Sip Sap Sing,
Sankaran on
the coconut tree !
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Don’t ask who
put him there.
He climbed
all the way to that high post.
Endurance
pays !
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The Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) is sliding down
digging for gold at Unnao, UP, just on the strength of a dream by a
seer. The seer says that Raja Ram Baksh singh appeared in his dream and told
him that there is 1000 tons of gold buried under the ruins of the fort at
Unnao.. I still have not joined the brigade of skeptics of ASI because, in case
they find some gold there….. ? I wish they found it. The priest has predicted
another 2500 tons of the yellow metal in Adampur village in Fatehpur district,
UP.
Now what is
wrong in dreaming? Just think of the situation where there are at least 1000
spots in India where each spot has at least 1000 tons of gold underneath.
(People above 80, heart patients and pregnant women should avoid such
dreams). If these dreams come true, in
all probability they will, Raghuram Rajan will be the most happy man. The poor
man is playing all the cards up his sleeves to stabilize the sliding Indian
Rupee.
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If the ASI is
sliding down to dig Gold, the government of Kerala in association with the never say die farmers
and research institutions like the CPCRI is climbing up to tap Gold. A
wonderful dream, a wonderful project , which anywhere else in the world would
have materialized at least a quarter of a century ago.
The farmers
of Kerala had almost abandoned coconut farming with problems like “Mandari” and
the like. With falling prices and a huge dearth for skilled tree climbers, it
was swan song for this wonderful tree which we have learnt as the
KALPAKAVRIKSHAM in our schools.
Now, this
must be not just a ‘sapamoksham’ but an opening up of an era of prosperity for
the coconut farmers of Kerala.
The government has decided to tap the sap from the coconut
tree and convert it into a soft drink without allowing it to ferment. Sugar and
jaggery also will be extracted from this sap. The required technology has
been developed by the Central Plantation
Corps Research Institute, Kasargode. The government plans to sell the soft
drink under the brand name NEERA. A recent article in ‘The Hindu’ (21st
Oct ’13) gives the following numbers. A farmer with 100 trees can earn Rs 3,37,500
a month !!!
Now dream. Let there be one lakh farmers with 100 trees. The
cumulative income would be a staggering, mind boggling 3,37,500, 00000. Now
comes the real problem. How can you read this number. If you can, please tell me too.
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Now a dream ‘For The
Road”
Dream of the Mallu bibbers withering away from the serpentine
queues before the civil supplies corporation outlets and running for NEERA, singing SIP-A-SAP !!!
Well, this is the convenience with dreams.
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