AWAKENINGS

Gift of 200 cows was to villagers at Rweru Model Village, as part of the Rwandan Government’s GIRINKA PROGRAMME. Rwanda Government’s GIRINKA programme was started in 2006 in response to the alarmingly high rate of childhood malnutrition and as a way to accelerate poverty reduction and integrate livestock and crop farming. The programme , initiated by President Paul Kagame is based on the premise that providing a dairy cow to Rwanda’s poor citizens transforms livelihoods, reconciles communities improving agricultural productivity through the use of manure as fertilizers. It is also a part of a strategy to rebuild the national cattle herd from an insignificant level after the 1994 genocide during which over 80% of cattle were decimated. The worst part of the genocide was that more than 8 lacs mostly the minority Tutsis were slaughtered by the majority Hutu extremists within 100 days with impunity. Peace was restored in July 1994 with accords between two warring e...

Some interesting passages are reproduced here for your   reading. v One day, a rich man took his young son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they returned from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “Very good, Dad!” “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Yeah!” “And what did you learn?” The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog at home, and they have four. We have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches only till the front yard and they have a whole horizon.” Upon hearing what the little boy said, his father was left speechless. v I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep – Charles Maurice. v To a patriot serving the nation is not a sacrifice...

Rahul’s so-called spirited speech culminating with awkward hug and sarcastic wink followed by nauseating smile in the floor of august Parliament House on the ‘No Confidence Motion’ against Modi Government moved by Chandra Babu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party for not giving a special status for Andhra Pradesh was most hollow and devoid of substance and seriousness to attract our attention and response. But Lutyens Medias and their lobbies had hailed Rahul for his performance sky high without going into details or caring in for an in-depth scrutiny of his theatric utterances. It was another matter that Rahul had not spoken even a single word about his party’s stand on awarding special status to Andhra Pradesh for which Parliament was assembled to discuss and then to vote on No Confidence Motion. No Confidence Motion was however defeated with 325 voting against the motion and 126 supporting.  Further Rahul allegations and accusations in the Lok Sabha were mainly confined to purc...