Crop pricing - Govt vs farmers

I had been to a seminar by Subhash Palekar on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF). I will share more about it later. For now, I want to share something I am thinking about since last 12 hrs.

A builder sets the price of a house to sell.
A TV manufacturer sets price of the TV.
A car maker sets price of the car.
Fuel prices are decided by producers.
Air fare is decided by service provider.
Even land prices are decided by the current owner.

Why a farmer is not allowed to set price for the crop he/she produces?

Second question that pinched me hard:

We are ready to spend more and more money for movie tickets, food@restaurants, dresses@malls, cars, travel, doctors, teachers and everyone, except the farmer who takes lot of efforts to produce a healthy food risking the yield and going against so many hurdles by not using any of harmful pesticides/fertilizers/practices. If the farmer fails to sustain and quits farming, and worse, all farmers join the group and take up jobs that has better money, where will get our food from? I am really feeling scared to think about that day when no active farmers are there and farm lands are converted into commercial/residential ones.

I don't know what will be the solution at the end. But, I think it is definitely worth to think about it now and come up with suggestion/thoughts that may lead to some workable solution.

I have expressed by fear here. Hope I get some sleep now.

Is our stomach hungry ???

Mere pet me choohe daur rahe hain !!!

I am so hungry as my stomach seems to be empty !!!

etc etc

Many of these phrases we hear/use daily. But, suddenly I got a thought.

First, guess where?

Well, my favorite place - Yes, toilet !!!

The thought is about a question: where is hunger actually - in stomach or somewhere else?

If there is no food in the stomach, it should be happy that there is no work. Rest for sometime. why does it create noise? And further, it doesn't make noise all the time too !!!

So, we need food for energy and stomach is instrumental in this whole business. But, who arrives at a need for energy in the body? Stomach, naa..aah. It must be the brain !

The brain senses lack of energy and checks the stomach for supply of it. If it finds it resting and no work in pipeline, it asks to make noise and we feel hungry. Sounds pretty reasonable. I would need to talk to a medical practitioner to confirm.

So far, one thing is clear. Hunger is actually in the brain, not in the stomach. Then, why do we keep trying to satisfy the stomach with food? We should actually satisfy the brain. in satisfying the dumb stomach, we end up eating so much that stomach gets work more than it can take up and gets stressed. Anyone stressed will err like we often do at our work !!!

I was listening to Dr. Deepak Chopra and he was talking about Ayurved. He says that if we eat with experiencing the food with our five senses fully, brain gets satisfied. And surprisingly, with much lesser quantity of food. It also solves the problem of over-eating as well as our need for energy is served pretty well. And the most important, we enjoy the food completely.

Brain is more intelligent than the stomach. Let's have faith in the brain and wait for it's signals. So from today, let's eat for the brain and not for the stomach.

Happy eating.

Where do I live?

Where do I live?

Someone asked me yesterday. it is a very generic question, anyone asks. I also answered normally saying I live near........ But, then as I was walking towards parking lot, this question was hitting me. More than that, the answer I gave was hitting me. I live "only" at home?!? What do I do at other places - At work; At market; On the road etc etc? Am I dead at these places and again start living when I reach home? Very disturbing questions.

At home, I feel very comfortable as it is mine and I can keep it as I want. And that's why I feel living there. At work, as I am "working" and that's not as much fun as I get at home, I feel like working instead of "living". So, I start looking for ways to "live" in office too. And similarly, at other places.

So, when someone asks me "where do I live?"..I shall answer.. "wherever I am.. at home, at work, at market, at movie theater etc etc". What a funny answer it would be !!!!!

What is life for?

I read somewhere : Toh kyaa jindagi sirf khwab poore karna ka naam hai ???

I got some ideas and thought of putting it down before it evaporates.
Life is all about
-- Creating dreams
-- Making it happen
-- Creating new dreams

If there is no dream in life, today is left to chance. Only dreams yet to be fulfilled tell us what to do today. So..... Have a lots of dreams and spend every day taking at least one step forward to fulfill them.

Breakthru' vs Breakdown

Someone said this statement to me and struck my mind:
"When you take some action, only two possibilities are there: Either you have a breakthrough or a breakdown".

There are few things that I told myself:
1. Wisdom is to welcome both of them equally warm.
2. If nothing is happening in life, perhaps I am not doing anything.
3. When there is a breakdown, it is an opportunity to have multiple breakthroughs.

Old vs new things !

As we move on in life, we pick up things that we like and start carrying them along. There will be a time when there will be no capacity to pick up any more. That's when we trade with losing one by dropping it and picking a better and new one. If we love the old ones so much that we can't drop them, then no possibility of picking up new things.

These things could be objects, knowledge, ideas, opinions, habits etc etc. Many of us dream of doing great things in life and yet only a few actually goes ahead and does it. But, we never bother to face the inquiry "why we are not able to do those great thing?" Reason is very simple, we are scared that we will be asked to drop one of those old things that we picked up sometime in life. So, we "CHOOSE" not to drop an old thing to pick up a new one. On the contrary, if I want to do something new/different, I will have to create some space by dropping an old thing.

Moral: The more easily we drop an old thing, the easier it becomes to pick up new and better things.

The Morning Sun !

I was at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, King Koti for the concluding part of a training I was attending on Jun-17 evening. I was waiting for one of my friends to join and then one gentleman stopped. and asked me looking at my name tag, "what's the meaning of your name - Prabhat?" As usual, I gave the meaning as "morning". He didn't quite accept it and stopped for a while. He said a few things that shook me vigorously. Read on.

He said that "प्रभात" means something more. Pra-bhat : bhat means knowledge and pra means new. So it means, someone who is to bring new knowledge to the world. Prabhat is someone who is to bring new light of knowledge to the people in the world and make it lighted as the morning Sun does to every one.

He went one explaining what "bharat" means. bha means knwoledge and rat means in love. Bharat is a country where people are in love with knowledge. it is a country where people love to learn, learn and learn in life and bring new light to the world.

After hearing those words, I was totally zapped. I didn't know what to say. He went on patting me saying that he is jealous of me. Upon asking he mentioned that he didn't have this knowledge when he was young, and I have. He blessed me saying go ahead and show the light of knowledge to the world and make a new world.

So long, I was not able to find words to put it here. Today I woke up and I thought before I forget these words, I must put it here. Not only that, I am renaming this blog page as "The Morning Sun". I have a new vision for my life i.e. to live upto my name "Prabhat" !

Positive Affirmations

I get up in the morning and start saying aloud.. Good Morning Sumi (my wife), Love you. And the morning goes fantastic !

I have started this last week itself and started seeing beautiful results. We don't fight in the morning anymore and start the day with more energy. I think this is a change in my life.

Positive affirmations create lot of positive energy in life. One has to say aloud, feel it and express it too. It can help in making up relations, aligning oneself with vision and putting focussed effort on whatever we want to do.

It reminds me one statement from book, The Alchemist (not exact though):
"if one decides about the destiny, whole universe conspires to help you achieve it"

If I decide to make the morning beautiful, universe will definitely help me and the same for a happy life too. Let's decide to make this life a beautiful life and world, a beautiful place to live.

A Decade Passed!

Someone called up last week and congratulated me. When I asked, he said, "we completed 10 years since we left REC Warangal". A decade passed !!!


It is a decade passed since I completed B Tech and entered into real world. When I look back, there are many events and tons of changes took place. I tried to look for ones that make me stand out of the crowd:

* I have changed job only once and still with the second job for 7+ years.
* Being in IT for about 10 years, I never earned a foreign salary. Though, some allowances at times did come through.
* I jumped into social sector and got associated with the child development workshop, ISP. For last 3 years, I am enjoying explore new possibilities in this field.
* Started with a venture that is totally different from "IT" : A school for children, Ankur Rishikul Vidyalaya.
* I missed to attend marriage functions of all the RECW friends. I feel so bad about it.
* I haven't traveled for a visit to any new place in India (except the metros). I feel pathetic about it.
* I have a flat tummy yet !!!!!

Now, what do I want to achieve in next decade:
* Retire from IT!
* Have a progressing business : Both city and residential schools
* Visit at least 10 new places in India along with my better half.
* Take full family to Vaishnav Devi yatra.
* Ensure that I attend some kind of training every 3-4 months.
* Have couple of other business rolling. Ideas are welcome !
* Have a taste of farming.
* Have an average income of Rs 1 Crore/month. (Corrected after seeing the inflation numbers and some other factors)
* Maintain my flat tummy !!!!!


I will keep adding whenever I get some new idea. If you can throw some more possibilities, please do comment.

Jeet Jayenge Hum...... Meri Jung

I was feeling little down after seeing so many hurdles and downplays.
At the right time... got a message with this song. This kind of pumped in tons of energy and positive thoughts and I am ready to fight again. Thanks for the message, Nitin!

This week, i would sit back and look at all the tools I have available. What I need to do is device a creative solution to the issues one by one. First one is my "vision book". Let me start right away.


I shall post more about my findings. Hope this week puts lot of light on the future weeks. Wish me luck.

Jindagi....Imtehan leti hai !!!

On every road, every turn, every step.. Jindagi Imtehan leti hai !!!

Last couple of months, I have been feeling tested on every skill/strength I have : Patience, listening, creativity, Social skills, organizing.. even cleanliness !!! It seems to be increasing every day, every moment. I wonder, how many other areas will be tested and when will it subside.


Currently, if I count.. there are few projects in my life:
-- Professional work
-- ISP
-- Ankur Rishikul Vidyalaya
-- Family and personal life, of course.

I was feeling so good that professional work is in the right direction and right pace too. Suddenly, a storm of changes came and things are on the ground. I am wondering, how much time it will take again to build the same strength. I just hope that it takes less. But, the bigger question is, "it worth?" Again changes will come and things will be in pieces. I need to think something different here that will enhance resilience and help us be firm even during storms.

ISP is going good. I feel it is picking up the pace now. Limitation is that I have only one head and two hands. I require more heads and hands to increase the speed and widen the coverage.

ARV is our dream with a very strong vision.
"To create scientists with attitude of an artist and Artists with an ability of a scientist".

It started off in Jan-2008 amidst lot of uncertainties. Things progressed good in one month. But, last 4-5 weeks, I am getting a feel that something is wrong. Something is missing in our efforts.
-- Teachers are not staying.
-- We got good parents sending their children to ARV. Slowly, some of them are drifting away. I am happy about one thing that inflow of such good people is higher that outflow. Hopefully, these good people enhance the positive energy around us.
-- Few things working against eg. new unfavorable one-way routes.

Family life.. this one is testing my patience. I hope things settle fast here too.

What is keeping me going ahead is the vision with which I started and missions that I (Along with my wife, Sumita) set for ourselves. Let me see how much strength these "imtehans" have and how long these can sustain testing strength of my vision.

Empty Your Cup

The Learned Professor came to the house
of the Zen Master to ask to learn Zen.

"You are most welcome, " said the Master,
inviting the Learned Professor in for tea.

They sat on cushions facing each other.

Preparing to make tea, the Master set a pot of water
on the charcoal brazier on the floor in front of him,
while the Learned Professor began to tell of
all of the books he had read about Zen.

The water having boiled, the Master made tea
while the Learned Professor told of all the insights about Zen
he had gleaned from talking to other great scholars.

The tea made, the Learned Professor held up
his cup and continued to talk about Zen.

The Master poured tea into the Learned Professor's cup.
And he and poured...and poured...and poured,
until tea was spilling over the top of the cup
and cascading onto the floor.

"What are you doing?" cried the Learned Professor.
"The cup is full. No more will go in!"

"Your mind is like the cup,"said the Master.
"How can you expect to learn unless you first empty your cup?"

Chak-De!

Watched the movie "Chak-de" on Sunday.
I was thinking why didn't I watch it earlier.. such a fool I am.

A very rich movie - full of learnings if you go with an empty cup !


My take back from first viewing;
-- Winning doesn't require strength, instead it requires intent i.e. vision.
-- To win, team must put all efforts towards the intent first, then for the team members and then if chance is there for him/her-self.

And many more.. but I don't want to put it now itself.

My action plan:
1. All the teachers in the school (Ankur Rishikul) watch the movie together, before school re-opens after summer vacation.
2. Set up a Vision for Ankur Rishikul.
3. Have action plan for next 3 months set
4. Get set gooooooooo

Holi - means colors !!!

Holi - The festival of colors.

We celebrated Holi at Ankur Rishikul today with children - children of age group 1.5 to 2.5 years. It was full of fun.

Preparation started few days back only. First, we needed to get the play pool. it got over in one store. Then I had to bug another store to order for me and arrange it fast. Fortunately, he did it and I could get it to Rishikul. Then, we went to get some "Pichkari". We got some, though we didn't like them much. well, not many options. Now the turn comes to colors. We though of making colors with house hold items.
Yellow - Turmeric
Red - turmeric with lemon juice
We also thought of using Beetroot, green leaves etc for other colors.

Yellow : this was fine.
Red: when I added lemon drops, no color change. I was surprised to see that color didn't change even after adding few full lemons juice. These manufacturers really package fake items. Turmeric is definitely not the pure one and it has huge "ghapla". I am going to write to the manufacturer.

I thought, let's use only yellow color and enjoy. We filled water into the play pool. It took a while to fill even half of it. We also put lots of plastic balls into it. Behind the scenes, children were practicing using the "Pichkari". Then, they were allowed to the pool area and to enter into water.
-- Some entered directly and started playing.
-- Some were seeing from a distance.
-- Some were touching the water from outside only.
-- Some took more courage and finally entered into it.
-- Some were crying also.

Water all over, children throwing the balls out and parents running to catch the, and slipping on the wet floor, some throwing water on others using Pichkari.. it went on like this for about 1.5 hrs. Then, finally, two children not wanting to come out of the pool. It took quite an effort to bring them out of the pool.


It was fun, fun and fun. Finally, I used to pool water to wash my car .. ohh my car also played holi !

I am looking forward to have Holi again next year in Ankur Rishikul with more children, a bigger pool and more colors. it would be really great fun.

Wish everyone a very happy and fun-filled Holi. Enjoy with colors - safe colors.

cheers.

Start again !!!

Time is passing by so fast and so many learnings in life.
I gotta to start again to post my learnings everyday now. I am excited and motivated too. I am gonna keep my promise now. Every day, however small, I would post here.

Prabhat
19-Mar-2008

Start...... or wait for green signal ????

It's been quite sometime since I posted something here. Though I had many things to post, I thought let me clear all other problems first and then I will start posting them one by one. And, you know the results.... such a big gap !!!

But, the question is - what made me come back? It is one of the best things in life that I realized yesterday and that brought be here back.

I went for the movie "Life in a .. Metro". For quite some time, I haven't taken Sumita (my wife) to any movie. I was in dilemma whether to go for this movie or some other one. One of my good friends suggested me that this is a good movie and I should go for it. Well, Then I booked my tickets in Prasads, 4:15PM show on Thu. I checked there is no meeting until 8:30PM in the evening. I left office at 2PM and went home to pick up Sumita. We started at 2:45pm from home and reached local train station, parked the car there and took the train to city. Took ticket of Lakdi-ka-pul (one of the local train stations in Hyderabad). Later, we realized we can get down at Necklace road itself as it would be more convenient. Got down at Necklace road and started walking for sometime. It was a nice evening and walking beside Hussain Sagar, holding hands was very romantic. For a moment, I thought forget about the movie. Let's spend time there itself. But, I didn't tell Sumita.. I was afraid that she will say, yes ;-) We took a rickshaw and reached Prasads. First time I was not worried about getting any parking place. We collected our tickets, picked up some pop-corn and went in to take our seats. So far so good.

We were watching other people also. Some occupying other seats and later moving. Some were not able to get in as their size was not allowing. some "nice" girls were sitting next to us and they were chatting a lot. We got a thought, perhaps they have come to chat only. Anyway, movie started. It was going ok. Nothing much different. Just like another movie, though at a pace closer to real life.

Now the turning point. In one of the scenes, one person tells a story. He has a friend who has a very beautiful car. But, he kept it in the garage only for 5 year. Why...? good question. he always thought that he will take it out the day when all the traffic signals will be green so that he doesn't face any difficulty in driving any time. After hearing this, I felt like .. wow, thank God that I came for this movie. I got to learn such a beautiful thing about life.

Let's think.. how many times we feel like this? How many times we just avoid doing something just because we feel like first clearing every hurdle? How many times we keep waiting for the perfect moment in life to live the life. I realized, there is no perfect moment in life than this moment. Life live fully.. now itself. Do things the moment you want to do. Who knows, the moment might not come again.

I came back and thought, I will start posting again and I did. Now on, I will post regularly.

We are going for movie today evening again. Hope I get something new today also.

Till then.. cheers and enjoy your life.

Saying Yes to life

I have been associated with LIYA - Life Yessense Academy for about 2 years and have met many people with extreme positivity towards life. Two days back I came across a friend, Tanweer Alam, from my college REC Warangal and everything else seemed so small. This friend of mine is suffering from cancer and is being treated in CMC Vellore.

Last time I met him in Lifestyle, Begumpet, Hyd when he got admission in IIMB. Though we were not very close friends, we interacted casually while having coffee. I had a pony tail at that time, so he did make some funny comments :-) He mentioned his mail-id and it was very funny. I don't remember exactly, but it had some words like pagla.. baawra etc. Two days back I was just going through blog pages of my friends in orkut friend list and something caught my eye. it was the word "chemo". I had never though I will find reference to this word in relation with any of my acquaintances. I started reading further. Though it was clear, I was not able to accept the fact and kept on reading further just to make sure that my understanding is not incorrect. Yes, he is suffering from cancer. He has been putting every details on blog pages, every day. How it was caught.. how it was ignored initially.. how the treatment started.. what all happened in each stage of treatment... the caustic nature of medicines... side effects of treatment.... effect of the ailment itself... etc etc. And he is accepting everything with so much of positivity, God is bound to bless him and he would walk out of his hospital.

If people start taking life with so much of positivity, life will become a bliss. If you get a chance, do read at http://baawara.blogspot.com and pray God for his fast recovery.

His story reminds me of another person Morris Goodman. If you can manage some more time, please read at http://www.themiracleman.org/index2.htm and watch the movie sometime.

May God bless Tanweer.

I am selfish !!!

Yesterday I was little upset as my last two classes didn't go very well. I was upset by seeing attendance of participants. I started feeling, why the hell I am doing all these things for people who are least bothered about it. In the start of the class itself, I got disturbed and couldn't carry it forward very well.

I went back to Raviji and shared my feelings with him. He thought for a while. Then he asked me why is it disturbing me; Why am I doing these programs; for whom I am doing this etc etc. My first answer was "I want people to know about the great knowledge about child development". Then, Raviji asked me to think again and answer. I thought for a while. My mission for this program was I will make everyone around me know about this knowledge before my child comes in this world. Ravij said, "yes, you are doing it for yourself, and for no one else. You want to improve yourself and that's why you are taking these classes regularly. So, how does it matter as how many people are coming to your classes? Even if one person comes, it is nice to see that at least this person has come to learn. If you can help him and he in turn helps you to learn further, isn't that wonderful?" After haring to all these things, I was quiet. I was thinking. Yes, this is very true. I am very selfish and I see my benefit even in helping others. and, I am proud of it.

Later in the night, I was thinking why people get married. Normal thinking is, they will make each other's life better. But, I think it is little different. people get married to make their life better with the help of other person. And this is true for both the partners. If people get married with this thought, I am sure rest of the life will be a true joyride. This is my thought and it doesn't mean I have followed this all through my life. No, I was fool earlier and spoilt lot of time in discussing with my wife about expectations etc etc. But, now I am awake and see this relationship in new light. I married her just make my life better. And the sooner she realizes this, the earlier we will feel blessed. Well, I will take care of my part that I am not intending to help or change her. Let her find the help for her from my life. Nevertheless, humans are social animals and social life does require helping, encouraging etc each other time to time. This makes life easier and enjoyable.

All said and done, I am selfish and I am proud of it.

Lobster

Date: 27-Oct-2006 (posting it late)

Place: CA

Well I had reduced eating non-veg food on Apr-20, 2006. But, after coming to US, first I had Sushi. It was kind of repeat, but I liked it this time too. We went to Tokie's kitchen in Foster City with the whole team and it was fun. I had Sushi with chopsticks. It was thrilling and quite an interesting one too ! This all happened on Oct-26, lunch time.

Then today, Oct-27, we went to Lobster Shack to have lobster. While going, I had this strange kind of feeling.. “Wack... I am going to eat lobster?!? It looks so dirty! How would I eat that !?! ” With lots of courage, or say hiding the fear of eating that when Sherry asked which one you want to order, I guess I didn’t have an answer and I said that I don't know anything. So, anything would be fine. Then she explained me few things in the menu and then I ordered some roll. That's essentially a sandwich. Lobster pieces are sandwiched between the buttered bread and then that's it. After the order, I went over to the aquarium and took some pics of live lobsters. It was fun. (Pic 1,2,3)

By the time I am back to the table, food is served. And, it doesn't look as dirty as I had imagined. (Pic 4)

I again took some pics of the food and tasted it. It was good. Specially, meat after 6 months was interesting. I don't know what my wife will say when she comes to know that I had meat. Actually, in past I had declined numerous times that I am not gonna eat meat and that's why she used to be mad at me. I don't know what will I say when I am back.

While eating, Allen asked me to taste the extra hot sauce. It's been quite some time since I have stopped eating hot stuff, especially chilies. I was scared, but tasted it. I didn’t feel the pinch. Then I took more this time and thought at least now it will hit me. But, I was disappointed. It was not as hot as I expected it to be.

Later, and idea was floated that we should have a full lobster also. Finally, Sid went and ordered a full lobster, steamed one. We were all waiting for it to come. It took sometime and we were all eagerly waiting. Now it comes. Now it comes... but it doesn't. Then, suddenly we see someone serving a full lobster on another table and Sid remembers that he ordered right after them. Hummmm…... so, next is our order and it will come anytime. Hold your breath and here comes the full lobster. Wow…. it was red and pretty big. I was so excited that I started taking pics. We took pics with the steamed lobster.

Pic 5,6,7,8

Meanwhile, we were served aprons that we needed to tie. I didn’t understand why that was needed. Then, a paper chart showed how to eat lobster. It had all the steps , such as.. how to cut, where to snap first, which tool to use etc etc. A real helpful one. You can see that in the picture. We first took out the claws. One myself and one Sid. Then we took the tool and crushed the shell. It spilled juices all around. Now I understood why the aprons! Then we took out the meat and had it. Next is the turn of tail. When Sid was breaking the tail portion we took the video and it was a great experience. Lobster juice was all around the table. But, it didn't stop. We continued the operation and then Sid was pushing out the meat from lobster tail with the help of a fork like tool. It didn't help much. What the hellll... Le me take the fork and then..... here it comes. Whole meat came out. We put that on the plate and Allen cut that in pieces. We took the pieces, dipped in melted butter and had it. It was tasty ! Now only two things are left - Eight legs and the body. Allen, snapped the legs and we had to suck the juice and meat out of it. It was fun. Then, Body shell was ripped apart and meat was taken out. The look was…….. yuck. I would never eat that ! It was awful. Allen said, " it is very tasty." I gathered some courage and tasted it. Yummy, it was tasty ! Then, we finished the meat of part of it. I was completely thrilled !

Someone said, "let's take this for Sunil". Wow.. that's an awesome idea ! Allen took the corn piece and tried to stuff inside the body shell.

O..Oooo.. it doesn't go.

Let me rip it apart and then push the corn in. Finally, corn inside a lobster shell. Sounds like an interestingly wicked idea ! We wrapped this with the apron and made a nice parcel.

We drove back to office and came back to Sunil's place. We handed over the parcel to Sunil and by that time I was already taking the video. Sunil took it as opened it. We had so much of fun there. We took pictures with the lobster shell. And... and then lunch time is over. We got back to work.

I was so thrilled that I decided to pen it down. And that's how this blog came out.

Ciao until I experience something new again.

Cheers



Here are the pictures.

Pic 1,2: Lobster in the aquarium

Pic 3: Sid with Lobsters Pic 4: Lobster sandwich served

Pic 5: Whole Lobster served Pic 6: Sherry and Sid

Pic 7: Allen and Myself Pic 8: All four

Motivation

Date: 10-Feb-2007
Time: 10:00PM

As usual, I had ISP class from 5:00PM to 8:30PM. I finished the class and was coming back with Vaibhav Mathur (one of my friends and an ISP participant too) and his wife, Pooja. Pooja was asking me about how to keep the motivation up to practice whatever parents learn in ISP. My answer was, one can observe small small changes in life, especially with their children. These changes will keep their life alive! Then she shared one experience of hers. It happened today only. Her son (little more than one year) got up in the morning started talking something. Then they took him to bathroom for su-su. After that, the child said," papa... potty.. bathroom". They got worried that this guy has already done potty as was his habit earlier. They checked and found it otherwise. Then, they took him to bathroom and made him sit there and the child did potty. Both Vaibhav and Pooja were so happy that they could change this habit to a good one using techniques they learned in ISP.

They had earlier shared with me that there son use to cry when they used to go to office. Now, after practicing for just one week, when they say that they are going to office, he says bye and closes the door behind. Not only that, he doesn't cry after that as he used to do earlier.

I was sharing with them what keeps me motivated. Parents like Vaibhav and Pooja call me and share their experiences and joy with me. After listening to such experiences, I feel I am really doing a good job, and not wasting my and others time, in the society by spending time and spreading the knowledge that I got from Raviji and Gayathri Ma. Many parents attend the program and go back and forget everything. I feel, even if they get just 1% also and do something good for their child, I have done a good job. This motivates me to go further and call them and motivate them further by reminding them about higher possibilities.

I know, I haven't been able to spread the knowledge to the extent I had thought of. But, this is not the end of it. I take it as just started. I am sure, I will be able to reach to bigger group of parents and share this knowledge with them and motivate them to develop the future generation in better and better ways possible.

cheers

Reference:
1. More details about ISP can be found at http://infant-ssy-program.blogspot.com
2. Next batch of ISP is starting in Hyderabad on Mar-4-2007. Interested parents can get in touch with me at 98490 76190.