Warrier's Friends' Collage August 2026 Part II

Welcome To Warrier's Friends' COLLAGE, August, 2026 Part II Good Morning Current Affairs CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2026 at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) https://share.google/93d6Wts61twFdrguI Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged both the Centre and states to play a key role in a right direction for attracting investments, framing the right policies and ensuring that parts of this country which have remained underdeveloped for a long time are brought on board to catch up with the rest of the country. "So, there is a role for the Centre and that role cannot be played by one or two states - never. But unless the states, and I mean each one of them, are empowered, given the resources and also provided with the means to build capacity, the aspirations of India cannot be met," Sitharaman said while delivering the CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2026 at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) here. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/india-accounted-for-nearly-one-third-of-global-gdp-at-the-beginning-of-common-era-fm-1977193 B Gen Z On Family Gen Z is entirely redefining traditional family structures by prioritizing boundaries, emotional intelligence, and financial pragmatism. Rather than rushing into traditional marriages or homeownership, they focus on self-actualization and are delaying major life milestones due to economic realities. The approach of this demographic to family encompasses several key shifts: Boundary-Setting over Blind Obedience: Rejecting older, authoritarian family dynamics, Gen Z actively dismantles toxic familial loyalty in favor of mutual respect and mental well-being. Redefined Partnerships: They view marriage as an equal, egalitarian partnership rather than a socially imposed obligation. Parenting Evolution: Gen Z parents are moving away from rigid, strict upbringings. They favor authoritative styles, focusing heavily on emotional support and positive reinforcement. Economic Pragmatism: Factors like the massive cost of childcare and housing have led many to delay or completely rethink the idea of having children, embracing cohabitation and single-living arrangements instead. To explore how these modern norms shape households and relationships, you can review Gen Z Families: Modern Relationships and Parenthood or examine Why Gen Z Is Rewriting Family Loyalty on Their Own Terms. For a deeper look at the cultural and societal shifts regarding the younger generation's view on parenthood, you can watch Is Gen Z Pro-Family?. Academic and sociological insights into these modern household changes are detailed in Transformation of family and marriage norms in the era of ... from the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research. Additionally, UCL's Centre for Longitudinal Studies provides excellent context on why Gen Z are more likely to live with parents in early adulthood compared to previous generations, as discussed on the Centre for Longitudinal Studies portal. C Books Today, I picked up "Soul Climate"* by Inez Baranay from my bookshelf. Immediately I couldn't recall anything about this book. I had purchased Soul Climate after reading a review and kept it for reading "later" after posting a blog : https://www.warriersblog.com/2026/01/soul-climate-by-inez-baranay.html After that the book got mixed with older books. I'm picking up the book again few months later. Will read. M G Warrier *https://amzn.in/d/0j0RhlgG Amazon description : "A brilliantly inventive novel on the idea of India as a nation, seen through the eyes of a Turkish intellectual and freedom fighter. Turkish freedom fighter, author, and citizen of the world, Halide Edib travels to India in 1935 to deliver a series of lectures, fulfilling a promise made long ago to Indian nationalist, Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari. In Delhi, her host’s rambling house in Daryaganj is a place of inclusive hospitality and of historical meetings. Here, Halide meets many people central to India’s own independence struggle, specially Mahatma Gandhi, with whom she has several conversations. Before she departs, Halide promises to write a memoir of her time in India. The present narrator of Soul Climate peruses that memoir, and other writings by Halide, wondering what else she might have seen and remembered. In another strand of the novel that is pure fiction, three young women, close friends and cousins, who are attending Halide’s lectures in Delhi, are each at a turning point in their lives, taking first steps on their separate new paths. To each of them Halide’s words and personality speak differently, and they form their world views even as they get swept up in the process of their coming of age. Soul Climate deftly interweaves memoir and fiction, realism and imagination. Through it, we consider afresh such ideas as nationhood, religion, idealism, what makes us, and what divides us and how we unite.