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Mani Skaria, PhD Founder & CEO @ US Citrus, LLC | Bringing a New Outlook to the American Citrus Industry Professor Emeritus of Citrus Pathology, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleMarch 7, 2021 • Arctic Freeze Damage in Texas. An Arctic freeze swept through the state into the southernmost Rio Grande Valley, starting Sunday, February 14, 2021, lasted days. Texas’s electric…
This Easter, in 2026, feels different. From Washington… to Jerusalem… to Tehran…to New Delhi…the world feels tense. Nations are uneasy.Communities are divided.Hearts are heavy.People are getting killed. But Easter was never about comfort. It was about hope in the middle of uncertainty. It was about light breaking through darkness. It was about peace in a…
Is it only about earning a degree and finding a job—or is it also about learning how to think, adapt, and live with purpose? In this short reflection, I explore the deeper purpose of education: not just information, but thinking clearly, not just careers, but character, not just knowledge, but service. True education prepares us…
By Mani Skaria, PhD More than a century ago, Rabindranath Tagore—poet, philosopher, educator, and Nobel Laureate— challenged the idea of education as a factory of memorization and examinations. Working from Calcutta and later Shantiniketan in eastern India, he imagined learning as a living process rooted in nature, freedom, creativity, ethics, and joy. He warned that…
by Mani Skaria, Ph.D. The following is a presentation I gave to the graduating class of a local high school: Video Script: Twelve Seeds for a Flourishing Future: Cultivating Dreams and Wisdom “Hello, everyone! Today is a super special day. We are here to celebrate the achievements of our amazing graduates from Edinburg, Texas. These…
Insight No. 17 Author: Mani Skaria, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M–Kingsville This is the gentlest and most timeless interface — where memory meets imagination.Grandparents carry wisdom; grandchildren bring curiosity.Through stories, smiles, and shared silences, they convey not just data but also identity. Only a few months ago, while visiting my granddaughter’s family in Manhattan, a small…