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शहरों में जड़ें जमा रहा है किचन गार्डन का बिजनेस

Dec 10, 2013, 09.00AM IST

जयश्री भोसले, पुणे
एक फार्मा कंपनी के सेल्स डायरेक्टर अमोल वाघ (45) एक ऑफिशियल विजिट पर विदेश में हैं। उन्होंने तय किया है कि अगले महीने लौटने पर वह घर में सब्जियों की खेती करेंगे। इथियोपिया की राजधानी अदीस अबाबा रवाना होने से पहले उन्होंने टेरेस पर 60 पॉट्स में सब्जियों की बुआई की थी। इसके अलावा उन्होंने अपने बंगले के सामने गार्डन की कुछ क्यारियों में भी बीज बोए थे।
वाघ जैसे शहरी लोगों की संख्या बढ़ रही है, जो बिजी लाइफ के बावजूद सब्जियों की खेती में दिलचस्पी ले रहे हैं। एक महीना पुणे और एक महीना अदीस अबाबा में बिताने के बावजूद वाघ ने तय किया है कि वे अब घर में उगाई गई सब्जियां ही खाया करेंगे। उन्होंने कहा कि बतौर एक फार्मासिस्ट मुझे पता है कि सब्जियों पर कीटनाशकों का कितना खराब असर पड़ता है।
इस काम में हालांकि पॉट्स, मिट्टी, बीज आदि जुटाने में दिक्कत हो सकती है, लेकिन अगर यह काम आउटसोर्स कर दें तो आसानी हो जाती है। ऑर्गेनिक तरीके से सब्जियों की खेती करने वालों के संगठन अभिनव फार्मर्स क्लब ने दो दिन पहले ही वाघ के घर में किचेन गार्डन लगाया है। वाघ या उनके किसी फैमिली मेंबर को सब्जियों की देखभाल में रोज बमुश्किल आधा घंटा देना होगा। ड्रिप इरिगेशन सिस्टम और वर्मी कंपोस्ट यूनिट लगाने के बाद ज्यादा काम नहीं बचता। वर्मी कंपोस्ट यूनिट में न केवल किचेन और गार्डन के वेस्ट मटीरियल का इस्तेमाल हो जाएगा, इससे सब्जियों के लिए अच्छी खाद भी मिलेगी।
शहरों में रहने वाले काफी लोग किचन गार्डन में दिलचस्पी ले रहे हैं क्योंकि कम से कम कीटनाशकों के उपयोग से उगाई गई सब्जियों का मजा लेने का यही भरोसेमंद तरीका शहरों में रह गया है। पुणे के हिंजेवाड़ी आईटी पार्क में अभिनव फार्मर्स क्लब की ओर से हर रविवार होने वाले ट्रेनिंग सेशन में करीब 20 लोग आते हैं और सीखते हैं कि गमलों में सब्जियों की खेती कैसे की जा सकती है। इस एनजीओ ने हाल में एक प्रॉड्यूसर कंपनी की स्थापना की है और इसका एन्युअल टर्नओवर 24 करोड़ रुपये से ज्यादा है। यह ग्रुप एक किचन गार्डन लगाने के बदले 5 हजार से 10 हजार रुपये लेता है। यह एनजीओ जल्द मुंबई में भी किचन गार्डन बनाने में लोगों की मदद करना शुरू करेगा। बोडके ने कहा कि ठाणे से हमें पहले ही 56 ऑर्डर मिल चुके हैं।
ऑर्गेनिक वेजिटेबल्स सप्लाई करने के लिए इस क्लब की स्थापना करने वाले डी बोडके से लोगों ने अनुरोध किया था कि वे उन्हें किचन गार्डन बनाने में मदद करें। बोडके ने कहा कि इतने ज्यादा लोग गुजारिश करते हैं कि हम हर जगह अपने लोगों को किचन गार्डन के मेंटिनेंस के लिए नहीं भेज पाते हैं। इसे देखते हुए हमने ट्रेनिंग सेशन शुरू किए। खुद सब्जियां उगाने में जब वाघ को ठीकठाक सफलता नहीं मिली तो उन्होंने भी अभिनव फार्मर्स क्लब के ट्रेनिंग सेशन में हिस्सा लिया। 

Practicing Patience

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”~ Lao Tzu

Is it possible to never hurry, but to get everything done?

It seems contradictory to our modern world, where everything is a rush, where we try to cram as much into every minute of the day as possible, where if we are not busy, we feel unproductive and lazy.

In fact, often we compete by trying to show how busy we are. I have a thousand projects to do! Oh yeah? I have 10,000! The winner is the person who has the most insane schedule, who rushes from one thing to the next with the energy of a hummingbird, because obviously that means he’s the most successful and important.

Right?

Maybe not. Maybe we’re playing the wrong game — we’ve been conditioned to believe that busier is better, but actually the speed of doing is not as important as what we focus on doing.

Maybe we’re going at the wrong speed. Maybe if we are constantly rushing, we will miss out on life itself. Let’s let go of the obsession with speed, and instead slow down, stop rushing, and enjoy life.

And still get everything done. How?

This requires A Change of Mindset.

The most important step is a realization that life is better when you move at a calm, more relaxed pace, instead of hurrying and rushing and trying to cram too much into every day. Instead, get the most out of every moment.

 A Short Story: Practicing Patience

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in her basket.

As they passed the cookie section, the little girl asked for cookies and her mother told her no. The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss.

The mother said quietly, “Now Monica, we just have half of the aisles left to go through; don’t be upset. It won’t be long.”

Soon they came to the candy aisle, and the little girl began to shout for candy. And when told she couldn't have any, began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Monica, only two more aisles to go, and then we’ll be checking out.”

When they got to the check-out stand, the little girls immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into terrible tantrum.The mother patiently said, “Monica, we’ll be through this check out stand in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap.”

The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her.

“I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with little Monica,” he said.

Whereupon the mother said,

“I’m Monica . . . my little girl’s name is Tammy.”

Discussion:

Whatever is happening, we still have to keep our balance and composure in that situation.

This HUSH - HUSH is damaging our sensitivity to judge others, its spoiling our quality of life.

Jain Moral:

Our Guru jis and Muni Maharaj are a symbol of maintaining the utmost calmness and never be in a hurry. It’s a human nature TO OBSERVE AND LEARN. Then why are we ‘Jains’ not learning from our Munis, 'the relaxed pace of life and not to react too much to any situation, just flow with the life intelligently'.

Hope it works for all of you…

Regards.

A Young Jaina

7 PRINCIPLES OF EAGLES

7 PRINCIPLES OF EAGLES

PRINCIPLE 1

Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird can get to the height of the eagle. Stay away from sparrows and ravens.

Eagles fly with Eagles

PRINCIPLE 2

Eagles have strong vision. They have the ability to focus on something up to five kilometers away. When an eagle sites his prey, he narrows his focus on it and set out to get it. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.

Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.

PRINCIPLE 3

Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will not.

Be careful with what you feed your eyes and ears with, especially in movies and on TV. Steer clear of outdated and old information. Always do your research well.

PRINCIPLE 4

Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles uses the raging storm to lift him above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.

We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.

PRINCIPLE 5

The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her.

Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases it. He has to catch it before it falls to the ground. He then brings it back to the female eagle.

The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a higher altitude and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of catching the twig which shows commitment. Then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her.

Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.

PRINCIPLE 6

When ready to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach. The male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He flies back to earth and picks thorns laying them on top of the twigs. He flies back to earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns. When this first layering is complete the male eagle runs back to earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; runs back to get grass it on top of the thorns, then plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs and protects them; he builds the nest and hunts. During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because they are scared, they jump into the nest again.

Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the thorns bare when the scared eaglets again jump into the nest, they are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again this time wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air. As they shriek in fear, father eagle flies out and catches them up on his back before they fall and brings them back to the cliff. This goes on for some time until they start flapping their wings. They get excited at this new found knowledge that they can fly.

The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; the preparation for the family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success; the being pricked by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are may result into our not experiencing life, not progressing and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, get out of the nest and live on. We may not know it but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.

The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard to grow and prosper. Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good intentions for us.

PRINCIPLE 7

When an Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as fast as he should. When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he plucks out every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, then he can come out.

We occasionally need to shed off old habits & items that burden us without adding to our lives.

Slow Europe: A better way towards life

Slow Europe: A better way towards life

Just read it somewhere and found it surprising and inspiring.

"It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a rule."

Globalized processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to possess a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results.

1. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
2. Stockholm has 500,000 people.
3. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, are some of its renowned companies. Volvo even supplies NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn't say anything, neither the second or third days. One morning I asked him, "Do you have a fixed parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot." To which he replied, "Since we're here early we'll have time to walk, don’t you think that whoever gets in late will need a place closer to the door?" Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there’s a movement in Europe named Slow Food. This movement establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart, Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness" generated by globalization, fuelled by the desire of "having in quantity" (life status) versus "having with quality", "life quality" or the "quality of being".

French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has come to the notice of USA, the pupils of the fast and "does it now" brigade.

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress.

It means re-establishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the "now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and anonymous. It means taking humans' essential values, the simplicity of living. It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more productive work place where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do.

It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence.

In the movie, ’Scent of a Woman', there's a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl to dance and she replies, "I can't, my boyfriend will be here any minute now". To which Al Pacino responds, "A life is lived in an instant". Then they dance the tango!

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious to live for the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists.

We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in what each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".

Ruchit Doshi

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supply of happiness dries unless we share it

There is an inbuilt fuse in all of us that cuts off our supply of happiness unless we share it with others.

This story came to me through mail. A reporter once asked a farmer why his corn won the state fair contest every year. The farmer revealed that it was because he shared his seeds with neighbours. The perplexed reporter wondered why. The farmer’s answer: “Sir, don’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grew inferior corn, cross-pollination would degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbour do the same.”    


A simple lesson that nature teaches us, and we find difficult to imbibe. We pull down others in order to climb up. We clutch our possessions and refuse to share the good things of life.

What is the use of an idea unless it is uttered? What good is a dream unless executed? What good are thoughts unless used to benefit others? What good is happiness or success unless shared? Those who wish to succeed must help others succeed, like the farmer on the corn field. Those who wish to live well, must help others do so. And if it is happiness you want, start spreading the warmth and goodness to others around. 

"INSAAN" mein "INSAAN" na mila

Kisi ko "QURAN" mein "IMAAN" na mila
Kisi ko "GITA" mein "GYAAN" na mila
Kisi ko "GURUGRANTH" mein "SATNAAM" 
na mila
Kya milega unko "AASMAAN" mein "KHUDA",
Jinko "INSAAN" mein "INSAAN" na mila..!!

My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician

Thought you'd enjoy this!
It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read.

They won't believe this happened, but it DID.

Harry and Bess
(This seems unreal.)

Harry Truman was a different kind of President. 
He probably made as many, or more important decisions 
regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness 
may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, 
which was in Independence, Missouri . His wife had 
inherited the house from her mother and father and, 
other than their years in the White House, 
they lived their entire lives there.
When he retired from office in 1952 his income was 
a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 
a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps 
and personally licking them, granted him an "allowance" 
and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, 
Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. 
There was no Secret Service following them.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, 
he declined, stating, "You don't want me. 
You want the office of the President, and that
doesn't belong to me.
It belongs to the American people 
and it's not for sale."
Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing 
to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, 
he refused to accept it, writing, 
"I don't consider that I have done anything which 
should be the reason for any award, 
Congressional or otherwise."
As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.
Modern politicians have found a new level of success 
in cashing on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth.
Today, many in Congress also have found a way 
to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits 
of their offices. 
Political offices are now for sale (cf. Illinois).
Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed,
"My choices in life were either to be a piano player 
in a whore house or a politician. 
And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!"

I say dig him up and clone him!