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Why Governments Hate Decentralization and "Local Control"
December 3, 2020 by Counter Markets
By Ryan McMaken
In recent decades, many have claimed that advances in communications and transportation would eliminate the different political, economic, and cultural characteristics peculiar to residents of different regions within the United States. It is true the cultural difference between a rural mechanic and an urban barista is smaller today than was the case in 1900. Yet, recent national elections suggest that geography is still an important factor in understanding the many differences the prevail across different regions within the US. Urban centers, suburban neighborhoods, and rural towns still are characterized by certain cultural, religious, and economic interests that are hardly uniform across the landscape.
In a country as large as the United States, of course, this has long been a reality of American life. But even in far smaller countries, such as the larger states of Europe, the problem of creating a national regime designed to rule over a large diverse population has long preoccupied political theorists. At the same time, the problem of limiting this state power has especially been of interest to proponents of "classical" liberalism—including its modern variant, "libertarianism"—who are concerned with protecting human rights and property rights from the grasping power of political regimes.
The de facto "answer," to the this problem, unfortunately, has been to empower national states at the expense of local self-determination and institutions which had long provided barriers between individual persons and powerful national states. Some liberals, such as John Stuart Mill, have even endorsed this, thinking that mass democracy and national legislatures could be employed to protect the rights of regional minorities.
But not all liberals have agreed, and some have understood that decentralization and the maintenance of local institutions and local power centers can offer a critical obstacle to state power.
The Growth of the State and the Decline of Local Powers
Among the best observers and critics of this phenomenon are the great French liberals of the nineteenth century who watched this process of centralization unfold during the rise of absolutism under the Bourbon monarchy, and during the Revolution.1
Many of these liberals—Alexis de Tocqueville and Benjamin Constant in particular—understood how historical local autonomy in cities and regions throughout France had offered resistance to these efforts to centralize and consolidate the FRench state's power.
Alexis de Tocqueville explains the historical context in Democracy in America:
During the aristocratic ages which preceded the present time, the sovereigns of Europe had been deprived of, or had relinquished, many of the rights inherent in their power. Not a hundred years ago, amongst the greater part of European nations, numerous private persons and corporations were sufficiently independent to administer justice, to raise and maintain troops, to levy taxes, and frequently even to make or interpret the law.
These "secondary powers" provided numerous centers of political power beyond the reach and control of the centralized powers held by the French state. But by the late eighteenth century, they were rapidly disappearing:
At the same period a great number of secondary powers existed in Europe, which represented local interests and administered local affairs. Most of these local authorities have already disappeared; all are speedily tending to disappear, or to fall into the most complete dependence. From one end of Europe to the other the privileges of the nobility, the liberties of cities, and the powers of provincial bodies, are either destroyed or upon the verge of destruction.
This, Tocqueville understood, was no mere accident and did not occur without the approval and encouragement of national sovereigns. Although these trends were accelerated in France by the Revolution, this was not limited to France, and there were larger ideological and sociological trends at work:
The State has everywhere resumed to itself alone these natural attributes of sovereign power; in all matters of government the State tolerates no intermediate agent between itself and the people, and in general business it directs the people by its own immediate influence.
Naturally, powerful states are not enthusiastic about having to work through intermediaries when the central state could instead exercise direct power through its bureaucracy and employing a centrally-controlled machinery of coercion. Thus, if states can dispense with the inconveniences of "local sovereignty" this enables the sovereign power to exercise its own power all the more completely.
The Power of Local Allegiance and Local Customs
When states are dominated by any single political center, other centers of social and economic life often arise in opposition. This is because human society is by nature quite diverse in itself, and especially so across different regions and cities. Different economic realities, different religions, and different demographics (among other factors) tend to produce a wide range of diverse views and interests. Over time, these habits and interests supported in a particular time and place begin form into local "traditions" of various sorts.
Benjamin Constant, a leading French liberal of the nineteenth century, understood these differences could serve as effective barriers to centralized state power. Or, as noted by historian Ralph Raico: "Constant appreciated the importance of voluntary traditions, those generated by the free activity of society itself. …Constant emphasized the value of these old ways in the struggle against state power."
In his book Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments, Constant complains that many liberals of his time, having been influenced by Montesquieu, embraced the ideal of uniformity in laws and political institutions.
This, Constant warns, is a mistake, and tends to create more powerful centralized states which then proceed to violate the very rights that Montesquieu thought could be preserved through uniformity.
But political uniformity can lead down very dangerous paths, Constant insists, concluding "It is by sacrificing everything to exaggerated ideas of uniformity that large States have become a scourge for humanity." This is because large politically uniform states can only reach this level of uniformity by employing the state's coercive power to force uniformity on the people. The people do not give up their local traditions and institutions easily and therefore, Constant continues:
It is clear that different portions of the same people, placed in circumstances, brought up in customs, living in places, which are all dissimilar, cannot be led to absolutely the same manners, usages, practices, and laws, without a coercion which would cost them more than it is worth.
This may not be "worth it" to the people, but it appears to be worth it to the regime. Thus, states over the past several centuries have expended immense amounts of time and treasure to break down local resistance, impose national languages, and homogenize national institutions. When this process is successful, a nation's laws end up reflecting the preferences and concerns of those from the dominant region or population at the expense of everyone else. When it comes to these large centralized states, Constant writes:
one must not underestimate their multiple and terrible drawbacks. Their size requires an activism and force at the heart of government which is difficult to contain and degenerates into despotism. The laws come from a point so far from those to whom they are supposed to apply that the inevitable effect of such distance is serious and frequent error. Local injustices never reach the heart of government. Placed in the capital, it takes the views of its surrounding area or at the very most of its place of residence for those of the whole State. A local or passing circumstance thus becomes the reason for a general law, and the inhabitants of the most distant provinces are suddenly surprised by unexpected innovations, unmerited severity, vexatious regulations, undermining the basis of all their calculations, and all the safeguards of their interests, because two hundred leagues away men who are total strangers to them had some inkling of agitation, divined certain needs, or perceived certain dangers.
For Constant, the diversity among communities ought not be seen a problem to solve, but rather as a bulwark against state power. Moreover, it is not enough to speak only of individual freedoms and prerogatives when discussing the limits of state power. Rather, it is important to actively encourage local institutional independence as well:
Local interests and memories contain a principle of resistance which government allows only with regret and which it is keen to uproot. It makes even shorter work of individuals. It rolls its immense mass effortlessly over them, as over sand.
Ultimately, this local institutional strength is key because for Constant, state power can be successfully limited when it is possible to "skillfully combine institutions and place within them certain counterweights against the vices and weaknesses of men."
Unfortunately, it appears even the last few institutional vestiges of localism are under attack from the forces of political centralization. Whether it is attacks on Brexit in Europe, or denunciations of the electoral college in the United States, even limited and weak appeals to local control and self-determination are met with the utmost contempt from countless pundits and intellectuals. Two centuries after Tocqueville and Constant, regimes still recognize decentralization as a threat. Those who seek to limit state power should take the hint.
1. Murray Rothbard also viewed the rise of French absolutism as an attack on local control and local prerogatives. See "Medievalism, Absolutism, and the French Revolution," by Ryan McMaken.
Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and The Austrian, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.
Source: Mises.org
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This is an ongoing collection of notes and quotes on complexity. I am especially interested in perspectives that don't see complexity as something inherently bad.
Robert Venturi, 1966 — Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
"Paul Rudolph has clearly stated the implications of Mies' point of view: 'All problems can never be solved. … Indeed it is a characteristic of the twentieth century that architects are highly selective in determining which problems they want to solve. Mies, for instance, makes wonderful buildings only because he ignores many aspects of a building. If he solved more problems, his buildings would be far less potent.' […]
"The doctrine less is more bemoans complexity and justifies exclusion for expressive purposes. It does, indeed, permit the architect to be highly selective in determining which problems [he wants] to solve. But if the architect must be committed to his particular way of seeing the universe, such a commitment surely means that the architect determines how problems should be solved, not that he can determine which of the problems he will solve. He can exclude important considerations only at the risk of separating architecture from the experience of life and the needs of society. If some problems prove insoluble, he can express this: in an inclusive rather than an exclusive kind of architecture there is room for the fragment, for contradiction, for improvisation, and for the tensions these produce. Mies' exquisite pavilions have had valuable implications for architecture, but their selectiveness of content and language is their limitation as well as their strength."
Where simplicity cannot work, simpleness results. Blatant simplification means bland architecture. Less is a bore. Robert Venturi, 1966: "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" [p. 17]
"The recognition of complexity in architecture does not negate what Louis Kahn has called the desire for simplicity. But aesthetic simplicity which is a satisfaction to the mind derives, when valid and profound, from inner complexity. The Doric temple's simplicity to the eye is achieved through the famous subtleties and precision of its distorted geometry and the contradictions and tensions inherent in its order. The Doric temple could achieve apparent simplicity through real complexity. When complexity disappeared, as in the late temples, blandness replaced simplicity."
The Obligation Towards the Difficult Whole
"An architecture of complexity and accommodation does not forsake the whole. In fact, I have referred to a special obligation toward the whole because the whole is difficult to achieve. And I have emphasized the goal of unity rather than of simplification in an art 'whose […] truth [is] in its totality.' It is the difficult unity through inclusion rather than the easy unity through exclusion. Gestalt psychology considers a perceptual whole the result of, and yet more than, the sum of its parts. The whole is dependent on the position, number, and inherent characteristics of the parts. A complex system in Herbert A. Simon's definition includes 'a large number of parts that interact in a non-simple way.' The difficult whole in an architecture of complexity and contradiction includes multiplicity and diversity of elements in relationships that are inconsistent or among the weaker kinds perceptually.
"Concerning the positions of the parts, for instance, such an architecture encourages complex and contrapuntal rhythms over simple and single ones. The difficult whole can include a diversity of directions as well. Concerning the number of parts in a whole, the two extremes — a single part and a multiplicity of parts — read as wholes most easily: the single part is itself a unity; and extreme multiplicity reads like a unity through a tendency of the parts to change scale, and to be perceived as an overall pattern or texture. The next easiest whole is the trinity: three is the commonest number of compositional parts making a monumental unity in architecture."
Amy Hoy on "Simple" and "Beautiful" Tools
Amy Hoy recently expressed the same sentiment as Venturi, with regards to the design of digital applications:
fuck 'simple' and 'beautiful' tools. the only way you can make a 'simple' 'beautiful' app is by plugging your ears and covering your eyes and singing LA LA LA LA. the real world is messy. work is messy. it's a designer's job to wrestle with it. not deny it. Amy Hoy on Twitter (26. Dez. 2019)
Larry Tessler's "Law of conservation of complexity"
Larry Tessler's "Law of conservation of complexity" was mentioned in an Interview with Dan Saffer:
The total complexity of a system is a constant. If you make a user's interaction with a system simpler, the complexity behind the scenes increases.
Farnam Street — Why Life Can't Be Simpler
The article "Why Life Can't Be Simpler" by Farnam Street focuses on the effects of Tessler's law: "Removing functionality doesn't make something simpler, because it removes options. Simple tools have a limited ability to simplify processes. Trying to do something complex with a simple tool is more complex than doing the same thing with a more complex tool."
Complexity is like energy. It cannot be created or destroyed, only moved somewhere else. When a product or service becomes simpler for users, engineers and designers have to work harder. Farnam Street: "Why Life Can't Be Simpler"
"People have an intuitive sense that complexity has to go somewhere. When using a product or service is too simple, users can feel suspicious or like they've been robbed of control. They know that a lot more is going on behind the scenes, they just don't know what it is. Sometimes we need to preserve a minimum level of complexity so that users feel like an actual participant. According to legend, cake mixes require the addition of a fresh egg because early users found that dried ones felt a bit too lazy and low effort." By the way, this is very much a legend: the reason cake mixes without dried eggs sold better is because they made for better cake.
Jane Jacobs on the Aesthetic Problems of Sameness
In her seminal 1961 book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Jane Jacobs makes the case for urban complexity, generated by mixed primary uses of neighborhoods (rather than single use zoning) in cities This is only one of her points, the whole book is worth a read: It is a heartfelt, but outstandingly rational defense of the city from megalomaniac planners and designers that care more about their grand theories than about actual observable outcomes. A timely admonition.. Her remarks on the aesthetic problems that come with sameness, which is often mistaken to mean "order", seems applicable to other mediums as well:
"If the sameness of use is shown candidly for what it is — sameness — it looks monotonous. Superficially, this monotony might be thought of as a sort of order, however dull. But esthetically, it unfortunately also carries with it a deep disorder: the disorder of conveying no direction. In places stamped with the monotony and repetition of sameness you move, but in moving you seem to have gotten nowhere. North is the same as south, or east as west. Sometimes north, south, east and west are all alike, as they are when you stand within the grounds of a large project. It takes differences — many differences — cropping up In different directions to keep us oriented. Scenes of thoroughgoing sameness lack these natural announcements of direction and movement, or are scantly furnished with them, and so they are deeply confusing. This is a kind of chaos.
"Monotony of this sort is generally considered too oppressive to pursue as an ideal by everybody but some project planners or the most routine-minded real estate developers.
"Instead, where uses are in actual fact homogeneous, we often find that deliberate distinctions and differences are contrived among the buildings. But these contrived differences give rise to esthetic difficulties too. Because inherent differences those that come from genuinely differing uses are lacking among the buildings and their settings, the contrivances represent the desire merely to appear different."
Edgar Morin — On Complexity
In the face of increasing complexity, we are more than ever in need of a system of thought that that is capable of simplifying without mutilating. When reality resists simplification, we have to turn to complexity. Complexity is the eruption of the disorder of the random and of uncertainty in the reality […] We all know that the future is unpredictable today, given the perpetual intervention of the new and the unexpected. And it is for that very reason that extreme complexity has a tendency to resemble a permanent crisis. Edgar Morin, 2008: "On Complexity"
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Annie Dillard
A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"Beauty and grace are performed whether we see them or not, least we can do is be there."
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek contains the kind of writing that emanates from the kind of consciousness that Erich Fromm called a "state of being." This Pulitzer Prize-winning marvel of American writing, Annie Dillard (b. 1945), gives us a spell-binding observation of nature and self at the most immediate, conscious level.
"If the day is fine, any walk will do; it all looks good." In Virginia's old forests, Dillard's body, spirit and mind go for a walk.
1.Read more on the pleasures of walking in nature, literally and figuratively, in Thomas A. Clark's prose poem "In Praise of Walking" and Andy Goldsworthy's study of walls and their representation of our linear paths. Or jot over to my own compilation of the wonders of walking "The Importance of Walking About."1 Dillard's spirit spills abroad, unhitched to any sort of double-awareness that paralyses the human mind. She simply exists, walks, sees, and writes.
I'm on a little island shaped like a tear in the middle of Tinker Creek. On one side of the creek is a steep forested bank; the water is swift and deep on that side of the island. On the other side is the level field I walked through next to the steers' pasture; the water between the field and the island is shallow and sluggish. In the summer's low water, flags and bulrushes grow along a series of shallow pools cooled by the lazy current… Today I sit on dry grass at the end of the island by the slower side of the creek. I am drawn to this spot. I come to it as an oracle.
Blue heron. Photograph by Scott Danzig. "Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour, and is not reminded of the flux of all things?" questioned Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The originality of Annie Dillard's 1974 work owes to how much she understood that being in nature meant relinquishing our daily self-directed focus to listen and heed acts of grace.
2."It's a matter of keeping my eyes open," writes Dillard. With this intensity and close focus, there is a wonderful celebration of the small and the individual.
Insects, as they go about their complex familiar lives, can easily require hours of observation, read more in Gerald Durrell's tales of childhood nature adventures.
Dillard reminds us "If I can't see these minutiae, I still try to keep my eyes open."2
The mockingbird took a single step into the air and dropped. His wings were still folded against his sides as though he were singing from a limb and not falling, accelerating thirty-two feet per second per second, through the empty air. Just a breath before he would have been dashed to the ground, he unfurled his wings with exact, deliberate care, revealing the broad bars of white.
I had just rounded a corner when his insouciant step caught my eye; there was no one else in sight. The fact of his free fall was like the old philosophical conundrum about the tree that falls in the forest. the answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.
Goldfinch. Photograph by Scott Danzig. Danzig is a part-time filmmaker who fills any extra time in Pennsylvanian parks taking in what Dillard called "graces of nature." Learn more.
What you will notice in A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the immediacy of everything Dillard notices. It has everything to do with her observational and writing abilities. Rebecca Solnit, whose writing reminds me of Dillard's, though Solnit's subject is society not the lack of it – wrote "Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone."
Reading Dillard's words in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, or any of her work, is to understand the power of words to convey emotion, space, place and the power of wonder to open our eyes and hearts to complexity of being, a feeling of eternal.
Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place? This deciduous business alone is a radical scheme, the brainchild of a deranged manic-depressive with limitless capital.
3.As someone who was diagnosed with manic-depressive I don't find this offensive or unreal. It is not overly sentimental or reductive to say being manic-depressive means feeling comes too much too fast too often. I wonder if manic-depressives, poet Robert Lowell and polymath Stephen Fry would agree. Vincent van Gogh, a presumed manic-depressive who saw so much life in life, would undoubtedly concur.3 Extravagance! Nature will try anything once.
Whether you repel your full self into nature like Charles Darwin, Sylvain Tesson or Thoreau or you beckon nature into your space like, Helen Macdonald, "In Praise of Slowness and All Things Snails" the point is to close down the whirling parts of yourself that respond to what Mary Oliver termed "life's busyness" and explore what remains.
Deer, the kind of which requires a different type of seeing, "opening one's palm to the present." Photograph by Scott Danzig.
In language that echoes Walt Whitman's epic poem of the universal, eternal, and all things flowing through time and us, Dillard writes:
I am sitting under a sycamore by Tinker Creek. I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under the trees. But under me, directly under the weight of my body on the grass, are other creatures just as real, for whom also this moment, this tree, is "it."
It is no mystery that Dillard believes a fallen tree, un-surrounded, will absolutely make noise. That the mystery of grace exists with or without us.
4.Dillard's words call to mind Alan Lightman who believed science is not the only avenue to knowledge).4 That precise moment of "being there" is all the "there" there is.
The world's spiritual geniuses seem to discover universally that the mind's muddy river, this ceaseless flow of trivia and trash, cannot be dammed, and that trying to dam it is a waste of effort that might lead to madness. Instead you must allow the muddy river to flow unheeded in the dim channels of consciousness; you raise your sights; you look along it, mildly, acknowledging its presence without interest and gazing beyond it into the realm of the real where subjects and objects act and rest purely, without utterance.
"You don't run down the present," Dillard concludes beautifully, "you wait for it empty-handed."
"So much beauty we need to look after." Courtesy of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
Dillard does not define her aforementioned "spiritual geniuses" so I will gather a few of my own. Read openhanded Marcus Aurelius on a "universe-worthy life; poet Ranier Maria Rilke on being within one's self, and Maya Angelou on forgiveness and love and Simone Weil on the purity of heart.
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Not my Brightest Moment
A project I've been meaning to do for some time now is to reorganize the storage locker in the basement of our building. Take all the crap out of the decaying cardboard boxes and put it in plastic tubs – especially since a very large pipe of some kind looms right over our locker specifically.
So I took the measurements, bought the tubs (and guessed exactly how many I needed – woo!) and began sifting, sorting and playing Tetris. I had most of the locker unloaded and was surrounded by stuff…when the lights go out. This is in the basement, mind you. No windows. It's pitch black except for the baleful red glow of the exit signs. I'm surrounded by concrete, clusters of pipes, and rattling wireframe cages.
Rational Me: Well crap. Now I'm going to have to walk all the way up to my unit and get a lantern. That's going to be murder. Will my stuff be okay? I guess with the power out nobody can get in here. Double crap – will I be able to get back in here?
Other Me: This is when the zombies come.
I picked my way blindly through the stuff, angry I didn't bring my phone or its light down because WHY WOULD I NEED IT? I get halfway to the doors and the lights spring back on. Bully. Problem solved. I was about half done on my mission when the lights go out again.
Rational Me: This is stupid. They said they were shutting the water off for maintenance today, not the power.
Other Me: This time it happened sooner. Someone is toying with us. Lowering our guard. WHAT JUST MADE THAT NOISE?
So halfway to the door the lights come on again. I weighed the options of going for the lantern or wrapping up (while also cursing the sick fiend who was toying with me). I decided I could finish and just as I was putting everything away, the lights went out again.
Rational Me: I should've gotten the lantern. No more second-guessing – I'm getting it.
Other Me: And a gun. All the guns, actually. And a flamethrower. It'll light the room AND kill the zombies!
Halfway to the door and the lights kicked back on – as did my memory. There's no point in lighting up the basement if nobody's down there. The lights are motion-based, and I was out of range of the sensor until I approached the doors out.
And that's why I felt dumb today.
BumbleKast – Episode 36 – Nintendo Switch Preview & Game Reviews
On this week's BumbleKast, Kyle and I go over my first-hand early access experiences with the upcoming Nintendo Switch system and a number of its games.
All last week I posted my thoughts on the games over at the BumbleKast's Patreon. If'n you missed out on them, here they are again to go along with the hardware review:
Thanks to the fine folks at Nyteworks, I got advanced hands-on experience with the upcoming Nintendo Switch and many of its games. I'll be covering my game experiences this week, ordered alphabetically for the sake of simplicity.
Release Date: March 3rd , 2017
1-2-Switch is a collection of party games meant to showcase the unique features of the Switch hardware. It is, in essence, this generation of hardware's Wii Sports. Wii Sports worked well because its games, while simple, were solid and intuitive. You played as your Mii, bringing the novelty of personalization.
1-2-Switch feels like it's trying to capture the same kind of pick-up-and-play, open-to-everyone mentality of Wii Sports but coming up short. It has some of the quirkiness of the Warioware series, but none of the personality. Its instructional demos and advertisements seem to try to win you over with ironically "normal" people, but they're doing these weird games – isn't that wacky?!
The games themselves feel more like tech demos for the hardware and less like games. And unlike Wii Sport's satisfying swing of the "bat" or rolling of the "bowling ball," 1-2-Switch has you using the Joy-Cons in all manner of ways that, while reasonable, aren't really fun or immersive.
In short: It'd be fine if it was packaged with the Switch, but it has no business being a full retail game.
Release Date: Q2 2017
When Arms was announced during the Switch reveal event, I was less than enthused. It looked like a shallow launch title to promote the Switch's gimmicks. However, having gotten my hands on it, I feel like I owe its development team an apology.
The five characters available in the demo each had distinct play styles and had a charm to their designs that felt distinctly Nintendo, almost reminiscent of Wonderful 101. At the beginning of each round, you can pick which fists you want to equip out of three sets, mixing and matching fist types. These change your punching style, its spread, and the effects of your charged-up specials.
Everything is controlled via the two Joy-Cons. You strafe, advance and retreat by tilting them, dash with LB and jump with RB. Punching comes from physically punching, and it feels far more responsive than Wii Sport's "flail and prevail" system. When I played, it felt like a frantic but coordinated effort. Spamming punches won't work – actually gauging your opponent and playing to the strengths of your character and their loadouts make a huge difference.
The potential pitfall I see is fighting the computer opponents. As robust as the controls are, I still felt like movement was a bit cumbersome. The precision of a computer controlled opponent is going to be impossible to match by a human. Hopefully they'll account for that when programming the A.I.
In short: Potentially the next Splatoon. It's fun to play, more robust than it lets on, but will live or die on its hardware gimmick.
Fast RMX
Since F-Zero has been dead since the passing of the Gamecube, it falls upon others to fill the niche of ultra-fast futuristic racers, and Fast RMX seems poised to fill the role. You pilot sleek rocket cars across a variety of sci-fi terrains. As you travel you'll come across lanes of orange or blue energy. You switch your vehicle's own power to match those colors to receive a boost. Run over the lane with the wrong color and you're slowed down. Other color-coordinated perks are orbs that fill your boost meter, which allows you to accelerate, and columns of light that pull you into the air, where acceleration is higher.
The demo had a small sampling of the beginning stages, and they were definitely fast and challenging. If they scale at all like F-Zero GX, the game promises to be absolutely nuts.
In short: It's F-Zero meets Ikaruga. Definitely worth a look.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Release Date: March 3rd, 2017
This was the title I was looking forward to the most, and I'm very happy to say it didn't disappoint. For those of you avoiding spoilers, I'll be brief: after the initial cutscenes and getting the required gear, I was treated to a sweeping vista shot of the land. The game made a couple of heavy-handed "go here, please" efforts, but then I was otherwise free to do my own thing.
I grabbed branches for weapons and scavenged apples and mushrooms for health. Sneaking through the tall grass, I came across a camp of enemy bokoblins. A wild boar ran close to their camp, and their archer tried to bring it down while the other two hunted it down with their clubs. While they were distracted, I snuck over and took them out. I was decked out in a club, shield, and bow in short order.
I came across another pair of bokoblins in a ravine, just outside of a putrid bog with treasures just out of reach. If I had come from another direction, there was a boulder primed on a cliff that I could've pushed down to smush them. Instead I climbed a tree and sniped them with my bow. They began digging up rocks to hurl at me. Through expert skill (*cough* blind luck *cough*), I shot one of the rocks out of the air, sending it back onto the bokoblin's head.
In my all-too-brief twenty minutes with the game, I played it with the new Switch Pro Controller and the Joy-Cons attached to the portable version of the Switch itself. While I'll be covering my experiences with the hardware on the BumbleKast, I will say that the Pro Controller felt great. The Joy-Con/Switch controller was awful, and I went back to the Pro Controller as soon as possible.
If I had any complaint, it would be that the button mapping didn't feel intuitive. I'm hoping that there will be an option to remap them. And while I'll sorely miss the dual-screen option provided by the Wii U version, I was very happy to see that the map screen gave you multiple markers you could place anywhere you wanted for future referencing. You could place a grand total of one hundred markers.
The other highlight was comparing experiences with my wife on the ride home. Aside from the scripted beginning, we had entirely different adventures. We found different mysteries, approached enemies with different tactics, and died in different, brutal ways. The amount of freedom in the starting area alone is thrilling, and I can't wait to lose myself in the whole game.
In short: A gorgeous, expansive open world with the hallmarks of the Legend of Zelda series.
Release Date: April 28th, 2017
Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U is arguably the best edition of the franchise. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will bring Switch users all of the original's content, including all of its DLC, plus additional characters, items and an improved Battle Mode.
I got to experience eight-player Balloon Battle using the Switch's local multiplayer, using the Joy-Con/portable Switch combo. The objective was to drive around, gather up items, and assail everyone else until they lost all their balloons. The player who's caused the most grief wins. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe takes a page out of Mario Kart: Double Dash's playbook by re-introducing double Item Boxes and the ability to hold two items at once – although I believe that's only in Battle Mode.
In terms of gameplay, it felt like a solid return to the old Balloon Battle from Mario Kart 64, which I remember very fondly and many hold as the pinnacle of the series. It looked gorgeous, and it ran extremely smoothly. The only downside was the Joy-Con/portable Switch "controller," which was destroying my wrists very quickly.
In short: Very pretty, with very promising local multi-player. If you don't already have the Wii U version, get this one.
Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together!
Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together! is a nifty little physics-based cooperative puzzle game. You and a friend play as a pair of identical shapes on legs. They can crouch, jump and climb over each other, but most importantly, they can cut pieces out of each other. Together you coordinate how and where the shapes overlap, then cut off pieces to create a new shape with a new functions. You can create a concave bowl for holding items, a sharp point for popping balloons, narrow the shapes so they can press recessed buttons, or so that you can fit into a predefined space.
What impressed me the most about the puzzles was that there didn't seem to be a single "right" way to do them. There were clearly some more efficient ways, but teamwork and use of the shapes in creative ways allowed for a variety of approaches. Solving the puzzles felt rewarding and, honestly, fun.
That said it does appear to be a sequence of simple puzzles. Perhaps the full version will have more to offer, but it came across as a novelty game – not something you'd invest a lot of time in.
In short: Rewarding and thoughtful, but runs the risk of losing its charm quickly.
Styled after the classic Genesis-era games, Sonic Mania has Sonic, Tails and Knuckles play through reimaginings of past levels and brand new ones. The demo on display had Green Hill Zone and Studiopolis Zone playable as Sonic and Tails together.
There's no need for embellishment – this game feels perfect. The controls don't feel like an approximation, like in Sonic the Hedgehog 4, but instead they feel precisely like the classic era games. Sonic gets all of his perks from the elemental shields ala Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, and Tails retains his ability to air-lift Sonic for a short time. The only real change is that the game feels a little more forgiving about putting Sonic onto platforms that Tails flies him through. That and Sonic gets the new "Drop Dash" move that lets you zip off the moment to land from a jump.
As for the Sonic/Tails dynamic, if you've played Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, you already know how it goes. Sonic will easily out-pace his little buddy. If (when) you get left behind, Tails will eventually respawn and fly to Sonic's side. Tails defaults to computer-controlled, but immediately becomes player-controlled when you use the controller. And since Tails doesn't drop any rings when damaged, he's great to send ahead into danger.
In short: This is shaping up to be, potentially, the greatest Sonic game ever.
Splatoon is the best new IP to grace the Nintendo stable in a while, and the sequel is shaping up nicely. I got to play the demo version which was a 4-on-4 Turf Wars match, where the objective is to cover more of the ground in your team's color than your opponents can in the alotted time. There were four loadouts to choose from. I went with my tried-and-true Roller and the new Splat Duelies.
The Roller has been tweeked to throw a narrow, vertical stripe of ink when you swing it while airborne, but otherwise felt the same. The Special attached to it was a jetpack that lifted you on torrents of ink and gave you a bazooka. Despite making you a very obvious target, the amount of damage you could do was delightful, especially since you could potentially temporarily access enemy territory. Once the Special ran out, it appeared to detonate, and I was launched to back to the spot where I activated it.
The Splat Duelies are dual rapid-fire pistols with a quick omni-directional roll-dodge. The guns themselves felt nice enough – good rate of fire, nice spread, and a good amount of coverage for your ammo. The real treat for me was the roll-dodge. It was incredibly fast and responsive, and it's so unlike the rather plodding run speed you usually have, it was very easy to throw off the opponents with it. Its Special was a leaping ground-pound that created a shockwave of ink.
Everyone was playing with the Switch Pro Controller, which defaulted to the gyroscopic controls. I don't know if these will be mandatory, but they felt really good here. They were solid in the original Splatoon, but I never felt comfortable with them there. Here in Splatoon 2, while still a little weird, I was much more at ease with them. The lack of the second screen removes some of the tactical options, but the map function that replaces it works well enough.
In short: A promising sequel that doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, but instead adds some fresh ideas.
Super Bomberman R
I never got into Bomberman. I dabbled in it enough to know the basics, but I never got into the franchise. My time with this version of the game was, in a word, frustrating. Part of that is my inexperience with the game, and I'll own my stupidity of laying a bomb and realizing I'd trapped myself. But what was frustrating was my character getting caught on edges of the terrain, and some of the scenery obscuring me from view to the point I didn't know if I was clear of the blast range or not. There seemed to be a wide variety of customizable options, at least.
In short: If you're a fan of the series, give it a look. I can't recommend it at first blush though.
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Fighters
I'll be honest: I am not an arcade fighter kind of guy. I have neither the skill nor the patience for it all. So a game like Street Fighter in my hands is casting pearls before swine. This is a remake of Street Fighter II Turbo with HD versions of the sprites and the additions of playable Evil Ryu and Violent Ken.
I played three rounds as Blanka, M. Bison and Sagat – and was thoroughly thrashed. The controls on the Switch Pro Controller were responsive, I just didn't know what I was doing with them. And while the new HD sprites are crisp and colorful, they retain the same limited animations of the time. It's a nice balance of nostalgia and modern presentation.
In short: If you're a fan of the series, it's mot likely worth a look.
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Nintendo Switch – Game Previews on Patreon
Thanks to the fine folks at Nyteworks, I got advanced hands-on experience with the upcoming Nintendo Switch and many of its games. I'll be covering my game experiences this week, ordered alphabetically for the sake of simplicity, and will be covering my hardware experiences on Episode 36 of the BumbleKast (scheduled Monday, Feb. 6th).
I'll be publishing the daily previews on the Patreon Page, but they will be free for everyone to read. I'll be posting the summation of it all here at a later date.
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Thursday Thoughts – Respect
I don't like the idea of having to "earn" someone's respect. To me a great deal of the world's woes derive from people making entirely too much effort in finding reasons to dislike and harbor grudges against each other. In short, to disrespect one another. It's a very simple idea, perhaps over-simplified, but I think we'd all do much better by respecting each other by default.
Personally, I prefer to give everyone my respect from the get-go. You, by the virtue of being another human being, are my equal in my eyes. It's from there that your actions and beliefs retain or lose that respect. And that's not meant to sound judgemental; you are entitled to your beliefs and your way of life as much as anyone else. We may not agree at all, we may be entirely incompatible as people, but that's just how our wacky species goes. It's when you start to diminish and endanger the lives of others that we're going to have a problem. To quote Tom Lehrer:
"There are people in this world who cannot tolerate their fellow man, and I hate people like that."
But getting back to the point: I respect you. And with that respect comes trust. Because I am going to treat you with respect I'm going to trust you'll do the same to me, and that this is how the world generally works. That's incredibly naive, I know, and maybe even dangerously so. I am fully aware that how I look, where I'm from, and all manner of identifiers will classify me as "one of them" to someone else and instantly lose their respect, and subsequently their trust.
As sad and as terrifying as that is, I can't help it. There is a much larger world around me, and it's had a whole lot going on to set up the reality we share today. All I can do is shape the little pocket of the world around me and hope that, maybe, my respect for you will earn back your trust. With that, you will come to respect me. And if we're going to be really hopeful, you'll extend that respect to the next person you meet like me and they will likewise respect you in return.
And when I screw it all up by doing something stupid, don't hold it against me, please. But we'll talk about "forgiveness" another time.
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Thursday Thoughts – Ironically Thoughtless
So I spent an hour or so on today's blog on the topic of the "subjectiveness of humor" and ended up just deleting the whole thing. Part of the reason is that, while this is something of an op/ed feature, I don't want to get too preachy from my soap box. And on the other, I just wasn't getting my points across. So instead of just skipping the feature this week, join me in moment of introspection: when a writer no word-make gud.
"Writer's block" is a real thing. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. There has been endless discussion over how real it is, how to prevent or work around it, or if it's self-fulfilling detrimental thinking. Speaking from personal experience, it can be a very physical thing. I can feel the grey matter not working.
On a good day, when I'm very productive, there is a satisfying clarity of mind when I'm through. Imagine an empty attic room, finished but unfurnished, with sunlight beaming through the sole window. That's a good feeling.
But on days like today, it's more like I'm wandering through a hall of mirrors. I know there is a goal and I can see a direction, but each step forward is halting and unsure. The points I want to make are right in front of me, but they're distorted, improperly formed, or misleading. I think I'm getting to something profound, or at least coherent, and – bonk! – nope, that doesn't make sense. That could've been stated more clearly. I already said that, or I repeated myself, or became redundant. That joke was lame.
The worst days are when there's nothing. As frustrating as being unable to get the point across can be, it's miserable when there's no point to get to at all. If you've ever experienced sleep paralysis, or had the misfortune to have a limb fully encased in a cast, you've got a general idea of what it feels like. It's a rare occasion, but there are days when there are simply no thoughts to be thunk. It's not like being in a fog or having the word at the tip of your tongue; it is a total inability to think creatively.
Remember that clean, empty room? Now imagine trying to push something heavy around, but there's nothing to push. You can't even pantomime it to get the satisfaction of tensing a muscle – it's just air.
I hope this was illuminating for somebody out there, because right now I'm still stumbling through my hall of mirrors. I feel like I'm nearing the exit, but on days like today, it might just be another – bonk!
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Illustrations: Isabel Greenberg
Publisher: Manderley Press
Introduction: Lara Maiklem
The Armourer's House
Rosemary Sutcliff
A new edition of the classic children's book by Rosemary Sutcliff.
The Armourer's House was first published in 1951 and has now been reissued by Manderley Press, with an introduction by Lara Maiklem and a specially commissioned front cover and illustrations by Isabel Greenberg.
The house where they all lived was in a narrow street so close to the river that they could smell the mud when the tide was out, and so close to Black Friars' Monastery that they could hear the chapel bell ringing to prayers all through the day.
Rosemary Sutcliff wrote books for those aged 9 to 90, and is perhaps most well-known for her meticulously researched historical novels for children, offering generations of readers a 'magic carpet into the past'.
In this book, Tamsyn, nearly nine, leaves her sleepy Devon town by the sea for a new life in sixteenth-century London. She arrives at her uncle's home on the River Thames, and is immediately enchanted by the brightly painted carved blue dolphins that adorn it.
The ships and river traffic passing Dolphin House – including the royal barge carrying King Henry VIII and his new Queen Anne Boleyn – feed Tamsyn's imagination and her dreams of going to sea for a life of voyage and discovery. But as she soon finds out, adventure and excitement can also be found closer to home in Tudor London.
'History can be brought to life through the tiniest of objects and the smallest of details, and Rosemary Sutcliff was an expert in this.' Lara Maiklem
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Sue Gaisford on Rosemary Sutcliff, Sword Song & The Shield Ring
It's silly to covet a piece of jewellery. When would you really wear Marie-Antoinette's necklace or the Hope Diamond? Even the glittering parures paraded by red-carpet celebrities are borrowed,...
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Desperation drove me to Horatius, one gloomy afternoon in late October. Thirty restless children were waiting to be entertained, educated or even just dissuaded from rioting by their hapless supply...
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I was thus apprehensive, for my sake as well as my children's, when I encouraged them to read Rosemary Sutcliff. I wondered whether I would still be drawn to her ancient worlds, her vanished races...
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Hazel Wood on Rosemary Sutcliff, Blue Remembered Hills
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Rosemary Sutcliff knew about chariots. In the first of her four Roman books, The Eagle of the Ninth (1954), her young hero, the centurion Marcus Flavius Aquila, politely suggests to his British...
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The social sector fellowships are the fellowship cum schemes started by various private organizations, and some by the Government for the welfare of the society for commercial, professional, and academics purpose. The social sector fellowship programs and schemes help students, researchers, and academicians financially and produce data by doing research and work for societal benefit, these social sector fellowships are accessible within the country and outside India.
This list of social sector fellowships was most recently updated on June 2021 and will be updated on a regular basis thereafter and available in each section are listed alphabetically.
List of various Social sector fellowships available in India
52 Parindey Fellowships
The 52 Parindey Fellowship is an 18-week social sector fellowships program for students interested in investigating alternative livelihoods and dreaming of a more just and sustainable world.
Eligibility for Fellowships: To apply for this fellowship: Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30; employed or seeking employment, and interested in traveling as a pedagogical tool for learning.
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Aavishkar Fellowship
The Aavishkaar fellowship's purpose is to evolve an approach to investment that nurtures entrepreneurs in developing businesses capable of generating economic returns while also helping humanity sustainably. The fellowship is for a period of two years and will collaborate with schools to deliver Aavishkaar-developed science and math programs to students, teachers, and the public.
Eligibility for Fellowships: A bachelor's degree in mathematics or science (or a closely related discipline), a positive attitude toward learning and have the capacity for problem-solving, ability to communicate eloquently and strongly in Hindi and English.
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Acumen Regional Fellows India
This social sector fellowships program in India equips twenty unfamiliar people with the knowledge, network support, and practical wisdom needed to make constructive change in society. Throughout the year, the Fellows retained their current positions while attending five-week conferences where they received tools, training, and a place to explore new ideas, accelerate their impact, and build a strong network of social leaders from their region and around the world and the fellowship is available from time to time for one year.
Eligibility for Fellowships: Fellows must be fluent in English and demonstrate a commitment to alleviating poverty and injustice in their community through their work. Fellows keep their present jobs while attending five multi-day seminars throughout the year.
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AIF William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
AIF The American India Foundation's William J. Clinton is a social sector fellowship for Service in India is a ten-month or full-time fellowship. The AIF Service Corps put young Americans in India to assist on disaster relief and long-term development projects.
Eligibility for Fellowships: The US or Indian citizens of an age range 21-34 years, with a bachelor's degree and volunteer service experience. The fellowship program, which connects fellows with development organizations.
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Anant Fellows
Anant Fellows is created an accepting atmosphere for individuals with a range of gender identities within each cohort. Our 120 fellows from over 14 countries are encouraged to show empathy, leadership, and collaboration with one another and their community. The fellowship is one year in duration.
Eligibility for Fellowships: A bachelor's or master's degree in any field is necessary, and the fellowship trains and develops solutionaries who design, create, and maintain a more equitable and sustainable built environment in India.
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Arts for Good Fellowship
The Arts for Good (A4G) social sector fellowship is held annually to support the development of the A4G ecosystem by cultivating a community of practice that leverages the potential of arts and culture to effect positive social change. The fellowship brings together individuals from many sectors, including artists, arts administrators, and social sector experts. Fellowship's duration for one year in Singapore and join a global alumni network upon completion of the program, where they can continue to interact, support, and engage with one another.
Eligibility for Fellowships: Minimum two years of professional/volunteer experience, especially in the field of education / social work; past experience of working with the community through the arts, demonstrates a strong interest in arts-based social impact programs; expertise in English; any age or nationality; among other things, the relationship will focus on the theme of youth and youth empowerment, with an emphasis on mental health and well-being.
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Ashoka Fellowship
Through a rigorous selection process, Ashoka was introduced to a life-long social sector fellowship in which each member is committed to championing new patterns of social good. The Ashoka Fellows are among the world's most accomplished social entrepreneurs, championing game-changing innovative ideas that benefit everyone and enhance the lives of millions. Ashoka Fellows pioneer new paths for human flourishing in this new environment, while also giving answers and serving as ultimate role models. The fellowship is for three years (with lifetime membership).
Eligibility for Fellowships: Entrepreneurs with a game-changing plan that addresses significant social or environmental concerns who are compensated for three years of full-time effort on their venture. Additionally, they have access to a network of like-minded social entrepreneurs, as well as wellness resources and chances for peer learning.
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Ashoka Young Changemakers
Ashoka Young Changemakers is a global network of influential young people committed to transforming the world into one in which everyone is a changemaker. The goal of this social sector fellowship is to enable children to make a positive difference in their communities, resulting in more inclusive, just, and sustainable communities. This is performed through capacity development, mentoring, and grantmaking. The fellowship is for a period of one year (plus life-long membership)
Eligibility for Fellowships: Under the age of 20, founder/co-founder of a community-based initiative addressing social or environmental issues, and Young Changemakers receive mentorship, access to curated opportunities, media support, leadership development, and invitations to Ashoka events and programs; and are expected to lead local-level initiatives to empower young people.
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Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program
The Asia Foundation is a non-governmental international development organization committed to improving the lives of people living in a rapidly developing Asia. Through our offices in 18 countries, we address the fundamental issues confronting Asia in the twenty-first century, armed with deep local understanding and six decades of experience. We accomplish this by enhancing governance, boosting economic opportunity, enhancing environmental resilience, empowering women, and fostering international cooperation. The fellowship is for a one-year duration only.
Fellowship Eligibility: Must have demonstrated experience in one of the following areas: governance and law, economic development, women's empowerment, the environment, or regional cooperation; must be under the age of 40; must be fluent in English; and must be a citizen of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, or Timor-Leste.
For more detail click on Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program
Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity program, housed at the London School of Economics and Political Science's International Inequalities Institute, is building a catalytic, values-driven global community of individuals committed to collectively advancing social and economic justice for all. The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity initiative, launched in 2017 with a landmark contribution from The Atlantic Philanthropies, will support over 400 Fellows from the global South and North over the next two decades. The fellowship is of a one-year duration in the UK.
Fellowship Eligibility: Fellowship Bachelor's degree in any subject; at least five years of related experience; must meet the LSE's standard English Language Requirement and Residential fellows pursue a one-year full-time M.Sc in Disparities and Social Sciences at LSE; non-residential fellows do research on disparities over a 12- to 18-month period through a combination of AFSEE modules and project work while remaining in their community.
For more detail click on Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity
Azim Premji Foundation Fellowship
Azim Premji University was formed as a not-for-profit university in Karnataka by the Azim Premji University Act 2010 and is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under Section 2F.
The University was founded on the knowledge and expertise gained during the Azim Premji Foundation's decade-long engagement in basic education. The University was formed as one of the Foundation's primary solutions to the limits and obstacles it met both internally and externally, and as part of a broader strategy to contribute to the country's education and development sectors. The fellowship is two years in duration and is full-time. Duration
Fellowship Eligibility: 4-10 years of work experience; bachelor's degree in any discipline; proficiency in English and one of the following languages, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, or Telugu; under 35 years of age; and fellows teach in government schools in rural India to gain a better understanding of the public education system's ground realities.
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Bhumi Fellowship
The Bhumi Fellowship is a two-year, fully financed, full-time fellowship program for new graduates who aim to improve educational quality in India and contribute to India's educational quality improvement. The fellowship is for two years time only
Fellowship Eligibility: Recent graduates who are willing to commit two years and are fluent in reading and speaking Tamil on a paid, full-time basis are eligible. Graduates contribute to the overall improvement of a school.
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Buddha Fellowship
The Buddha Fellowship Program (BFP) is a one-of-a-kind project dedicated to developing rising leaders from India's premier educational institutions, including IIT. These fellowships help families survive in the last mile by providing jobs or micro-entrepreneurship, or by ensuring enhanced health, education, or financial inclusion services, or by providing improved energy solutions. The fellowship is for a two-year period.
Fellowship Eligibility: Recent IIT/IIM graduates, professionals, or entrepreneurs; the fellowship provides fellows with incubation space and mentorship sessions to aid them in becoming development entrepreneurs.
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Centre for Humanitarian Data (UNOCHA) Fellowship
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) which is stared in 2014 and is an open platform for data exchange between humanitarian organizations and those affected by catastrophes and intends to increase the accessibility and usability of humanitarian data for research. The Centre for Humanitarian Data at OCHA's headquarters in The Hague administers and is managed by OCHA is a United Nations Secretariat body tasked with bringing together humanitarian actors in order to coordinate responses to disasters. The fellowship program will take place in The Hague, Netherlands, from June to July 2020.
Fellowship Eligibility: A bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant experience, or a master's degree and at least three years of relevant experience Residential fellows will gain exposure to several facets of the humanitarian system and will work on an independent project addressing a topic connected to the usage and use of data in the sector. This year's three focal points are Data Storytelling (Education), Predictive Analytics, and Statistics.
For more detail click on Centre for Humanitarian Data (UNOCHA) — Data Fellows Programme
Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship in Creative Writing
The Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) is a scholarship fund dedicated to the arts, historical conservation, and humanities. The CWIT was created as an English charity in 1981 as a result of an agreement between the Indian and British governments. The British Council India provides essential advice and administrative support to CWIT. The CWIT's most recent annual reports and financial statements, as well as a list of scholarships and grants awarded, are available on the Charity Commission's website. The fellowship will last between 2-3 months in the United Kingdom.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian individuals living in India between the ages of 25 and 45; postgraduate degree and/or at least five years of experience; the fellowship permits academics, writers, and translators to spend several months at host universities, conducting their own research and connecting with colleagues.
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Chief Minister Fellowship Program (Maharashtra)
Maharashtra's Chief Minister, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis has launched a mission to recruit recent graduates into the administration. The objective is to capitalize on the youth's vigor, passion for technology, and fresh perspectives. In exchange, Fellows acquire valuable work experience in the public sector. The Fellowship Program is designed to provide valuable experience to young individuals engaged in social development. This program is designed to educate young leaders, enhance their knowledge of public administration, and prepare them for future leadership roles. The fellowship program lasts 11 months and pays a monthly salary of Rs. 40,000.
Fellowship Eligibility: Applicants must be between the ages of 21 and 26 years of age; first-class degree; at least one year of professional experience; basic fluency in Marathi; and this program is meant to give fellows with knowledge of government and policymaking.
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Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates Program (Haryana)
The CMGGA program is a good partnership between the government of Haryana and the University of Ashoka aimed at improving governance and building a wider influence on the ground level. Since 2016, the program has provided a platform for 25 young individuals to work closely with the Chief Minister's Office to improve the state's public service delivery through increased openness, accountability, and efficiency. The fellowships are awarded for a period of one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian citizens under the age of 28 with a bachelor's degree and one year of professional experience/postgraduate degree; fluency in English and Hindi Fellows serve as a liaison between the Chief Minister's Office and district administrations.
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Chief Minister's Urban Leaders Fellowship (CMULF)
The Delhi Government has announced the Chief Minister's Urban Leaders Fellowship (CMULF) program, which offers a unique opportunity for young leaders from across India to work within the Delhi government on some of the country's most pressing urban challenges and gain firsthand experience of what it means to "make change happen." The Fellowship is open to exceptional and committed young people under the age of 35 from across the country. This CMULF program is designed for individuals who are committed to public service and willing to work for two years. The fellowship is two years in duration.
Fellowship Eligibility: Must be under the age of 35 and possess a Ph.D., post-graduate degree, MBBS, LLB, and Post-Graduate." Professionals such as Chartered Accountants, Architects, and Company Secretaries who are registered with their respective professional bodies are eligible to apply for Fellows, with work experience.
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Citizens for Public Leadership Fellowship
Citizens for Public Leadership Fellowship (CPL) is an apolitical, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting progressive public policies in India and developing our youth's capacity to assume leadership roles in the public sphere. The CPL was created by a group of outstanding college students interested in actively contributing to nation-building while studying in the United States. The 12-month fellowship will be performed entirely online.
Fellowship Eligibility: To be eligible, applicants must be between the ages of 20 and 35 (as of October 2, 2020); hold a bachelor's degree (as of October 2, 2020); and be an Indian citizen. The fellowship offers a two-pronged approach, focusing on both skill development and intellectual comprehension of a range of policy concerns.
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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Fellowship
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Fellowship Program aims to cultivate a global network of practitioners who embody these characteristics. The CDRI Fellowship Program's objective is to advance research and innovation in disaster-resistant infrastructure (DRI). It accomplishes this by assisting practitioners, academics, and community leaders engaged in related endeavors. The fellowship has a one-year duration.
Fellowship Eligibility: Open to candidates from CDRI member countries; students, academics, and researchers; and practitioners from government agencies, service organizations, nonprofits, and for-profit businesses. Each approved research proposal will receive a one-time award of up to USD 10,000 (or equivalent) to support and stimulate research on catastrophe resilient infrastructure.
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Cordes Fellowship
Cordes Fellowships enable extraordinary social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders working in poverty alleviation and economic justice to participate as Delegates in the Opportunity Collaboration, a four-day strategic retreat focused on issue solving. Cordes Fellows participate in the whole Opportunity Collaboration and all Delegate sessions. The all-inclusive Cordes Fellowship covers all on-site expenses, including room and meals (5 nights lodging, 3 meals per day), gratuities, and airport transportation. Each Fellow is responsible for their own round-trip airline tickets. The fundamental factor is financial need. The duration of the fellowship is only five days.
Fellowship Eligibility: Executives from for-profit and nonprofit organizations who have shown a commitment to social justice and poverty eradication.
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CSIP Research Fellowship
Ashoka University is a private, nonprofit institution devoted to the Liberal Arts. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and fundamental natural sciences. While philanthropy in India is gaining traction, pertinent research remains limited. As a result, Ashoka University's Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) is introducing a research fellowship with the goal of expanding this sector, improving research capacity, and producing high-quality, rigorous results. The fellowship duration is of only nine months.
Fellowship Eligibility: The applicant or small groups of people can join, having several years of professional research experience who are based in India full-time and can conduct rigorous research and producing a publishable working paper during the fellowship period.
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Dalberg Design Fellowship
Dalberg Design is the only design studio integrated within a strategic consulting business dedicated only to social impact. Dalberg Design Fellowship is building a global network of local experiences and recruits fellows to join our studios each year. We are seeking passionate and meticulous human-centered designers for a two- to five-month contract. The fellowship is only three months long.
Fellowship Eligibility: Eligibility requirements include experience working with social impact/design organizations, the capacity and willingness to travel, and competence in written and spoken English (French, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi are a plus)
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Data Fellows Programme
The Centre's Data Fellows Program began in 2018 and connects partners to emerging fields of data-related knowledge that have the potential to improve humanitarian response and further the Center's mission. The program's structure exposes Fellows to several parts of the humanitarian system while allowing them to focus their time and energy on a specific project related to the use and impact of data in the sector. The Fellows' work will be directed on three areas: data journalism, predictive analytics, and strategic communication. The fellowship is for a two-month period.
Fellowship Eligibility: Graduates with four years of relevant experience and postgraduates with two years of relevant experience are eligible.
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Delhi Assembly Research Centre
The Legislature of the National Council of the Capital of Delhi (Delhi Assembly) proposed the establishment of a 'Delhi Assembly Research Center (DARC)' to provide fellowship and establish a database of relevant research and reference materials for lawmakers and other young Delhi youth and talented youth and the duration of the fellowship is of two years.
Fellowship Eligibility: Fellows must have a master's degree and one year of experience, while Associate Fellows must have a bachelor's degree and one year of experience. Fellows work with MLAs, Legislative Assembly Procedures, and various ministries within the Delhi Government.
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Development Alternative's Fellowship
The Development Alternatives fellowship program is aimed to sharpen young people's talents and shape their thinking about the social sector before they embark on a well-defined career path. The fellowship's duration One year of full-time work and is an open-ended course that begins on the first day of each month except February, March, April, and May.
Fellowship Eligibility: Graduates and postgraduates are eligible to work and receive mentorship in one of six subject areas (natural resource management; basic needs fulfillment; employment generation; enterprise development; strengthening institutions; clean technology)
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Digital Civil Society Lab Non-resident Fellowship
The Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) is a Non-resident Fellowship program that empowers social sector leaders by giving time for them to develop ideas that will improve civil society. The program's goal is to generate and promote a varied range of initiatives proposed and directed by fellows. The fellowship provides time, space, expertise, and financial support to aid fellows in developing ideas into prototypes or activities, and fellows join a cohort that thrives as a result of their access to an intellectual community. the fellowship is only one year in duration in US.
Fellowship Eligibility: Must be over the age of 18 and be eligible to obtain a visa. The fellowship encourages social sector leaders to devote time to developing ideas into prototypes or actions. All fellows will be responsible for conceptualizing, proposing, and implementing projects in one of two fellowship tracks: Civil society in the digital age or race and technology.
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Disom- The leadership school
The Leadership School is a movement dedicated to the unwavering and sustainable building of a tribe of 'Servant Leaders' for our country. The school provides fellowship to promote modest, compassionate, and gracious leadership in the sharing of responsibilities and decision-making with communities and constituencies. The fellowship will last one year in an entire calendar year
Fellowship Eligibility: Must be at least 21 years of age and possess a working knowledge of English and/or Hindi and Throughout the program, fellows will work on conceptualizing and designing a dream mission (a major problem or gap they will address in their communities), as well as preparing the ecosystem for launch.
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Echoing Green Fellowship
The Echoing Green team is made up of social entrepreneurs, nonprofit advisers, business strategists, data scientists, facilitators, and digital connectors. The organization provides unrestricted seed-stage funding and strategic foundational support to rising leaders committed to good social change, with a focus on social justice, creativity, diversity, and community. The fellowship is for two years.
Fellowship Eligibility: Minimum age of 18 years; fluency in English and a leadership development program for individuals and organizations committed to resolving a significant issue.
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Fellowship for Climate Action
The Anant Fellowship for Climate Action is a year-long immersion program in global climate change solutions for climate change solutionaries. It is organized around a mentor-mentee relationship and aims to create a community of climate change trailblazers who interact and cross-pollinate ideas and skills from varied sectors, geographies, and generations. The fellowship will last one year on a part-time basis.
Fellowship Eligibility: Any individual with an interest in adopting climate change solutions and continuing to work will have their curriculum and mentorship experience tailored to their availability.
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Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship
The Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowships are designed to help India and the United States develop the long-term capability to address climate change-related concerns and challenges by bringing together scientific and technological research researchers from India and the United States. The Fellowship is open for climate-related research or teaching activities, or for a mix of research and teaching. The duration of the fellowship is six to twelve months in the United States.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian citizens with a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 55% marks; registered for a Ph.D. at an Indian institution/received a Ph.D. within the last four years; fluency in English and required for doctoral/postdoctoral research on climate concerns.
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Fulbright-Nehru Fellowships
The Fulbright-Nehru Master's Fellowships are intended to assist outstanding Indians in pursuing master's degrees at select American colleges and universities in the fields of Arts and Culture Management, including heritage conservation and museum studies; Economics; Environmental Science/Studies; and Higher Education and intended for highly driven individuals who possess leadership abilities. The fellowships are one to two years in duration, In the United States.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian citizens must possess a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 55% overall; at least three years of professional job experience; and fluency in English.
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Gandhi Fellowship Program
The Gandhi Fellowship aims to inspire self-motivated students across the country to pursue the uncommon path of an experienced, residential fellowship in order to pioneer, explore, and lead large-scale social change. The fellowship program Two years, residential
Fellowship Eligibility: Graduates/postgraduates; professionals under the age of 26 and four semesters; program emphasizes the development of core competencies and requires fellows to demonstrate their learning and impact.
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German Chancellor Fellowship
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship Program is designed for recent university graduates from Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, the Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America who possess an international perspective and some leadership experience. The fellowship program In Germany, the duration is one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Individuals who earned their first degree less than 12 years ago are eligible, and the fellowship is provided for work on a project devised by the applicant with a host in Germany of her choice.
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Girish Sant Memorial Fellowship
Girish Sant, a trailblazing energy policy scholar, and public interest advocate died abruptly in February 2012. Prayas and several of Girish's friends and well-wishers have established a fellowship program to encourage researchers to adopt his principles and approach of high-quality analysis, commitment to social equality, and attention to policy outcomes. The fellowship is for one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Cannot be enrolled in an academic program; the fellow will work independently on a public interest energy research project that may include a combination of desk research, fieldwork, primary data gathering, and surveys.
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Global Challenges Fellowship Program
The Global Challenges Fellowship brings together scholars from emerging non-Western powers to investigate humanities and social science issues important to the twenty-first century's most critical public policy challenges. The GCF develops novel types of scientific collaboration and strengthens regional and international partners' transnational and multidisciplinary engagement. The fellowship is one year in duration.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian citizens and the initiative encourages researchers and practitioners from different universities and institutes to conduct empirical studies and engage in dialogue with policymakers.
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Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability (GPODS) Fellowship
The Global Fellowship is dedicated to developing future leaders at the crossroads of public policy, diplomacy, and climate change. Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability (GPODS) is a curriculum designed to serve as a springboard for public policy practitioners, business professionals, energy and climate change specialists, entrepreneurs, academics, scholars, and strategic analysts. The fellowship is of only for 3 months, online
Fellowship Eligibility: English proficiency is required, as is a commitment to finish the program from October to December. Developing leadership abilities through experience
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Goonj Fellowship
Goonj strives to establish an equitable relationship of strength, nourishment, and dignity between cities and villages across the country by utilizing underutilized urban material as a catalyst for dignity-based development. The duration of the fellowship is only one year
Fellowship Eligibility: Between the ages of 21 and 30, a graduate in any discipline, and an Indian citizen
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Head Held High (HHH) Fellowship
Head Held High Foundation is a Bangalore-based nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing humanity's oldest and most pervasive problem: poverty. It does so through evaluation, social protection, financial inclusion, training, skill-building, and livelihood creation. The Eight months of the fellowship, with two months of training in Tumkur, Karnataka
Fellowship Eligibility: 18-30 years of age; Indian or international citizen; the major task of Fellows is to serve as trainers providing the HHH transformative program to rural adolescents at partner centers.
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Henry Arnhold Fellowship
Henry Arnhold identifies leaders with promising conservation and climate solutions and assists them in designing and implementing them at scale through Henry Arnhold Fellowship. The fellowship is for one year (the main event is two-week-long design courses on the coast of California in June of 2020 and 2021)
Fellowship Eligibility: Professionals who are driven by impact are pioneering effective approaches to protect the environment and ecosystems, reduce climate change, and adapt to the new climate reality.
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iCFDR Fellowship
The iCFDR Fellowship program is in Delhi, India. The Indian Centre for Development and Rights' social work fellowship program aims to enhance the lives of children living in slums while also developing the young individuals selected as fellows into exceptional leaders with futuristic and holistic abilities. The fellowship is for one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Students in their last year, graduates, and working professionals (21 years or above age) and twelve hours every week: Weekends: seven hours; weekdays, five hours
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Impulse Model Press Lab Fellowship
Impulse Non-Governmental Organization Network (INGON) is a non-profit organization formed in 1993 by Hasina Kharbhih to address the issue of dangerous migration, exploitation, and human trafficking. The fellows are working against human trafficking extends beyond the eight states of North-East India and into neighboring countries like Nepal, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. The fellowship will last one year and will involve work in Model Press Lab's One-Year Cross-Border Human Trafficking Journalism Fellowship from India, Nepal, and Myanmar.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian/Bangladesh/Nepal/Myanmar nationals with 2-3 years of journalism experience; media skills; willingness to work in partner nations.
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India Smart Cities Fellowship
The India Smart Cities Fellowship is a program sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) as part of the Smart Cities Mission. Fellows contribute zeal and vitality to the difficult but rewarding work of implementing cutting-edge, high-impact solutions to critical urban problems. The fellowship is for one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Fresh graduates/postgraduates with a first division or a minimum of 60% marks; or PhDs; and are under the age of 35. Fellows will assist the Mission Director, SCM, and/or CEOs of selected Smart Cities with analytics, research, documentation, and independent assessment, among other things.
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Indian Administrative Fellowship
The Indian Administrative Fellowship (IAF) is a program for exceptional achievers from varied sectors who wish to make a positive difference in millions of lives by improving the reach and efficiency of large-scale government projects under the leadership of visionary civil officials. The fellowship is only for a period of 18 months.
Fellowship Eligibility: 10+ years of successful achievement and ability in problem-solving, persuading, and leading large-scale initiatives Fellows will collaborate with the government to develop and implement comprehensive strategies and initiatives for achieving sustained growth across state-level indicators.
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Indicorps Fellowship
Indicorps, a global nonprofit organization, grants Fellowships to individuals of Indian ancestry to work on sustainable development projects and its approach to growth necessitates a willingness to question one's fundamental ideas about development and oneself. It takes a strong dedication to make a difference and bringing about positive change in a community.
Fellowship Eligibility: Indian citizens with a college/university degree or five years of equivalent work experience; fluency in English. Fellowships for young professionals of Indian ancestry who wish to make a significant impact on India.
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Indus Action Policy Cation Fellowship
Indus Action was created by Harvard undergraduates with the goal of resolving India's systemic issues through public policy. The organization's mission is to highlight the significant gaps between policy formulation and grassroots implementation. Additionally, it tries to mobilize public resources and empower communities in order to close that divide.
The fellowship is only for one year.
Fellowship Eligibility: Graduates with at least three years of work experience; good data analytical skills; strong technical skills for managing the MIS system
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International Innovation Corps (IIC) India Program
International Innovation Corps (IIC) India places teams of diverse young professionals with government and leading social entrepreneurs in India. The Fellows are assigned to a variety of development projects and will use their innovative ideas to solve crucial development concerns. The minimum 12-month fellowships are available on projects scoped for 1-3 years
Fellowship Eligibility: Graduate with a minimum of two years of work experience; under the age of 29.
For more detail click on International Innovation Corps (IIC) India Program
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