Live Chat: Youth, Politics & What can You and I do to bring about Systemic Change?
Dear All: Following up from the successful (& hugely interactive!) live chat on “Illegal Infiltration and Impact on Demographics” that we had on 6th Jan, below are details of the “Republic Day Special”  live text chat on the “Role of Youth in Today’s Politics…and “ What can You and I do to bring about Systemic Change?â€. Some of you will recall that we had a discussion on this topic almost 2 yrs back…A lot has changed since then..and I felt it would be useful and informative  to have another discussion against the backdrop of events last year, IAC, a floundering UPA-II and the upcoming assembly elections.
I will be joined on this chat by three panelists: Amit Malviya, Rajesh Kamireddy and Dipinder Sekhon. All three are passionate about India and active in politics in their own different ways – and they are truly in the “youth” age-bracket (unlike some other “Youth Icons”!). We will have a slightly different format this time. We will start by asking panelists to respond to 3-4 specific questions on “Youth, Politics and “What can we do to bring about change?”. Â This will be followed by a moderated Q&A from the audience.
The Role of Youth in Today’s Politics and What can You and I do to bring about Systemic Change?”
Time: 8pm IST
Date: 26th Jan ’12 (Thursday)Please do leave a note below (via comments) if you have a specific question or wish me to address a specific point.
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A few links by way of background and suggested readings are below. If you plan to join, please note the time and make sure you are online a few minutes before we initiate the chat.
You should be able to set a reminder in the box by entering your email. Here are some related posts on this topic..
On Raju Narayan Swamy, Systemic Change and the Long War
Open Thread to discuss “Youth and Politics”
Rs 1,7,60,00,00,00,000 and What can You and I do about it?
Namaste Shantanu ji,
I welcome the topic whole-heartedly. I know you would be focusing substantially on Youth and self-sustenance in the discussion. If not then please do take it up in big way.
Jai Bharat!
Looking forward. Cheers!
It’s great for us. I am new to politics….from Hindu Mahasabha
Thanks .
Here are a few lines about Amit and Dipinder:
Amit Malviya: Amit is a banker by profession. As a political activist, Amit is passionate about India’s development and sees politics as a tool to achieve it. He spends much of his personal time spreading political awareness. Widely traveled in India and abroad, Amit likes meeting diverse people, who he thinks are the best reflection of any society.
Dipinder Sekhon is a member of The Freedom Team of India (http://freedomteam.in) – a platform for liberal political leaders committed to mass-scale reform in India’s political and governance systems. A passout from the London School of Economics & Political Science (London, 2009), Sciences Po (Paris, 2009) and IIT (Delhi, 2002), Dipinder is an entrepreneur and works with his enterprise KritiKal Solutions in Noida.
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The New Economic Model for New Age that I am presenting to you in 9 CD’s aims at fourth Revolution
It logically comes after
i. Industrial Revolution
ii. French Revolution and
iii. Communist Revolution
..The model itself is the fusion of three concepts
It keeps within itself the spirit of co-operative effort: All to work ! All to produce ! All to share
It keeps the spirit of capitalism: Self sustaining ! Self growing ! Self regeneration !
It uses the concept of post dated cheque
The fusion releases economic nuclear power and changes the very life style of every one
This revolution may make a beginning in India
Several books are written on this theme
More on these topics can be seen on webs
1. http://cosmic-civilizations.com for philosophical issues
2. http://spin-india2015.com for economic and political ideas
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A few lines about Raj Kamireddi:
Rajesh Kamireddi, age 29, Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, recipient of ‘Emerging Leader’ and ‘Out Standing Student organization Member’ at the University. Area of interest is using technology for India’s development.
Post graduation ,he has done IT consulting with couple of Insurance companies in Chicago area.
He moved back to India in August 2009 and volunteered with Sankurathri Foundation @ Kakinada on their sustainability planning & strategy.
Early 2010, he took up the position of Entrepreneur- In- Residence for NextWealth Entreprenuers Pvt. Ltd.
He is presently located in Kakinada and serving the board of Sankurathri FOundation in the capacity of Executive Board Member and is the youngest one on Board.
Can you send me the entire transcription of the chat.Thanks !
Ravi: I cannot send you the transcript but you can read it in the box above by logging in using your twitter/fb account (and of course copy-paste the whole conversation).