Corporate Farming has failed in US. Reliance and other big companies have embarked upon the failed model in India - and created a havoc. I absolutely believe that this model would not only work, but would be biggest challenge to corporate farming - which is not going to work in india and should be kicked out. What this guy is doing is the Eastern model of doing business - and what Ambanis are doing is Western model. Eastern will win in long run....
RE:Cooperative Farming is the only challenge to Corporate Farming...
by Manoj M on Jul 03, 2008 10:34 AM Permalink
Failed in US? Where did you get this info from? The large agricultural subsidies in US are primarily because of the corporates. All farming in US is of the variety of what this fellow is attempting. Corporates dont own the farms which are owned by farmers themselves but the produce is marketed by corporates & many corporates like Walmart etc source directly from the farmers. Unlike India individual farmers in US own hundreds or thousands of acres of land which gives them economies of scale to deal with corporates.
The story of this person reflects a very important fact of Indian society, namely dignity of Labour. We have classified work as a 2000 rs clerk as something which is of higher in stature and a job of selling vegitables or fruits earning 10,000 rs as lower in stature.
Thats the root of all evils as well as one of the causes of unemployment. Too many youths look for clerical white collared jobs and well earning non clerical jobs go unnoticed, these people get frustrated and curse the system and call their education a waste etc, but they forget that part of the problem is also looking at work and classifying work as with and without status.
In the US so many Indian students work on gas stations, deliver pizzas, work as waiters and also work sweeping and mopping floors. Its a job we say at that time as we are students and need all the cash to pay the fees, but that is infact a very important lesson of Dignity of labour the United States teaches us when we do those jobs.
People like Kaushahendra should be felicitated for taking the Dignity of Labour to the maximum extent, to the place where class and caste conflict is at its peak..namely Bihar.
This person is infact the winner of the Lead India initative and not some debate masters of Television, where he has set a example.
Kudos and Congrats, all Indians are proud of this gentleman.
RE:Dignity of Labour
by Umesh on Jul 03, 2008 10:55 AM Permalink
you have said rightly...In India dignity of labour is problem because of so called caste system. People still believe that doing such so called low end job like serving,maintanace etc are related to so called lower caste.But fact is also that all service industries India like, IT,HEALTH,TOURISM are earning mejor share of GDP. If you look in religion point of view, all service oriented jobs were attached to 4th level of people..so called shudras.
He is doing a great job its true a great work that many are not willing to do.i wish him the best.We all should see his path and follow him because without food there is no value for money because we cannot eat money
Thats the real courage of IIM-A.One day Bihar will regain all its glory...it's long over due to make this country proud of our farmers...who are not cared by anyone...especially poor farmers who are commiting suicide...all can learn from this...
well we need some more like you my friend.. hope more and more of our IIM and IIT grads will think about doing something innovative like you, rather than doing a job in some MNC and doing nothing but earning money thruout their lives.. people like you who thinks something different only can make this country similar to countries like USA; we have talented people here too , but they dont have the courage to do something different from the rest, thats where we get defeated by others..
Great! I am so hopeful about our country when I see such innovative young people.Yes only an IIM graduate can think like this,higher education should always make someone think different which changes the way we live.India is shining only if our annadata is happy and content.Farmers need such innovative people to help them.I pray God that we have many Kaushalendra's so that we will not have farmer suicides.Indians can surpass any american company .Our country will move forward with such young generation.Keep going, you will achieve more that what your classmates achieved in few years from now. Prashanthi
this is indeed a wonderful and daring start. i wish him all success. if many of our youth's mind get ignited leki this then Dr kalam's dream is going to be definitely fulfilled. all the very best may GOD BE WITH YOU. HATS OF TO YOUR PARENTS
