I got up this morning and realized that it was the best day of the week, well
yeah it was Friday and the software engineer inside me screamed oh ma! TGIF, it
has been a tough and rough week as usual. With a bit of smile on my face I got
ready in my casuals (well most software engineers will get the connection
between Friday and casuals :) ). Had breakfast, got into my car and started
heading towards office. Listening to the great Jagjeet Singh on my system and
looking around the concrete jungle of Pune, a huge wave of thought came into my
mind (not for the first time though!).
Not many years ago was all this a farming land?
Oh my God, the place where I live used to be a farming land?
Damn the place where I work used to be a farming land too?
Then another wave came in my mind, "Oh man! what are we going to eat if this continues for next 50 years". Farmers are selling off their lands to builders and MNCs at high prices and enjoying the short term money. We, the young middle class generation are happy that new MNCs are creating new opportunities for us to earn money and become the so called "high class" or "higher middle class" and I really don't want to talk about the existing so called high class society, as they anyway don't care.
What are we earning for? Yes, for good life style (which is a very subjective term) and good food (no, not subjective). But how will we get this if farmers will keep running away from their profession and selling off there lands. Yes having nonveg is an option but what does a chicken or goat eat :)
Is there any school in India which teaches farming techniques, which inspires students to become farmers? Is the profession which gives us 2 wakt ka khana so out dated that no one wishes to do that? Looks like it is.
India was a land of farmers. A land where you could grow anything and everything. Mother earth has provided us with such favorable weather conditions but what did we do? We chose to become corporate professionals, sitting comfortably in the air conditioned offices and live a comformable but unhealthy life style. Then we spend money in the gym, yoga centers etc to stay fit and healthy. Funny, isn't it? Looks like we are stuck in a cycle (at least I am and I feel so sad about this).
With such farming friendly environment, we could have been a stronger farming country and outsourced our food products rather than outsourcing human resources to these blood sucking MNCs. We would have lived a much healthier lifestyle and I am sure eventually it would have helped our economy also.
No wonder farmers these days are committing suicide, no wonder inflation is growing beyond expectation.
Well what can we do now, I am not sure if we can do something, can we? Farmers used to be happy and proud of their profession but now they are frustrated.
'Food for thought' I feel will be the only food left for us in future :)
The world will surely end, there may be just a minor mistake in calculation...its not 2012 but may be 2112(or sooner), if nothing is done as soon as possible.
Not many years ago was all this a farming land?
Oh my God, the place where I live used to be a farming land?
Damn the place where I work used to be a farming land too?
Then another wave came in my mind, "Oh man! what are we going to eat if this continues for next 50 years". Farmers are selling off their lands to builders and MNCs at high prices and enjoying the short term money. We, the young middle class generation are happy that new MNCs are creating new opportunities for us to earn money and become the so called "high class" or "higher middle class" and I really don't want to talk about the existing so called high class society, as they anyway don't care.
What are we earning for? Yes, for good life style (which is a very subjective term) and good food (no, not subjective). But how will we get this if farmers will keep running away from their profession and selling off there lands. Yes having nonveg is an option but what does a chicken or goat eat :)
Is there any school in India which teaches farming techniques, which inspires students to become farmers? Is the profession which gives us 2 wakt ka khana so out dated that no one wishes to do that? Looks like it is.
India was a land of farmers. A land where you could grow anything and everything. Mother earth has provided us with such favorable weather conditions but what did we do? We chose to become corporate professionals, sitting comfortably in the air conditioned offices and live a comformable but unhealthy life style. Then we spend money in the gym, yoga centers etc to stay fit and healthy. Funny, isn't it? Looks like we are stuck in a cycle (at least I am and I feel so sad about this).
With such farming friendly environment, we could have been a stronger farming country and outsourced our food products rather than outsourcing human resources to these blood sucking MNCs. We would have lived a much healthier lifestyle and I am sure eventually it would have helped our economy also.
No wonder farmers these days are committing suicide, no wonder inflation is growing beyond expectation.
Well what can we do now, I am not sure if we can do something, can we? Farmers used to be happy and proud of their profession but now they are frustrated.
'Food for thought' I feel will be the only food left for us in future :)
The world will surely end, there may be just a minor mistake in calculation...its not 2012 but may be 2112(or sooner), if nothing is done as soon as possible.
