Virtue 5: Authentic and Transparent
Today, we are talking about Search for Truth – Uttam Satya. It took some time to reflect on this complex word, and thus sharing it little delayed.
My little understanding of the word – Uttam Satya.

Today we are starting ‘Das Lakshan Parv’ – Paryushan which means Celebrating 10 Virtues of being a good Human.
Each day we go deep into one virtue where all the scholars of the philosophy speak about that virtue. As per Anekantvaad philosophy of Jainism – All perspectives of Specific virtue are appreciated without one prescriptive book.
I have been listening to various scholars over many years. I am sharing my understanding of today’s virtue – Forgiveness. It’s a partial knowledge and full knowledge of the virtue will be completed by you and your thinking. This summary may provide a trigger for your experiences to reflect on forgiveness virtue.
I learnt a new word today – “Sludge” in context of human thinking.
My observations
Trust you all are having a nice and joyful festive season!
Recently, Manju and I attended the Non-Violent Economy Network (NVEN) event at Madurai. I was very intrigued by the narrative of Non-Violent Economy. How come the Economy which provides livelihood to us all becomes violent?The movement is led by Global leaders from many countries who are relooking at the economy from a sustainable lens.
The Sustainability of Human Existence is now anchored around Climate, Water, Energy Systems, Chemical free Agriculture practices, Forests and Consumption.The word Economy is for 138 Crs people of India and 750 Crs Global people not for a select few. In India alone, there are more than 90 cr people living in Rural India spread across 6 lakh villages.
The lowest structure of local governance is the elected Panchayat System consisting of 2.5 lakh Panchayats, governed by 11 to 17 members each. Now the question is what is their role in our Urban Economy?How do we calculate the contribution of each village in the traditional economy?Are we in a hurry to produce higher and higher by applying toxic chemical fertilisers and compromising on Sustainability in Non Violent way?
I interpreted ‘Nonviolence’ as non-violence at Thought, Speech and Action Levels by an individual or community. Non-Violence for sustainability is to respect Nature, Climate, Water, Forest and Agriculture. It is also about Fair Trade& profit and about right consumption.
In the last 6 yrs, I am enjoying working with self motivated Development Accelerators (called NGO’s) through Mission Samriddhi who are completely committed to Sustainability without even knowing the word ESG or Non-Violence. I got humbled when the Tribal community of Shiratoki, a small village of Yavatmal, Maharashtra came together to participate in Collective Farming by pooling their 150 acres of the land. We got the opportunity to apply Design Thinking to solve problems of Fragmented land holding, Water, Natural farming and single crop dependency along with 10 other compassionate experts. We call this experiment HOCO farming (Holistic and Collective Farming). I must thank each one of the experts who are putting their substantial time in designing this non-violent economic experiment.
When Manju & I were thinking about a Diwali gift this year, we felt we need to participate in this movement in a very small way by sharing products from Non-Violent economy to our friends and families. We picked up a few products from rural non-violent startups. The Handbag is sourced from YellowBag Foundation which helps women gain financial independence, Millet based sweets and savouries are from The Timbaktu Collective, a non-profit organisation that works towards the sustainable development of marginalised people across 285 villages in the drought-prone and ecologically challenged in Andhra Pradesh
This Diwali, we were happy to be part of the Non-Violent economy movement.
Wishing you a Happy Diwali.
We set up ADK Eye Hospital in the district of Baghpat to serve rural districts of Western UP. The hospital is situated within a 45-minute drive from Delhi with state-of-the-art facilities. We are finding very high demand for Cataract surgeries and retina surgeries there from 7 districts (Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Shamli, Sonepat, Ghaziabad, Modinagar) with a population of over 12 million people.
Within 2 years, 50000 sqft exclusive eye hospitals are completing 1000 high quality surgeries a month with 5 state-of-the-art Operation Theatres.
We found demand has grown faster than what we anticipated. Thus, we are looking to enhance capacity and for compassionate eye surgeons for the hospital. The hospital will provide family accommodation and compensation.
We are also looking for healthcare fellows who want to work in western UP. We are exploring partnerships with international hospitals with focus on rural eye care for internships.
Could you please circulate among your circles to get the right compassionate surgeons and partnerships?
#eyecare #eyesurgeon #baghpat #uttarpradesh #ruralhealth #partnerships