor Commerce, Dr. Shakuntala Mishra Rehabilitation University, Lucknow)
etc were present.
Mrs Sameena Imtiyaz, Prof Somesh K Shukla, Prof R. S. Yadav and Prof M Varma
Veteran practitioners of development schemes of the governments
like Mr. H. K. Mazhari IAS (Former
Commissioner and Secretary, Urban Development Government of Meghalaya) and Mr.
S. M. A. Rizvi IAS (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) attended the seminar and deliberated
in details on Urban Development.
Mr Humayun Rasheed ADJ
The judiciary was represented by Mr. Humayun Rasheed
(Additional District Judge, District Kaushambi) and Mr. Murtaza Hasnain Khan
Advocate (Max Law Firm).
From the medical profession, Dr. M.M. Sarfaraz Ali Khan and
from the pharmaceutical industry Mr. Syed Hussain Taj Rizvi (Regional Sales
Manager, M/S Biorex Health Care Pvt. Ltd.) were present.
The state department for school level education was
represented by Mr. Asghar Mehdi (Finance and Audit Officer, Department of Basic
Education, Barabanki).
Senior bankers like Mr. S. Alim Rizvi, former Assistant General Manager, (Union Bank of India), Mr.
Ajmal Husain (Chief Manager, Bank of India), Mr.
M.V. Rangacharyulu (Senior Faculty Punjab National Bank Staff College,
Panchkula, Haryana) and Mr. S. K. Singh
(Director, PNB RSETI, Ramgarh, Jharkhand) participated.
Prof M Varma and Prof Somesh Kumar Shukla
The point of view of social organisations
claiming to represent the oppressed classes and women was echoed by Mrs. Tahira Hasan (President, All India
Progressive Women Association, Lucknow) Mrs. Rafat Fatima from Tahrik-e-Niswan
(A feminist organisation) was also present and the issue of higher education to Minority
Communities was taken up by Mr. Mohammad
Allam (PG Teacher Minto Circle, Aligarh Muslim University). Mr. Zamanat Ali,
Local Secretary, Anjuman-e-Wazifa-e-Sadat-wa-Momineen, Aligarh (A very
old philanthropic organisation busy in providing interest free education loan
to needy students) was also present.
Mr M. V. Rangacharyulu and Mr. S. M. A. Rizvi IAS
(Mrs. K. M. Rizvi and Dr Dinar in the Background)
The progressive farming community was represented by Mr. Anil Mishra (Farmer, Village Sidhnath, Asiwan, Mianganj, Lucknow), who had volunteered to try along with some of his friends the biofortified wheat seeds under the HarvestPlus programme, provided by LEAD Trust and Centre for Research and Development, Gorakhpur.
Many other people presented their papers. The papers submitted by the participants were
published by the Lucknow Educational And Development Trust (LEAD Trust) in the
form of a compendium entitled Growth with Justice (ISBN: 1519227078 ISBN-13:
978-1519227072) at Create Space Independent Publishing Platform USA and is available at Amazon globally.
The purpose of the seminar was not purely academic, and it
was desired to yield some direction for
the future programs of the LEAD Trust
to start playing its humble role as a facilitator of both growth and just
distribution.
The papers presented by Mr.
H. K. Mazhari entitled “Urbanisation a Key Facilitator to Economic Growth”, by
Prof. B. N. Singh “India Versus Bharat: The Urban-Rural
Divide” and of Mr. S.K. Singh “Guaranteed
Success with RSETI” were especially
helpful in throwing up some areas where a beginning can be made.
On the basis of above, in the review meeting, the following morning chaired by Prof B. N. Singh at the State Guest House Lucknow and attended by Mr Mazhari, Mr Masood, Ms Samina and Ms Sumana the following roadmap of activities
was suggested for the trust for the year 2016:
Clean India, a beginning to be made in and around the Unity Degree College/ Shahr Bano Begum Girls School, Sidhnath, Miagunj, Unnao
It is huge work but very important and relevant in view of the insanitation prevailing in rural and urban areas. We can initiate an awareness programme on the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of the liquid and solid waste;
As a first step, we should urge people to completely shun the practice of open-air defecation in the villages choosing two to three villages on a pilot basis.
Need of the day. Will be restricted to the laws which may be relevant to poor and depressed class who many times, are exploited by the law makers, the law enforcers and the defenders of the law
Next Seminar/Workshop to be held on the role of bankers in the development of small business and artisans in the changing economic scenario.
This seminar will be much better organised with participants coming from bankers DIC and RSETI but also those who are seeking assistance and their experience they have in getting the necessary institutional support.
This topic came up during the meeting of Trustees the next morning, as a first step towards amelioration of the condition of the local urban poor. The idea was to bring out the problems that the zari / chikan workers are facing in getting adequate means of livelihood to keep their chullah’s burning.
The work will be valuable if it suggests a road map for the rejuvenation of the original artisan’s (the workers') economic returns apart from describing their status and associated problems of the industry.
Let us prepare a blueprint for welfare of the workers in the form of the proposed book.
Mr Anil Mishra the Contact Farmer from Asiwan, Attending the National Seminar on Growth with Justice
We helped Centre for Research and Development, Gorakhpur in identifying potential farmers in Unnao district and distributing 100 kg biofortified wheat seeds under the #HarvestPlus programme to these farmers on trial basis.
The programme proved to be a great success. Mr Anil Mishra one of those farmers was invited to share his success story at our National Seminar on Growth with Justice on April 10, 2016 at Unity Degree College, Lucknow. Sample harvested grain was collected for hem for testing the nutrient quality in it.
On November 8, 2015 within less than a month of our incorporation, we organised a Kisan Goshthi (Farmers' Meet) at the Shahar Bano Begum Saheba Memorial Girls English School, in which Prof B. N. Singh, Former Director, Central Rice Research Institute Cuttack, Former Director Research, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand and Director Centre for Research and Development, Gorakhpur addressed local farmers, listened to their problems, answered to their queries and questions and guided them on how to manage and optimise their food grain production.
Hon'ble Mr Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza, Patron LEAD Trust, chaired the meet. In addition Mr Masood Rezvi Chairman and Managing Trustee, LEAD Trust, Ms Samina Javed, Secretary, LEAD Trust, Mr Murtaza Hasnain Khan, Secretary, Justice Murtaza Husain Educational Charitable Trust, and Mr Nadeem Murtaza, Treasurer Unity Technical Institute Society were also present.
The farmers enthusiastically participated in the programme and some of them came forward for trying new technologies. We are sharing photographs from the programme.
The rat-race of wealth maximisation is the academically accepted goal of business today; to such an extent that 'do-gooding' has become a sin.
Big business schools are taking keen interest in the study of Bottom of Wealth Pyramid through their Global Poverty Projects but looking upon it as a market segment hunting business opportunity in it with a ‘good business sense’ sans ‘do-gooding.’
Today 1% of world population is controlling 50% of world wealth, and more and more wealth is being sucked up the pyramid continuously, through a giant centrifugal wealth sucker pump, in the process destroying the inhabitability of Earth. The concern for CSR and ecosystem preservation is mere lip service.
Are those at the top of the wealth pyramid planning to fly off to some other inhabitable planet before Earth becomes too dangerous to live upon?
If so the species of sub humans left back down here may be called Homo gaius, after Gaia the Greek personification of mother earth. They will be an endangered species, will have extremely poor chances of survival, with a very high mortality rate, and sooner or later will become an extinct species. The other species, those who fly off to extraterrestrial habitats best deserve being called - Homo machiavellius, in‘honour’ of Niccolo Machiavelli, author of The Prince.
A dream, if you belong to the 1% Top of Pyramid, but a horrific nightmare otherwise!
In order to prevent the nightmare becoming a reality, goal of businesses must immediately be redefined as Survival Chance Maximisation of Homo sapiens.
The royalties earned on this book will be used exclusively for charity by LEAD Trust, Lucknow, India.
There are 15 pictures 5 illustrations, 1 table, 47 bibliographical references, a glossary of uncommon words and an exhaustive index at the end.
Abridged Version:
The book "Tightening Noose of Poverty" (ISBN-10: 1517533066 / ISBN-13: 978-1517533069) - available on Amazon - was very much liked by almost all of the readers. However, a concern was shown that the paperback edition of the book was out of the reach of an ordinary student, and thus, there was a need to come out with another edition which could be made affordable for the masses.
Although the kindle edition was there to fulfill this need, we decided, that since till now, in many areas of the world, an e-book was not a feasible reading medium, and there were many readers - especially the senior ones - who were not very comfortable with e-book reading; it was essential to print a separate abridged title extracted from the original one, in as compact a form as possible, and to make it as much affordable as possible. In this abridged book, we have culled the table of pictures, illustrations and tables; the bibliography, the index, and almost all of the images; and have reduced the font size as well as line spacing, stuffed the quotations within the main chapters so as to avoid extra use of even a single folio, and have used white paper in place of the cream paper used in the original one.
We have, however, maintained the original text and are sure that the book will succeed in conveying the message.
