“Goa , yes, thats where I want to go. I can get rid of this stupid, crowded, noisy metro atleast for a while. Hopefully, I can find someone there, you know …huh…” ,

“What!!!..”

“Can’t you hear me. I am going to Goa on this weekend”

“Really !!!” replied Murali.

Murali cannot believe his ears. For that matter, no one can. Who will expect that armageddon comes this soon. Murali managed to get out of shock, a few minutes later. Without wasting time, he spread the word.
News spread all over the world in seconds. CNN, MSNBC, everything scrolls the same news. In this mood, all stock prices, all sensex, Dow Jones, NIKKI, BSE, everything is up.

MeanWhile, Aaj tak invited some celebrities to start a discussion.

Aaj Tak Show:

“Good afternoon, viewers. we all know what happened few hours back, and I know some of you are still in shock. Please avoid giving this news to people with heart problems. Already, we have 592 heart cases registered in breach candy and counting. Now , getting to our show…..we have Oscar Wilde, Laloo prasad yadav and Einstein”

The show is on.

““The day Chapapa wants to say something like 'going out' is the day he is on mauna vrath.” - Oscar wilde

Meanwhile, In his room, Chapapa is searching furiously for something. Turning over clothes, books and everything he sees. His room mate, trying to help, asked him “What is it, what are you looking for? Flight ticket? Cell Phone? “.

” I am searching for…..for……..its nothing, Its just…..leave it” Chapapa replied

Knowing chapapa very well, his room mate did not push it further. After a few nature calls, chapapa took bath and dressed for the inevitable.

Chapapa saw his room mate ( this is not a fictitious character, his name will be supplied after we overcome our legal constraints. After all, we don’t want chapapa to be sued ) sitting before TV and he looked very irritated. Chapapa could not stop himself from asking the reason and he asked.

“Reason!!…See..no matter which channel, I put, its the same thing “Goa, Goa….” “… Chapapa insides are jumping with happiness and pride, but he managed not to express it. He checked his time and found out, he’s got just enough time to catch the flight. Without wasting much time, chapapa got hold of his bag and wallet, he left his house singing his all time favourite song.

“kidshh of desh shouting …chakde chapapa. chapapa, jaldi jao aur air hostess ka seat pakado…sorry..airhostess se tumhara seat pakado, sorry airhostess kaa help le kar tumhara seat me baito” -Laloo Prasad yadav

Meanwhile, chapapa found himself on the road, waiting for an auto. Generally, there should be lots of autos waiting on the road for hires, but chapapa surprised to find none. And he sees someone running towards him. Its murali again. chapapa wants to thank murali for spreading the news. But Murali was looking very tired of running.

with heavy breathing Murali said “I just came to know. today, auto walas are on sudden strike.” murali came to help chapapa, who wants make his Goa trip successful and should not be stopped by some stupid reasons.

Without thinking, chapapa boarded the BEST bus to get him to airport ASAP.

“BEST Bus is moving at 35 kmph towards airport relative to earth, or earth is moving at 35 kmph relative to BEST Bus in opposite direction. To catch the flight, he should have started 5 mins before, so he is 5 mins behind time. so he has to travel back in time and try to catch the bus 5 mins before. As time travel is impossible, he should tell the bus driver to increase the speed to 45 kmph.” - Einstein

Meanwhile chapapa found a window seat in the bus and seated with his legs on front seat, his favourite posture. Bus is unusually empty. As chapapa is in good mood, he flashed his 100 rupee note towards conductor, took a ticket to airport and asked him to keep the change.

Suddenly, his mobile started ringing with his favourite ring tone “chai chai bopiri, chai chai chakri…chai chai bopiri, kala kala ne kayari, kala kala kalari….”. Suddenly conductor jumped not knowing where this awesome music is coming from. watching the conductor, chapapa could tell how the conductor is feeling jealous about his nice ring tone. Chapapa said “hello”.

Suddenly murali started shouting from the other end, “oh my god!!!! I JUST HEARD FROM EINSTEIN, YOU ARE FIVE MINUTES LATE…” chapapa could tell the dedication of murali in making his trip successful. He calmed murali down and ensured him, that he will take care of it with his usual stunning smile.

On seeing chapapa smile, conductor could tell that something is wrong. chapapa got up and requested driver to increase the speed to 50 kmph as there is no traffic today.

He came back to his seat in no time, and he is relishing the air coming out of the window.

At last, he is going to GOA!!!!!!!!!!, nothing can stop him.

……………..To Be Continued

“I am a Farmer”, how many people will say this with pride and strength in their voice.

“I am a Software Engineer, professional, Vice president, Manger”…..etc..these are the introductions we hear normally and of course with pride.

60% of Indians are employed in Agriculture [wikipedia] . Yet, there is some uneasy feeling about being an employee of this largest, traditional company which produces something that every person needs 3 times a day. Certainly, this is an interesting sector. But, if one sees how much interest our Government is taking in this sector even after counting those farmers, who are commiting suicide due to losses.

As I am from Andhra Pradesh, I will take an example from that region. In early 2004,before elections Congress announced a free power scheme to all farmers. Everyone know that its not feasible and a cheap election stunt. No surprises, Congress won.

Six months later, Congress placed an upper limit on the amount of agricultural land, a farmer can have to avail the free power scheme.

Three months later, Govt restricts the power scheme only to those farms having new version of electronic meters.

Three months later, Govt further restricted the scheme for night time only. Day time usage will be billed.

As you can see, Govt lacks vision. In 2008, Govt has no choice but to cancel the bank loans taken by farmers.

Coming to a completely different sector — Sony, IBM & Toshiba manufactured next gen processor,the Cell (microprocessor). Sony used this processor for its play station 3. They developed this for 4 years. why? — Sony wants to capture the entertainment sector, if not its rival Microsoft Xbox 360 will grab the market share.

When we compare Agriculture sector with Entertainment sector,

Pros:

1) Agriculture has more customers than Entertainment sector

2) 60% of Indians are in Agriculture sector.

Cons:

1) Lack of Management and vision

2) Lack of competition to create enthusiasm and spirit.

I tried my best to assess the Agriculture sectors weaknesses.

Here is the solution which may look absurd, infeasible, and completely stupid. But this is my idea.

” Agricultural department of India, should take all the lands of those farmers who have land below a certain threshold under PARTIAL LEASE. One may get doubt, is this a land-grabbing scheme ?. No, definitely not. Thats why I said under partial Lease with terms of agreement as follows:

1) Only used for agriculture

2) Decision of which crop to cultivate should be decided by a third party (whom— will tell u in a moment).

3) All labour related activities should be taken up by the farmer himself. All resources such as water and power should be provided by the Government body.

4) All Farmers will be termed as State govt emplyees and will avail all the benefits, a govt employee enjoys. So, Farmer can be termed as a public servant.

5) Farmer will get a monthly salary depending upon the land he has + bonus every year depending upon the profits…

6) The state governments who generated more points in a given year will be given subsidies and will have to be prioritised in every aspect in the next year.

7) Third party who decide the crops, should be a body of economists and agriculturalists in equal proportions. The vote to decide the crop — 33% weightage to votes of economists, 33% agricultural researchers — 16% to farmer , and 16% to govt. Apparently this body should not be funded by govt, and should contain professors, researchers from various universities.  This third party is a non-profit organisation, working for farmers. For them, this should be a project / Phd kind of course.

Well—not a perfect, accurate and sound idea. But thats an idea.

This will create some attraction for students and researchers. Also, ensuring the farmer’s cash flow will provide more security to their lives. Govt will be forced to provide power and water, and that will make them prioritise their plans and visions.
No Idea is perfect and I know that my idea is not even closer to perfect, but thats what a 21 year old young Indian can offer.