Soybean crop. June 2020 22/06/2020 Day 90 It was an indecisive day for cycling. The town isn't big, but the chaos of vehicles during morning hours gets me. It is preferable to drive out with the cycle in the car, ride a trail and drive back. Early morning confusion about which direction to take meant … Continue reading Day 90: In the now
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Day 88: Biodiversity and farming
20/06/2020 Day 88 The seeds sown last week have sprouted. We see a dotted green ground on a brown earth. The sky is overcast but the greyness doesn’t make the landscape dull. Sometimes, I feel I should have continued with biotechnology and ecology as disciplinary education and training. There is so much in our immediate … Continue reading Day 88: Biodiversity and farming
Day 84: Extraordinary or more of the same?
16/06/2020 Day 84 The day was spent on work calls. Working from home no longer seems a major shift in lifestyle as we get past the fourth month of the pandemic. Over the course of these days the writing here has meandered through personal observations, opinion on issues I care about and events. We are … Continue reading Day 84: Extraordinary or more of the same?
Day 82: One Straw Revolution in these times
Ajangaon, June 2020 14/06/2020 Day 82 Started early for the farm today. A tractor was arranged to do pre-sowing weed removal from both the plots. After the land is ploughed and made ready for sowing, a few brief spells of rain can lead to a burst of all sorts of weeds. In a near miraculous … Continue reading Day 82: One Straw Revolution in these times
Day 81: Two really good hours
Farm. June 2020 13/06/2020 Day 81 The concern these days is about finding time with unbroken attention. Finding an uninterrupted three hour slot is an effort. It must be the place and its rhythm which seems to dissolve away markers of time. One hour blends into the other and morning turns into noon effortlessly. This … Continue reading Day 81: Two really good hours
Day 80: Cycling
Wardha. June 2020 12/06/2020 Day 80 A six-lane expressway is taking shape. It cuts through a landscape of farms as though the road’s path is pre-ordained and everything else in its path must give in. The sight is a bit upsetting for someone who has seen the farms and the pace of life around it … Continue reading Day 80: Cycling
Day 78: Resuming even as pandemic rages
10/06/2020 Day 78 There is not much to write about these days in terms of the direct effect of the pandemic - locked cities, restrictions on movement and a sense of anxiety appear to have faded out. Most countries are busy ‘opening up’. Even as this is happening, infections and deaths continue to happen at … Continue reading Day 78: Resuming even as pandemic rages
Day 73: Catching up
05/06/2020 Day 73: Catching up In writing these daily entries, I skipped a day of writing when I traveled. That lag has now amplified into being two days behind the current date in writing these entries. Losing ground starts with a minor thing, and when not fixed in time it grows into a larger problem … Continue reading Day 73: Catching up
Day 72: Subsumed
04/06/2020 Day 72 These days I can’t tell whether the entries here were genuinely what I intended to write or I was hunting for topics and ideas to write on. The process of writing a few observations at the end of every day has turned fuzzy. If the day lacks activity then the mind turns … Continue reading Day 72: Subsumed
Day 70: Cotton, Gram Seva Mandal and Wardha
Farm. June 2020. 02/06/2020 Day 70 Not far from where I live, Gram Seva Mandal stands fading in the Central India's extreme weather. In Nalwadi one of the oldest experiments in self-reliance and village self sufficiency began. Vinoba Bhave was 39 years old in 1934 when he founded Gram Seva Mandal in Nalwadi. In the … Continue reading Day 70: Cotton, Gram Seva Mandal and Wardha
