Need a Thick line

 

The line needs to be Re drawn

 

This is a piece that is just a subjective take on behavioural contours of people and how it has changed in recent years

 

The thought that I am sharing is coming from a constant cerebral fight that I keep

on doing always ends with a blurred question that " Is our political ideology and need to have an opinion on each thing, erasing the line of being separate at personal and professional front? Are we able to keep our offices ( read it as political expression) out of personal forums? The thing that I have felt and realised is that we as a country are on a mission of judging people just on their stand on something political, making ourselves so thin skinned that it has started affecting our best of relationships on a premise that his/ her religious bias/ political flavour does not match you. Where is our accommodating nature went of this humanity loving country?

 

.It's not a new thing that we have experienced different opinions / priorities. Examples of our each day life at offices where two people in separate department can be at logger heads at each sanction or at any junction of work, but it hardly came in path of them doing their lunch together discussing good things about their lives, planning family etc  and people remain best of pals after office too. But now,  with this need to be loud politically on each front / religion have created a black and white divide among best of the friends, colleagues, family members. Be it either way of political cursing or chest thumping the things have soured a lot . Even in best of the friendships people are ready to forget what all good things both people have done for each other ,those moments they created have vanished by some random venom on watsapp chat  or some fake news spread by a forum, this reflects of a very low pedestal that we have given to relations in life.

 

 I also want to enquire upon a point that genuine neutral people are afraid to start a conversation in some group where he/ she know that even if the topic is not even remotely related to politics and government, people will make it reach there and then go bonkers with  left/ right/ bhakt/ liberal / communal/ India Pak etc...endless and then majority among them will crush others opinion there are high chances that a fight will  start and need to be mediated.

 

 Accessibility to 24hour news format on all platforms & our double bass debates of prime time are also subtly playing there part to ripe their fruits in this divide as they are acting as stimulant to doing more and more political discussions now which is a big rise if can compare with even  early 2000`s .The other notion that I have which needs to be checked is that, still there are people which are caught up in a feeling that they were oppressed earlier sometime for benefitting others and  they need to clear score now and they propagate their thoughts like that and there by affecting their personal relationships too and they are ready to do it for fake pride of their own.

 

These all very basic but important things, I felt like should be discussed/ re written with an underline tonality of creating examples among common people or people in public forum that who are gelling well despite having a political divide to extreme. There should be more and more  talks/ discussions on topic other than politics like life morality, arts, culture, science, sports and there should be a constant push from all forums to keep redrawing the line that speaks that we should not intermix our political/professional affiliations tensions into our happy circle of friendship and a tea together or a laugh out call with all friends shall vanish these tans with less pain

 

Last lines to sum up my view

 

" Wo door jaa Raha hai Jo sabse kareeb thaa..is shor ka uspe kuch to asar hua hai..warna to wo Meri dhadkane bhi sun leta tha"

Tractor- Defeating the lockdown

 

It’s a regular Saturday morning and Uday Raj Singh, a tractor dealer from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, who is in this trade for over 19 years, is receiving phone calls without a break. Although he is happy with the nonstop phone calls from customers enquiring for their tractor delivery, he is equally surprised about such a rise in sale of tractors, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Uday is just one of the many tractor dealers across the OEM’s in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh & many stretches across the country who have witnessed a huge increase in demand for tractors, along with restricted supply, during the Covid times.

 

Tractor, a product placed at an interjection of Automobiles & Agriculture industry, has shocked all trade pundits as it became probably the only product of its type that saw a huge uprise in sales, while the rest of the automobile sector, from two wheelers to four wheelers, reeled under severe pressure due to lack of demand.

 

"Why Tractors Only Got Traction"

There are many reasons attributed to the growth in tractor demand in the last 3-4 months, but before sharing about the reasons, one needs to understand the basic nature of tractor selling that many people not associated with the sector are unaware of. Tractors are the only product of its type, which despite being placed in the range of Rs. 4.5-7 lacs, gets “Advanced(i.e sold without giving full price of it)” in the market. The term Advancing means the tractor is sold to a customer through a dealer network to customers / farmers on the basis of the relationship, acquaintances and deep trust between the dealer and the farmer. This trust is core to tractor selling and a tractor buyer may pay anywhere between Rupee 1 to full cost of the tractor initially.

 

For taking delivery of the tractor, the customer has to usually pay around 30-40 per cent of the cost and the rest of the amount gets financed in a period of 0-3 months from the date of sale or if bought in cash sale, the rest of the amount is returned with the selling of the next crop or getting returns from tractor deployment into various commercial activities. As per my observations, this easy nature of the product selling was the underlying reason, along with a few other reasons, which propelled the sale of tractors despite the ongoing pandemic.

 

The Bunch Coming Together

For a big trend to click out like this, there must be various reasons that played their role and which included a good return on rabi crops harvest (with a 3-8 per cent increase in the minimum support price and satisfactory management of ad hoc purchases at mandis in bulk on major crops, among others. The satisfactory onset of southwest monsoon also gave impetus that a good kharif cropping season was ahead and mandated that farmers will start timely preparation of their fields for puddling and intercultural operations for major crop of paddy.  The government initiatives to keep the essential tractor workshops open at heartlands along with inputs such as seed and fertilizer shops paved the way for people to focus on their core agricultural activities -- agriculture.

 

Migration Exodus Settling down "Playing a Part"

In initial days of lockdown, we saw the biggest under estimation that our leaders creating ruckus with extreme level of tough migration exodus from South West metro cities to Hindi heartlands of UP, Bihar, MP at a large chunk throughout whole (march to may). There was a sense of restlessness starting May with people who returned from cities, looking at barren lands in their villages as a small hope for survival. This inclination of people again giving a try to farming looks like a farfetched reason for the growing tractor need, but it was one of the reasons and this was reflected in one of the conversations with Mr Ashutosh Kumar, Regional Head - Cholamandlam Finance (Tractor Loan Division- UP East), who said, "During the beginning of June, he was getting case proposals of tractor loans with borrowers having a local ID proof to show, but was not having the residence stability in the region / town from where he bought the tractor. Mostly these people were having a residence stability of one-two months. Upon going on the field investigations there, he found out that there was a small chunk of people who were buying tractors after returning from cities to work on their land, which earlier sometimes were given on batai / lease and they feel tractors are an earning product which will help them in agricultural operations and help them in any work of brick clin / crusher / or any commercial deployment going forward and giving them an earning in the long term.”

 

This was the situation with other financers too, though not in very small numbers, but there was a small trend setting in with same.

 

The Season Ahead and the Sustainability 

With the Pitra Paksha ending with Vishwakarma Diwas late September, the onset of better days will be arrived with an eye on the peak season starting from Navratri in October to Mega Dhanteras and Diwali brightening lights of tractor manufacturers and dealers with a hope of highest ever sale till the sowing time of Rabi crops. Tractor manufacturers are already getting inbound inquiries for the season time and that is reflected in bookings with dealers. The big question still remains around the sustainability of agriculture in the long term as the cost of agricultural production has not gone down for farmers. The government’s claim of doubling MSP is still a distant dream and the high dependability on weather still plays a big role in determining the fortunes of the farmers. The investment and physical strain that a farmer goes through is huge, and a tractor just provides some support and eases the work of farmers. Hope this tractor gives farmers the hope, the cushion and the required support in their long road ahead towards sustainability of their farm incomes.

YES SIR..!!!

Hey...Anurag..Do clear the mails, Do revert by EOD.. I need this anyhow...Get the team aligned for same....& the monotony never breaks, so do our answers, which are like Yes sir.. will do sir..will definitely get it done sir...all falling right in place for the predator who has invoked a prey in us, who has surrendered himself to being a docile YES MAN...yes, docile the word used for animals with no brains & we have given our each bit to match their levels, this boss- junior above quote is just one off example & it invariably goes with us in many facets of life where our self inertia falls too much to get aligned to outer world, the acceptance they will give us becomes our sole motto to live our lives on happy note. Be it friends, relatives or it can be anyone around, whom we have silently given a status above us
We just are not able to say "NO" to them, may be as it does not come naturally to us to say this, as we are good good person, but who decides that any defiance or deny on our part will make us bad or disobedient. Where the word LOGIC has gone for a toss. We are practical people and we must apply that pragmatic logic before saying yes or no, if in all capability, we will be able to do that thing with minimal loss of ours, we should give a nod to that, else just for being obedient, we must  not continue to be a yes man.
I have seen people suffering from a very common social ailment that is becoming -"people pleasing personality" where being impressive even without proper understanding of same is aim for us, we tend to say that -"we know this or that" we want to imply this to our pals that, whatever you are discussing i will be knowing that, because saying I do not know will make me so small that the laughing space created by you will kill me & thereby slowly slowly we become prisoner of this personality which is quite unhealthy both physically & mentally
People with this YES disorder often have mental break downs as they were quiet or were giving nod at the wrong place, where they might have else given a logical answer with NO, I do not know, or it is tough, i am trying my level best,  By not doing so,they have kept much of their anger inside them which is due to extra amount of work they have to do, by saying yes to that work at wrong time, by firstly saying that it will be done & ultimately failing to do so, as that was not realistically possible & a clear & polite NO at start would have settle the scores better.
So, these people often shout at alone, will try to talk to any close one too frequently to tell their condition, sometimes, it leads to fights with in friends or families & addiction to wrong habits/ addictions  These people want & indeed need quiet places where they can cry or shout & some concepts of Shout Zones, Bhadaas Cafe & Vipashna Centres have found their more relevance for these people.
But ultimately the word NO has to imbibe into them sooner or later & slowly slowly they need to get their tongues twisted towards bluntness, which might hurt them earlier, but will be better for them in long run,
At last, its all about making choices for won, being strong at self & then stretch to best extent possible in terms of being practical & not hurting yourself. We need to strike a balance between a yes  & no as too much inclination on any of side has its own SIDE effects...

Keep liking Yourself. .as any LIKE by OTHERS will not make you less or more Worthy..!!

Let me Breathe..!!!

The alarm has rung & with half an eye open with an angle you are trying to pray, hanging with a hope that whatever you are going to see on clock should be less than Six O clock..but reality disappoints you with Seven,( its the only place where you wants your life to give less, but it gives you badly more), yes people its a sleepy creepy Monday morning & all your Monday blues& bruise have taken a sudden eruption, it is not that all other days you were living a life you dream of, it is just that you had your Sundays as your cut out moments of a week, of a month & of a year. The pain of a moving Sunday is that you feel like it is passing with more than speed of Usain Bolt & the period of hell will soon ring his bell that will be in sync with either of your alarm bell or torturous phone ring reminding you that to catch the next moment of life you have pass through gleam monotony of next six days .

This all prelude was of a fact that happens to the usual job going person & may be with most of us, who do not like their work place or the job or mainly the people whom you are working with. When analysed deeply it is a phenomena that we all are dead walkers at work places & have set targets to get the breather in forms of a Sunday or a Wedding party of friend, some function & mostly to a fantasy of  almost done plan to go somewhere with your friends( which never happens & now you also know the reasons of last moment " NO"  even before making of a plan). These are things which were always there with us from childhood, but never thought hard For Ex, we knew that we will get to play once we come back from school, so  that last period bell was like the best musical symphony that we ever had, The only difference between now & child hood is the certainty of happiness or those moments were near about cent percent, occurring on own &today it has fazed out it to minimum, so that a lot of permutations & combinations have to get together to make a moment come true. 

In that age, we have the best surety of one thing that was " Summer Vacation" , the real Swarg days after the after ten months of murkier  School, where we were bound to play unfazed even in that scorching killing heat waves, we were bound to go to one of our relatives home & living for days & days there, living each minute there making new friends, doing whole rounds of activities & fun, We were eagerly waiting for Holi, Diwali & festivals with not the angle of it being a holiday from school, but from the eyes of what new we will buy this time & whos home we will go this year & we were almost sure of having best of times naturally

Still today, when we look back, we were not knowing that time that - we were making moments of life time to cherish, to discuss, to tease, to laugh & cry. Even today, you meet your any of friends new or more if he is an old one, it is for sure that no one discusses the last Diwali or Holi or last meeting every one discuss about what we did on X diwali that friend or what happened in that tournament match in that vacation & all happy moments & in mid of that whatever we talk about our present is most fill of filth towards job & people.

The little stark difference though on a sad note today is that we have to make some efforts to make moments for our selves & many of the times, we restrain ourselves to push & it all slips away, just end up cursing someone or the other in vain, but in that age those events became cult moments naturally without efforts & those days epic things are only good memories we have now.

To be understanding all this, we may attribute that we have grown old or we have succumbed to our routine jobs, responsibilities , but  hang on..we cannot lose so easily..we have to have a clarity of what makes us happy & sad. Are we still dependent on others for our happiness, have we given our inertia of cheerfulness to others or is the other way round. We need to find out our routes & recipe of happiness. It can be with some friends who have time more than you than you need to push yourself more harder than usual to give them your time. It can be with your family, whom you have neglected till date & have though that...blah blah..how can I enjoy with my family. I see them daily. But for a moment, change the thought process & you might found the right way out of the maze you have been trapped till date. 

Honestly from my experiences, I can say that we need to give an extra inch of effort for self from the tonnes we are already giving it for our crap shot work. We need to give it a try, taking a risk for making something for own that you can look back in coming times & have a reason have your lips stretching unknowingly for a smile, which you have lost now.

The results will come sure & even then if it is difficult & you are not getting it,  try finding happiness on alone, yes that is a rare feat to achieve, a commodity unknown to many, but happiness on own also exist, it can come from small small things that might come naturally to you or you need to develop it along with time. But time is always there with us, no matter the age, no matter the place & with all that s happening around you.

Keep these things in mind & have the repeat mode on.. The beat of your life will have more melodies than melodrama,

Cheers!!! 

A Hand....A Universe...

 A finger that meant the world to me a hand hold a universe of its own. A child so glum a child so small was creating its own web around a man.. who gave a path to all his journey. A day that started with drops of water spreading on the face.. a hand that ensures that  I a saw a new morning & did not fall back.  I cried..I ran..he ran with me to ensure i reach the best school in town. & was there to take me home to happy lap of my mother whom with I was more at own. He just saw from far & went back to work. A man so disciplined in his deeds was a slow imbibing force that i tried to imbibe but was so far. He was a morning teacher & evening guide requesting, shouting & trying everything that was needed at that time & tide. I a normal bluffy child was not on that page..my page was on dreams to play play & play & he showed his anger in all his way. To all this was the irony that he was the one who made me hold the cricket bat, told his stories of child hood play & was in the audience when i played at some stage..he slowly clapped far away telling his friends, that is my child..a realization so late for me. His finger took me to all the places in my town & holded me up when i was down , I had a special seat in his cycle joying away on roads & reaching to every shop in the market. Every night his hand was a pillow for me which gave me the best sleep always. Slowly time flew away, but his aura of a super hero to me never went away as he was like this only, a person so supremely fit, a person so prompt, a man who was just a one step solution to every problem to me & family. He though was open minded man but not too much into daily discussions with me from child hood to adolescence, He was the one whom with I take nods & nots for things to do, but my joy was with my friends whom with I played , laughed & spent most of my evenings, that also some time left away me with less quality time with him & family. Off late in last 6-7 years, he opened up a lot with me & to my grace i seen a other facet of him. A person who will have rounds & rounds of discussions with you on politics, cricket & much more to cover. He will give you riddles to crack on everything that will come to his mind. He will make you sit with him & tells you his each span of life, his ups, downs, his struggles, his victories, all woven in stories of its own kind for which i will make fun of him by reminding of books of these type sold in buses. His disease was a shock to him & dented him emotionally , but that never made him run away from doing all works he had been doing all his life for family, running to market, ironing clothes on his own, depositing e bills, booking cylinders, making budget & all you can think. These things were so close to him that he liked participating in all of it. I being with him for most of time, was just a meek observer & never learned, just saw it from a lazy couch , never felt that what shoes i was creating to be filled. He wanted to live the long life for me & did all prevention & precautions prescribed by the doctor & more over described strictly by me & my mother. Emotionally though he would fall apart some times, as these medications were like bullets to his ego & strong image that he has created for all of us. Sometimes he would cry hiding his face or suddenly he will gel a poetry on his own & make you laugh. He will plan each event with you with all knitty gritty &then see it till the event is finished, though lastly his plans had not got the endings he want & then he will cry again cursing himself & god. An epitome of self belief he was & best servant to god, was not given fair treatment by the lord . He took me to surprise off late by some times when I was low  by keeping a hand on my shoulder & promising to me  that he is there & will try to be with me in every coming thick & thin. Lastly he went in to Surgery with no qualms in his minds, his doubts were not with him. He gave a last exam of his life for us & fighted like a warrior in all his last days , despite his body not supporting the same. At that time also even when he lost his strength to speak was first to remind me that everybody has missed by birthday by Hindi date. In last state of Consciousness in highest of pain, he smiled & wished me birthday through his waving hands to victory. A victory that was meant for him was given to me as he succumbed to heavenly abode leaving me alone in this world from which he shielded me, he left a child with no hands to hold just into no where.  I know you are watching me, but i want to talk to you....remember..we have many discussions uncompleted..... Today being Diwali I need your hand to hold my table when i reach out something, why you are not checking the lights that they are working or not?..where is the long list of things that you will buy today, why are you not asking which sweet i want, where are crackers papa, who will run the first cracker in the night.....mammi n riddhi all are preparing aate ki pakodis  & kachodis for you....just tell me what you want... why are you not telling...nobody will stop you from eating them now....why are you silent..no no...you cannot do this...no no you cannot do this....promise me to keep your invisible hand during  all my short life with me so that i can be an inch of what you were & be a  carrier of journey of what you dreamed for family in life full of sacrifices...

WATS IN D NAME?

So...Alas..man working in a Bank for his Rural customers has finally sought out a holiday evening to start writing a Shagoofah thing & thats a Blog..It took me turns to make up my mind prepared to write it out..I searched via net about how to start a blog..wat to write as first blog..blah blah..n I got the preview that writing about something you hold so called " Passion" is the best entrance....but again as I will try not to be the cliche thing by taking that advice.so,i am ending up writing it on the more obvious thing that is about name of my blog ' Adhoora Panna"..so at first want to clear the air that, its not about any broken heart love tale from an ending hunkey dorey love story...neither its about a poetish touch on lines of Kora Kaagaz type... it is just an abruption that came in my mind with , reluctancy of mine after having a thought on something but not able to pen it down..its about having things in mind like resolutions, pledges, promises that creeps up every alter night in my mind..but never meeting materiality. You can say it anything, may be a space between the words & actions...or between thoughts & an inch courage to speak.. for me Adhoora Panna is that only other half of mine, that hardly takes part in dicussions, hardly replicate thoughts into works...or it is the half left page of my cybral thing coming into own...In admist of writhing this, a consistent thought that is going in my mind is that high probabs is of the thing that even this Blog will fade down & will die on its own fate or may be I will not get the next time free with my excuses to write it down again...but..taking my present mind make up into equation, hopefully it will continue, may be not so smooth, but with hiccups, i will try to give it a go..a go to myself..a go to my slow edgy feelings on things...even i dont know...wat will come...???
Ending start up Bakar by 4 lines of School poem..still far from me
" It takes courage to take a Call"
" It takes courage to give your all"
"It takes courage to Risk your Name"
it takes courage to be true.....