It is not very difficult to fall victim to a natural disaster, recover from it and stand up, but standing up after a man-made disaster is very difficult. Natural disaster is unenviable while man-made is enviable. Every creation of nature has its own uniqueness. That creation is his own. If anyone raises a finger against him, he cannot afford it. When that time comes, the one who raised the finger must be answered. It has to wait. He who cherishes his creation will never suffer. If man always plays fire against existence, it is only man who will lose. Due to incessant and incessant rains in this monsoon, there has been a lot of damage in agriculture, especially in rain-fed agriculture. Sowing had to be done two to three times in many places. Expensive seeds and sowing costs brought farmers to their knees. The sesame crop failed completely, but these are the sons of the earth! He never admits defeat. Mamadbhai of Hothiaya village says that the owner has a baji in his hand. We have to work hard. Even if the fruit that bears is plucked, it should not be mourned. While Abdulbhai Jat of Bigi Ber is a young farmer. They say this monsoon crop has failed but he has given us plenty of water so we will be able to take winter and summer crops as needed. If nature takes with one hand, it gives with a thousand hands. Even so, the slap of nature has to be felt. When Lalubha Jadeja of Big Ber spoke to Khumari that one can snatch from the bhana (plate), one steals from the field, one eats from the pond, but one cannot take from the destiny. When the crop is sown, how much will be got is decided, then take the blame of nature or the market is for consolation! There is nothing left. As a farmer, the blight is really all round. I have heard from many farmers that cattle straying from our fields or fields eat peacocks, eat pigs or wild animals, eat thieves and eat them. Even if the price is beaten, it takes time to get the money for goods, even if all this happens, only the son of the earth can sign that you and my stomach should be connected with agriculture! Even those who are not directly engaged in agriculture eat three full meals a day. Today, I want to say one thing in particular that if the price of the things without which one can live increases, no one's budget is disrupted! But if the price of agricultural produce goes up, the budget gets disrupted. Who is responsible for taking care of me and you while staying in the villages and the discomfort of the farm? A lord of Swaminarayan Sampradaya said nicely that 'All the things to be kept on the body should be branded, expensive, including clothes, boots, socks, spectacles, oil, watch, settee-bed, cupboard-furniture etc… but what is to be put in the stomach. It should be cheap. To avoid tunk, dabeli also works, stale wafers, rotten vegetables etc…' Say, if we live with this mentality, how can the farmer stay connected with agriculture? Don't blame nature for the farmer! Let us also understand our role.
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