Spouse and politicians...
In Oriya we have a saying.
Puri bol, Khiri bol, Bhata tale sabu
Bapa bol, Bhai bol, Kacha tale sabu
This translates to…
Be it Puri (fried puffed whole wheat flat bread ) or Khiri (porridge , called Payaysam in Sanskrit), everything is secondary to rice. Be it father or brother, everybody is after husband (in fact kacha means bangle which girls wear after marriage - as a symbolic depiction of marital life).
The above quotation is highly relevant in our day to day life. Being the staple diet, Rice or roti (Indian bread which is a staple diet, particularly in North India), can never be replaced by more sophisticated food. Food items like puri, payasam can be taken once in a while, but these can never be eaten on daily basis. Also, sophisticated food items, taken in excess are detrimental to health. Similar to rice and roti, the importance of spouse can eclipse other relationships. I have an example in this regard.
That was one of the most dreadful days in my life. I and my mother were taking my father to CMC hospital, Vellore. My father was having continuous vomiting and headache for several days or months, the exact cause of which could not be traced by the doctors who were treating him in Orissa. So, my brother, who was working as a psychiatrist at Vellore, asked us to bring him there for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
At the airport waiting hall, I saw my father feeling severely uneasy, when I asked whether he is feeling any pain, he swings his head in negation. At the very next moment, when I was not looking, my mother asked him the same question, he nods his head in affirmation. That is the difference – that is the love, the intimacy and the oneness.
So, in marital life (both true for husband and wife), the relationship with spouse is the thing which one can not do without for long, like one can not do without rice or roti as a food item.
In similar lines can we write on professions, about professionals?
A politician does not design a moon-trip per se, but s/he envisions the same, takes the decision when to plan it, and facilitates the entire process. On most occasions, scientists, engineers, technicians just act as instruments in the fulfillment of politician's aspiration.
I faintly remember a chapter on C V Raman, in our school days. During his old age he admitted that he could not succeed in developing fundamental science research in India. He, as a Nobel laureate Scientist for four decades (C V Raman got Nobel in 1930 and lived up to 1970) tried his level best, but he failed as he realized (off late though) that the real authority to develop science in India lies solely with the people wearing Gandhi caps (he was referring to the politicians).
What is true for scientific research is true for any other field. I don’t think an educationist can do a better job in shaping our education system than a politician; an engineer can better our infrastructure than a politician, an army-man can provide better security than a politician. So, be it education, be it health, be it infrastructure; a politician comes before everybody, politics comes before everything.
So, can we say the following…
Pulish bol, wokil bol, bol engineer babu;
doctor bol, collector bol, neta tale sabu.
(Be a police or a lawyer or an engineer, be a doctor or a collector, everybody comes after a politician)
Puri bol, Khiri bol, Bhata tale sabu
Bapa bol, Bhai bol, Kacha tale sabu
This translates to…
Be it Puri (fried puffed whole wheat flat bread ) or Khiri (porridge , called Payaysam in Sanskrit), everything is secondary to rice. Be it father or brother, everybody is after husband (in fact kacha means bangle which girls wear after marriage - as a symbolic depiction of marital life).
The above quotation is highly relevant in our day to day life. Being the staple diet, Rice or roti (Indian bread which is a staple diet, particularly in North India), can never be replaced by more sophisticated food. Food items like puri, payasam can be taken once in a while, but these can never be eaten on daily basis. Also, sophisticated food items, taken in excess are detrimental to health. Similar to rice and roti, the importance of spouse can eclipse other relationships. I have an example in this regard.
That was one of the most dreadful days in my life. I and my mother were taking my father to CMC hospital, Vellore. My father was having continuous vomiting and headache for several days or months, the exact cause of which could not be traced by the doctors who were treating him in Orissa. So, my brother, who was working as a psychiatrist at Vellore, asked us to bring him there for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
At the airport waiting hall, I saw my father feeling severely uneasy, when I asked whether he is feeling any pain, he swings his head in negation. At the very next moment, when I was not looking, my mother asked him the same question, he nods his head in affirmation. That is the difference – that is the love, the intimacy and the oneness.
So, in marital life (both true for husband and wife), the relationship with spouse is the thing which one can not do without for long, like one can not do without rice or roti as a food item.
In similar lines can we write on professions, about professionals?
A politician does not design a moon-trip per se, but s/he envisions the same, takes the decision when to plan it, and facilitates the entire process. On most occasions, scientists, engineers, technicians just act as instruments in the fulfillment of politician's aspiration.
I faintly remember a chapter on C V Raman, in our school days. During his old age he admitted that he could not succeed in developing fundamental science research in India. He, as a Nobel laureate Scientist for four decades (C V Raman got Nobel in 1930 and lived up to 1970) tried his level best, but he failed as he realized (off late though) that the real authority to develop science in India lies solely with the people wearing Gandhi caps (he was referring to the politicians).
What is true for scientific research is true for any other field. I don’t think an educationist can do a better job in shaping our education system than a politician; an engineer can better our infrastructure than a politician, an army-man can provide better security than a politician. So, be it education, be it health, be it infrastructure; a politician comes before everybody, politics comes before everything.
So, can we say the following…
Pulish bol, wokil bol, bol engineer babu;
doctor bol, collector bol, neta tale sabu.
(Be a police or a lawyer or an engineer, be a doctor or a collector, everybody comes after a politician)
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