{"id":81,"date":"2013-10-23T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sibha.online\/wprandom\/2013\/10\/23\/sarvam-annamayam-food-for-thought\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T08:22:57","slug":"sarvam-annamayam-food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2013\/10\/23\/sarvam-annamayam-food-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarvam annamayam : Food for Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was casually asking a JCO from my regiment about his post retirement plans (for non-army types, a Junior Commisioned Officer is only junior in rank but very senior in age and service.)  His answer was simple, ‘ kya karna hai saab, kaafi naukri kar lia, abhi ghar rahenge, makaan hai, khet hai.’ I knew he had no huge land holdings and that he had three young children to bring up. I liked his optimism, considering the professional advice one gets these days on finances; something like 60 lakhs for children’s education in 2020, 80 lakhs for children’s marriage in 2025 and  a pension corpus of 2.5 crores in 2028 and so on.<\/span><\/div>\n
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What about health insurance,  I asked. ‘Hamen bazaar men thodi rahna hai saab, gaon men rahenge.’ I was still trying to make a connection, when he elaborated ,’saab, bimaari to bread khaane wale, shahar men rahne walon ko hoti hai. Hum to gaon men rahnewale, aur roti khane wale hain’ . Seeing me not very convinced, he went on ” Saab petrol gaadi men deezal dalega , tabi to bimaari hoga n<\/b>a ? Socho<\/b> ” <\/div>\n
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That “socho<\/b>” set me thinking; may be he has a point there.<\/div>\n
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But people today can’t imagine having daal roti or daal chawal day after day, even if topped up with dollups of ghee or spices. One has to have Continental, pizza, burger, Chinese,  Thai  not to mention South Indian  (I have stopped counting the sign boards , on the wrong side of Vindhyas, announcing \u201cIndian, Chinese and South Indian\u201d cuisine)<\/div>\n
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What if automobiles start demanding variety fuel not based on some design but prompted by a    connoisseur’s tongue and an elastic fuel tank.<\/div>\n
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