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Lessons from last month

"World needs Revolution" we used to say when in College, while responding  to the question what does world need today when the global peace is threatened, poverty and inequality are on the rise? But do we really need revolution? Or we need to address the basic needs of the people? I have just come back from a journalism workshop in Rajasthan; where team was suppose to cover various aspects of free medicine scheme of the government. Teams went to cover Udaipur, Bikaner, Bhaswara, Jaipur and Chittorgarh. The scheme incubated in 2012 under Mr Ashok Gehlot government, emerged out of will to provide free medical care to the people who are deprived of the access health care facilities because of their socio economic status. Dr Shamit Sharma, then District collector, was moved when his maid's son died because she could not afford the medicine prescribed by the doctor .This incident acted as the seedling for the free medicine scheme. Rest as they say is history. In the mont