Joining the tirade against the media, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday advised journalists to go for vipassana (meditation). His remarks came barely two days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called for ‘public trial’ of the media in view of its allegedly biased approach towards his government.
“The entire media needs vipassana,” said Mr. Sisodia, who laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the Indrapastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD) at Okhla Industrial Estate here.
Mr. Sisodia made the remarks when asked by media persons about the former Delhi Dialogue Commission member-secretary Ashish Joshi’s reported comments that those in the Delhi Government required ‘vipassana’ and ‘anapana’ (a core mediation form) training. Mr. Joshi, a bureaucrat, was dropped within a month of his appointment in March this year. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Sisodia said the Delhi Government would shortly set up incubation centres at all higher education institutions, especially the technology institutes, in order to focus on indigenous technologies.The Deputy Chief Minister asked the IT students and the youths at large to think out of box and become “task masters and solution givers” rather than just aiming to become high-salaried engineers.
“We need to invent new technology in our [own] country so that we don't have to approach other countries for technologies which are very costly there,” said Mr. Sisodia, while affirming that the incubation centres would fulfil the need.
He said the companies which started their operations in India earlier had brought technology developed in other countries. Against this scenario, the indigenous technologies that suit the country's requirements should be promoted, he added.
Mr. Sisodia, who laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the IIITD, said the Delhi Government would shortly set up incubation centres at all higher education institutions especially the technology institutes, in order to focus on indigenous technologies
