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Amit Basole
@amitbasole
academic, activist, poetry lover
Dec 27, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
1/9 Today is the 226th birthday of #Ghalib. Thread on some resources for those wanting to dive deeper beyond the many excellent translations in a lot of languages. Needless to say, a very partial list from the vast scholarship on the man and his work. Please feel free to add. Image 2/9 Starting with Prof Frances Pritchett's labour of love, A Desertful of Roses where she has commented on every single Urdu verse of Ghalib, published as well as unpublished and collected previous commentators' thoughts too: franpritchett.com/00ghalib/
Aug 18, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/8 A thread on a term used in #NEP2020 - #lokavidya or peoples' knowledge. It is mentioned in the context of vocational training. It is good to see the term make it into the final policy. But this should be the start of something much bigger. 2/8 As part of @vidyaashram98 (vidyaashram.org) we have been working on the radical political and economic potential of lokavidya for many years. E.g amazon.in/Lokavidya-Pers…
May 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Important recommendations from Mr. Azim Premji.
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 1. Expand MGNREGA: additional allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore, increasing the guaranteed number of days per household and increasing the daily wage.
2. Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme be designed, rolled out. 3. Both these schemes can enable creation of productive assets, including infrastructure and agrarian assets, which will form the backbone of the countries’ economic revival.