Abt a dream which shud never come true!

Yesterday, my aunt said carrot rate now is 44Rs/kg, beans -44Rs/Kg, spinach 5Rs ... etc.

Me and my husband having started with a new family was wondering where it wud reach ...

My husband was quoting, this development is obvious becos we can see in our families itself the difference:
My grand dad was a farmer. He cud not fill all the stomach's of the family with farming. So the sons were sent out for earning. My dad and uncle's came to Bangalore. There was only one uncle in my native who did not want to leave roots. But he is so tiered of farming, he does not want his sons into this. So they are all aiming at engineering, medical seats - settling at cities ... None of us can stop them as everybody have the right to live the way they want. We are foreseeing to loose our roots in our generation itself... Thus we cannot goto our grand dad's place anymore ... We cannot see the village life anymore. We wont have any one in our family who expects rain to come on seeing a bird, who can bring us jack fruit, coconuts, pepper, pure honey, or call us to tell their cow gave birth to a calf, thier dog was chased by a lepord, or they are having peacock coming near thier house ...etc. [Beleive me these things are happening at my house :) ] We all just speak about which company we are working and which is the better company to which we can change to....


Thinking deeply on it I had a dream....


The people staying in the slum next to our road have somehow raised some houses for themselves. They are all moving about in car. This was bcos of the increase in the standard of living IT had bought in (I dont know how it helped them ...). Even we have car/person in our house and needless to say many electronic items in our house which was a luxury when we were children! But I see the faces of the people in the car, they are not happy... including me... I was reasoning out y I am not happy. I had obviuos reasons in front of me. People cud afford the one time investment like house, car, electronic items ...etc. But they cannot meet the ends for the food. Rice is 500Rs/Kg. So ppl cannot eat stomachful... If I wonder y, Govt says no farmers are yielding anything. Infact there are no farms ... All are independant families ... So it is importing all the rice... :( So, we decided to start farming in out new site instead of building house and raised paddy field there. It grew well and just before harvesting we had ppl coming to steal paddy!! We gave police complaint and we could see early morning a dozen police with AK 47 around our fields. The govt rules said that, there must be such a protection to the farmers and agricultural lands.


Well the further part of the dream was even more insane. I'd better keep my mouth shut rather than sharing it. If you feel I have to get my mental health checked once, I can do it. But just hope that this dream of mine should never come true. Bcos, I cannot afford food being so costly even when my manager give 80% hike, which anyway he does not give ...