Drambuie and Guilt

I sip my Drambuie's and Black label's.
Read about the havoc that Kosi is creating,
bigger havoc's that the touts of democracy are forging.
millions stranded and starving and thousands dying.

What else could I do other than enjoy my drink?
there is an immense feeling of guilt here,
but denying myself a drink wont help.


A city person would feel, if floods are an usual problem, why cant the people living there, simply get out of there.
Well, because a bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
subsistence, property and identity are just one thing.
without their land, they would all be lesser country men.
State is not to be trusted, and yes, over last sixty years, the organised nexus of the state has made a huge dent in cooperation level of the inhabitants.
they all look up to the government to do something about it.
disbelieving, their own hands and creativity.
and even if state did get effective in controlling floods or any other catastrophe, they would not hesitate in selling their property to the TAT A's of this world, like in singur.

To tackle a catastrophe, one needs a huge machinery and funds.
I did not wish to become an electoral politician, living of others money.
there were other ways of combating the state, and emancipating human souls.

Free enterprise.

when we made a conscious decision to get back to Bihar 7 years back,
there were issues on my mind,
which i thought i would be able to help resolve,
personal, family and for a society at large.

I had my own processes to find the problem first and then contribute to the solving of the same.
Farm and land being the center of the universe here, we called our venture "farm solutions".
it had to be a profit making venture, and not an NGO.
without getting into the principals of liberal doings.
This is how close, we have got to, solving the problem.

Men and women own land, they grow produce and sell it for other material gains.
it is human endeavour to keep getting better.
but how does one know?
is there is no information?
or misinformation by vested interests, Naxals or the state.

bring in technology and enterprise, and the human efforts will soar.

so now we have "Fruits of India" and information gate way for farms and farmers.
so that they could produce the best, have the information on their fingertips.
minus the state, find ways of mutual cooperation.
Make the state accountable for every penny they tax.

Its a long way ahead, but nothing better than knowledge.

till then cheers!