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community-driven model
of sustainable agriculture
requiring no electricity,
serving the dual purposes
of flood management
and irrigation. His essay
reminded readers that the
wisdom of the past and the
science of the present need
not be in conflict.
The theme of women-
as much profit as his hard work." led development was taken
His prescription was forward- up with equal seriousness.
looking — the introduction of AI- Om Prakash Rath, a first-year
based farming and organisation political science student from
of agricultural technology H.N.S. Mahavidyalaya, Chandol,
camps at the tehsil level. For Kendrapara, Odisha, brought
Saurabh, making agriculture to his essay the dual lens of
profitable is the only credible academic study and social
way to draw young Indians back observation. As a student of
to farming. governance, his engagement
Sumit Kumar from with women's participation in
Gopalganj, Bihar, approached development reflects a broader
the same theme differently. consciousness among young
Writing as both a researcher Indians that inclusive growth
and a citizen, he drew attention is not a policy option — it is a
to Bihar's traditional water prerequisite for sustainable
conservation systems — a progress.
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