Am a peasant (Farmer)

Farmer Rajpal strives in his farm to make his livings.. He has 2 sons ‘Rakesh’ and ‘Dharmesh’ and his wife ‘Diljit’… His problems are not the farm produces, but how he can manage the working capital for his produce every year. He wants Rakesh to be Engineer and Dharmesh to be Doctor..

20 years later

Rajpal ‘Diljit… am very happy we pushed Rakesh to USA’

Diljit ‘ and Dharmesh is also in his final years of MBBS in London’

Rajpal ‘but am worried with this unrest’

Diljit ‘why?’

Rajpal ‘do you know how we would toil every day in field’

Diljit ‘I still remember the lenders would just sign of those documents to give us the money’

Rajpal ‘yes.. but after every sales.. when we returned back money.. they would shred that agreement’

Diljit ‘very dangerous game played every day’

Rajpal ‘do you remember when Rakesh had fallen fully sick’

Diljit ‘yes… and then you decided to mortgage house and …’

Diljit has tears

Rajpal ‘Diljit..I know I had actually fought with your parents to get some dowry to repay back that’

Diljit ‘seriously.. I thought we would break up then’

Rajpal gets a call..

Rajpal ‘Yes Rakesh tell me?’

Rakesh ‘do not get involved in that protest’

Rajpal ‘has the news reached there’

Rakesh ‘yes’

Rakesh ‘Dharmesh also feels we should be away of this’

Rajpal ‘thanks… understood’

Rajpal ‘not sure what our kids think of us… why they so scared… we have been peasents for life’

Diljit ‘and then one day you decided to become extra smart and wished to begin sponsoring those more poor peasent’s wives to set small vegetable shops’

Rajpal ‘yes would pay them 500 for them to purchase vegetables.. and they would earn 800 and return back 100 to me next day as interest’

Diljit ‘so many ladies were annoyed.. high interests etc… ‘

Rajpal ‘but do you agree.. it protected them and supported them for decades’

Diljit ‘still remember the brawl you had with the local Mandi goon’

Rajpal ‘and.. then… one fine day.. I got surprised.. that same goon was willing to give produces at low rate’

Diljit ‘this demand / supply gap management.. only one’s who at Mandi’s know the issue’

Rajpal ‘farmers will get direct benefit it seems from corporates with this’

Diljit ‘how?’

Rajpal ‘I sell at 5 rupee, someone sells at 7, someone at 20.. and corporate get more better deals.. more discounts .. imagine the big business in retail malls etc’

Diljit ‘but then what happens to our business of lending?’

Rajpal ‘some basic pricing decision needed.. am fine if they decide a common selling price’

Diljit ‘so what you decide?’

Rajpal ‘am confused’

Rakesh again calls up

Rakesh ‘Dad… do not protest’

Rajpal ‘why?’

Rakesh ‘let good policies come up in the country’

Rajpal ‘how you know they are good?’

Rakesh ‘everything is explained well… trust them’

Rajpal says ‘yes’

After phone cut….

Dharmesh calls..

Dharmesh ‘dad.. need UK Pounds 250000’

Rajpal ‘why?’

Dharmesh ‘Dad.. plan to do MD and… a good news’

Rajpal ‘what?’

Dharmesh ‘found a girl friend .. here… we are living together’

Rajpal ‘you didn’t inform us.. not also your mom’

Dharmesh ‘Dad… just wished to share good news with you first’

He keeps the phone down..

A number of farmers come to Rajpal

Rajpal ‘what you wish?’

Farmers echo ‘will you be lending us or not?’

Rajpal ‘actually am not sure…’

Farmers ‘government not promising anything’

Rajpal ‘what you wish?’

Farmers ‘please support us on our protests’

Rajpal ‘why but?’

Farmers ‘we are confused… will they purchase at a decent price’

Rajpal ‘they will…’

Farmers ‘what happens when rains spoil the crop’

Rajpal ‘then?’

Farmers ‘do you know we had these agreements shared with you on blind trust’

Rajpal ‘why you don’t trust the government’

One farmer echoes ‘Rajpalji… you are like our brother / fatherly figure… we know you will not let us go hungry..’

Rajpal ‘so..’

Farmer ‘they may end up grabbing land… as we know the night mares when we mortgage lands in banks.. so cannot imagine what happens with corporate… this contract farming as it is never pays us’

Rajpal ‘what you wish?’

Farmers ‘tomorrow Delhi… do join us’

Next day morning

Rakesh ‘ Dad not expected from you… found you in TV.. you are shouting and protesting.. imagine the embarasment I have with my friends’

Dharmesh ‘hope you are giving me that money for higher studies.. will be really greatful’

Rajpal sighs..

Rajpal ‘we struggle day in and day out for our kids.. but this problem seems above anyone’s head… however I am only a farmer.. . need to support my brothers’

Startups Uncovered – 3

Raj ‘Do you feel this company can be taken over’

His wife ‘Sarah  ‘Dear.. not at home please’

Raj ‘Sarah.. your child hood friend Deep is a key resource in that company.. can you invite him for a party’

Sarah ‘let me check’

a day latter

Sarah ‘Deep.. great to see you hear’

Raj ‘can you join us..?  we are trying to acquire your company.. and you know once it’s acquisition process begins.. we will lay off folks.. and change management and so on’

Deep looks a bit surprised

Raj ‘this is insider news’

Sarah ‘Deep.. this helps us unite again…’

Raj ‘means?’

Sarah ‘Deep has been a close friend of mine earlier’

Deep has pains in his eyes..

Sarah ‘Raj…  we need to give him a crucial role’

Raj ‘of course.. the deal is complete’

Deep is silent and walks off

At home Deep see’s a whatsapp message

‘dear.. for my sake accept this offer. Am sorry, I left you in between.. let us rebuild.. Sarah’

A week later

Raj ‘cool.. we are almost successful in acquiring the company..  we will have Deep as center point of contact from the acquirer team for smooth transition..  He will be our new verticial CEO’

Jack ‘Raj.. congrats.. but what about our management team?’

Raj ‘Jack.. we will handle that.. can we have list of all seniors above 150000 $..  We need to let go a few’

Jack ‘they slogged for last 3 years’

Raj ‘investors dear.. nothing in my hand’

 

Stop it dear

Louisa ‘every day I need to take your nasty feedback, just because I am your wife’

Goldy ‘Louisa.. is it my fault.. I invested in your venture and tried to make you push ahead in life’

Louisa ‘I regret.. the day we took this decision, and it went through official angel network.. it looks like am in mercy of you’

Goldy ‘pressures from other investors to move ahead’

Louisa ‘entire charm of marriage lost.. nothing left.. when did you last hug me?’

Goldy remembers the college days

Goldy ‘you are so beautiful.. I will always be in love with you’

Louisa ‘Goldy.. it is not enough to just be romantic.. we need money for everything’

Goldy ‘love will make everthing a great success’

Louisa ‘dear start something soon’

Goldy ‘this app to make individuals unite for a cause will work well’

Louisa ‘why will anyone wish to unite for some causes.. that too free.. I really dont’ think it will do well

2 years later

Goldy ‘Louisa.. see the app exit fetched me 10M$.. let us marry’

Louisa hugs Goldy ‘Am proud of you’

Goldy ‘am investing 1M$ in an angel fund’

Louisa ‘do you feel I should leave my cushy job and experiment entrepreneurship’

Goldy ‘why not.. will talk with other investors..’

3 months later

Goldy ‘congrats.. you are now an entrepreneur’

Louisa ‘Can I take a pay from my venture’

Goldy ‘not right model.. you still think like an employee’

Lousia bursts ‘Goldy.. just because you became successful.. do not teach me’

Slowly the amount is spend excessively with no result.

Present
Goldy ‘Louisa am fedup of you’

Louisa ‘exactly.. since past 2 years.. this same nonsense pressure’

Goldy ‘can I suggest?’

Louisa ‘you feel am not an entrepreneur and should exit’

Goldy ‘let us focus on our relation.. do exit’

Louisa bursts crying

Goldy hugs Louisa

Goldy ‘you were the one motivating me to do something.. but you have an employee mindset and you cannot withstand pressures.. hence I request you to agree to me.. if you still love me’

6 months later

Louisa ‘stop it dear.. you are continuously pampering me with so many icecream, chocolates.. please’

Goldy ‘my sweet wife..entrepreneurship is not everyone’s cup of tea’

Louisa ‘I really can understand that… am happy of being your wife’

Did I smell anything?

Frank is a bootlegger who always feels that is the best business in world. His 10 year kid Dow is not happy with the environment

At school, Dow makes an experiment with chemicals
Dow ‘so this is how it smells’

All burst out laughing. His Chemistry teacher Phil is annoyed and sad.

Phil ‘Dow.. what are you trying to do’

Dow ‘an alcoholic smell potent.. which will be put in small perfume pouches’

Phil ‘are you mad?’

Dow ‘I think so’

At home
Frank is hitting his mom.. and taking the last dollar for a bootlegging business

Dow ‘Mom.. look what I did’

Mother Jane slaps Dow

Jane ‘Dow.. so you are following your father’s footsteps’

Dow ‘Mom.. I want to check if we can replicate this using natural juices’

Jane ‘are you mad.. you are asking me to get into liquor business’

Dow ‘no.. the art is to have a potent mix which is never intoxicating and absolute safe.. just an aura of liquor’

Jane thinks over it..

Next day.. Jane and Dow go to a flower and fruit garden and begin experiments.

After almost a year

Frank ‘wow.. what an aura.. where is the liquor?’

Jane ‘see this is liquorless liquor.. you know what I mean’

Frank ‘common.. don’t act smart’

Dow ‘Dad.. tell me honestly.. let us wait for few hours.. and see if you can control yourself from taking liquor’

Dow, Dad and Jane are watching a popular tv serial..

Dow ‘Mom.. Serve Dad with some warm potato fry and also bring a glass for his liquor’

Dad ‘hey..i almost forgot it.. what you guys have made?’

Dow ‘nothing much.. am launching a startup.. liquorless liquor’

Dad ‘means.. is it drug? you will be punished’

Dow ‘100% safe.. am experimenting whether boozards love liquor or love the smell’

Frank ponders..

Frank ‘you have confused me.. and all who drink’

Dow ‘PASSION ignites thinking.. am learning there.. things which no one thought / dared.. the only true entertaining story telling for you’

Frank ‘who is it dear?’

Dow ‘uniting disoriented family is one of his goal’

Ethical Home Management

Ethical Home Management
Bringing in transperancy plays a key role for any successful home management.
Bad mouthing our own family members also can create an issue. In global era, our family members could be of different caste, religion, color, creed. So this may lead to rifts, hate waves and sooner before we realize, it leads to managing pockets of hatred, rather then managing the home.
Budgets need to be reviewed. In Joint Family at times many earning members may feel the non earning member should not be given same privilege. How to bring in social empathy within family will play a key role.
There are many a time, culture and traditions which play an influencer role and at times a few of our family members may not believe in same or may wish to follow all together a different culture. How to accept them and successfully gel with them without compromizing on your own principles need loads of tolerance, patience. Any subtle dominance may lead to real rift.
Finally either a husband, wife, father, mother, grandfather or grandmother or son or daughter or maybe even a well wisher may be the home manager for you, however at times 2nd lead creation gets missed out. This leads to the home cracking once the home manager moves to different responsibilities or maybe even expires.

Winning Edge

Maria ‘I am just fedup of this whole rigomore of politics. Just want to exit party as I feel am not capable of handling it more.. The recent defeat’

Nancy.. an ace political advisor ‘dear.. the opposition focused on nationalism and won’

Maria ‘is caste, color, creed, religion still playing role for votes’

Nancy ‘unfortunately it does.. and then the employment of our own citizens’

Bob the opposition party lead calls up Maria

Bob ‘Maria.. agreed we both have different political view.. but please come for celebrating my victory’

Maria puts the phone down.. as she remembers her past

Maria was a good writer, a blogger, a journalist deeply in love with Bob till one day Bob decides to be spokesman of an upcoming political party. Maria feels this is not right for him.. Both have difference of opinion and she seperates from him only to find herself getting an offer from a major party to be their PR. Soon because of her strong writing, content.. she becomes party leader and though Bob keeps loving her till date, still because of ideology difference..

Maria wipes her tears and attends Bob’s winning party

Bob ‘Maria.. how much I knew you would come’

Maria ‘have put up my papers’

Bob ‘what.. just a mere defeat and you moved away’

Maria ‘I am still trying to figure out.. what I wish to do in life. ‘

Bob ‘why don’t we unite’

Maria ‘our ideologies differ’

Bob ‘winning edge dear.. may be internally we both may be having same views’

Maria ‘seriously.. why all this’

Bob ‘look at the perks available to be a politician… never we can get as common citizen’

Maria ‘Bob… is it the only reason you have become a Minister’

Bob ‘Maria… am always there for you… enjoy the party’

3 months later

Bob ‘Maria.. you never told me .. you made an app to resolve issues of people’

Maria ‘it is funded venture..’

Bob ‘I can easily acquire your venture’

Maria ‘not possible.. it is funded by the major party

Bob ‘common.. 1 million downloads and 50000 problems solved..’

Maria ‘you too solve problems’

Bob ‘you know it is so busy.. have to keep traveling overseas’

Maria ‘political intention towards people most import.. good bye’

IQ vs EQ

Mind says ‘never fall in love at all’

Heart says ‘fall in love always’

Mind says ‘stay grounded’

Heart says ‘fly till sky reaches limit’

Mind says ‘money is so important to get everything’

Heart says ‘love can bring in money too’

Mind says ‘do not loose your peace for something you are not getting too soon’

Heart says ‘never loose your hope for something, you feel, you will get some day or other’

Julie says ‘dear all..   I am at lost.. should I love him or not?..  he has IQ and EQ both but never can understand when he uses what’

Nick ‘think he has EQ when you feel for his feelings and think of IQ when you feel, he is taking care of your family responsibilities too’

 

Startup Struggle

Startup Struggle is a journey which begins from an idea and then to product and during this phase the struggle is more towards completing minimum viable product and experiment in market..

What is the story around the struggle?

The story is that everything looks realistic as long as cash exists.. the moment cash is burnt, everything looks unrealistic. Why does money make same object look different is not known to many till date…

Startup struggle is to understand the perception theory of investors, stakeholders, self and family members…

Is this a story in first place?

It is not.. why will anyone bother for a jobless entrepreneur who never got into job in first place…  however the same entrepreneur now gets hold of another jobless entrepreneur from a large company with huge connects…  two negatives become positive..

life is such ..that if two depressed people meet each other, there are chances they will fall in love with each other if left alone.. or even if two happy individuals.. but what if a happy and depressed person gets together…  here dear + x – = – never works.. rather the happy person may make the other person happier… or depressed person will make other person depressed…    it means + x –  can be + too..  everything is perceptive

Story is –  perceive things for what you see and feel and not for what your hear.. as heard story can be false too

 

stop crying

Farida ”do not worry.. every thing will be postponed”

Saira crying still..

Farida ”why?’

Saira ”exams are meant to end early… so again keeping tension for next 20days nightmare”

Farida ”I can understand… I too am waiting for court verdict on our little shop which was gutted and court yet to hear out… and give us the insurance amount so that we can build some small shop again”

Saira ”how is it linked to exams?”

Farida ”god gives us endurance test..  all need to go through it.. patiently”

Saira ”outcome?”

Farida ”all positive if remain focused on the test… else gone”

 

 

Dark Stories

a boy and girl were happily in love till one day, the boy suspected girl for causing him trouble at work and left her. 2 years latter, he realized that it was the jealous friend of him, who caused this misunderstanding so as to get closer to girl but.. what happened next…  She had hung herself ..

a startup went bust and the CEO just ran off to UK.. However his family members back in India.. bore the brunt.. till one day.. he realized that his only daughter had now taken to drugs and his son was found guilty of cheating a company of Rs1 crore..  He could have chosen to return back.. but then he felt, there is something beyond his control.. He sent some sorry emails and letters to his family..

Life can take a U turn anytime..

Suspicion, running away from situation can anytime lead us to problems .. sooner or later.. Better to understand the issue and sort it out, rather then bottling emotions and leaving space for more dark stories.