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16 May 2024 19:04

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An interaction that made me think

I know Hindi quite well and can manage butler kind of bazaar Hindi. A few phrases help me in conversing with ordinary folks. It helps that most know my language as well.

Recently, one of them, was virtually in tears when he shared with me his horror stories. Really do not know if they are true but should be true to some extent, I guess. His father was a poor farmer in Bihar and had bad debts. He was not able to repay his loans. So, his friend who worked in a construction company in Chennai called him and he landed in Chennai.

He said a group of youngsters have taken to doing small thefts in his village due to unemployment and he wanted to just escape. He went on to say that once they are at least seventeen years old, they will happily come here, as they will have something to save and send home.

The frustration that leads very young people to steal is a very real thing. He kept on saying that when there is some honest way to survive, they would never go astray. His words kept me thinking. I really felt sorry for this young man. How are we going to address the needs of such souls?

{Author to note- Stick to the topic. Avoid irrelevant and unnecessary details.}

#779360

16 May 2024 19:22

Joined:	02/06/2009
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Points:	145594

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Frustration may be one of the reasons to resort to negative activities like stealing etc., but it may not be the only reason for starting such practices.

One of my friends is a rich man. He constructed a servant quarter in his house. One family from his village came and stayed in that quarter. The lady works in the house and the gent works as a part-time driver as and when required. My friend is taking care of them. He is paying a good amount as a salary also. But that person was having the bad habit of drinking and smoking. So whatever money my friend is giving he is spending and still he feels that he wants more. He started stealing some items from the owner's house. After a few days, the owner noticed the same and asked him to leave the house. Here it is not frustration but bad habits that made him go for unwanted activities which made him lose his job also.

drrao
always confident

#779362

16 May 2024 20:24

Joined:	25/11/2014
Level:	Diamond
Points:	43292

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Whatever activities we are doing have effects on our mindset. Fighting the hardship with a cool brain is the only solution. We need to analyze the different options which would suit us to earn a respectful income. For the moderately educated person, earning a good amount by selling cups of tea and snacks in a bussy spot is not a bad idea. Being involved with such activities with full concentration will change your life graph for the better.
However, one must remain in the company of good fellows so as to get inspiration to follow up a path of achieving the goal.
In a nutshell, living in a company of the right people will lead to our success.

#779363

16 May 2024 20:48

Joined:	10/12/2016
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Points:	109183

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India is a big country and we have a huge population. As per estimates 10 to 13% of our population is below poverty level. There are many states where concentration of poor people is more. They do not have any job opportunity. Even the labour work is not available to all of them.
These people go to other states where job availability is relatively better and so they get some small job and work there. They live in shared accomodation and spend as little as possible and are sending the remaining money back home.
The states where these people find job easily are Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamilnadu, etc.
The solution lies in overall poverty eradication from our country and not only the Bihar state.

Knowledge is power.

#779364

16 May 2024 22:15

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Yes Umesh Sir. The migrants also come from Assam and from UP and MP and Rajasthan as well. Many come from Jharkhand as well. Since I have been in HR in senior positions, I have had the opportunity of talking to several of them. It is somewhat surprising that they learn the local language within six months and then use Hindi sparingly. They are very hard working. 99 per cent of them are honest as the local employers here watch every step of theirs.

The local police also keeps a tab on their activities and many share all details. Very few number of these people are unethical and had committed robberies. Then the police woke up and have some record of these people.

The most important point is that some are intelligent and set up small businesses. They do not work for others.

From whatever they say, I learn that a massive number of them do not cross the seventh standard for one reason or the other. They are highly embarassed when they notice someone speaking so good English.

Yes Sir, unless some action is taken to improve education,, particularly school education in the particular States,, the frustration will continue. Am told that petty crimes are also so common in the tier 2 or tier 3 towns of UP. This is sad once again. Am totally against employing them for lower wages. But the migrants are happy with the salaries given. This is because they are able to get some help from the locals like rations and so on.

#779370

17 May 2024 10:53

Joined:	25/11/2014
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It is a matter of great consolation for the workforce living in Jharkhand, Orissa and other states where there are fewer opportunities for deployment of the workforce due to the non -availability of work. However, there are states in the south namely Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamilnadu offering the migrant youths jobs of their requirements. This is indeed a great way to resolve the unemployment issues.
With the progress of time, they become proficient in the jobs allotted to them. By their experiences, they get jobs matching their skiils at the later stages.
In one way, it is a matter of consolation that both the state's poors and the riches one are benefited simultaneously by way of exchange of labours.

#779377

17 May 2024 13:09

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Points:	145594

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I think the heading was changed and the content was edited after my answer. Now there is no Vande Bharath issue in the thread. These days we see Faluda selling vehicles in almost all the cities and towns in India. These vehicles are from Gangapur in Rajasthan and all the persons doing this business are from places around that area only. They are doing good business.
One thing I observed is people coming from other places work harder than the local people. This may be a general tendency, I think. Some of the people who came from Odisha to Hyderabad take contract jobs and all the family members work on that completely fast so that they can make a good profit.
Recently I visited a factory in Uttar Pradesh, the working personnel from there are from Kerala and Tamilnadu. Like this, we will migrate people from one state to another state.

drrao
always confident

#779443

19 May 2024 20:10

Joined:	04/05/2009
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Points:	31321

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The author brought a good posting really make us everybody to think. In almost all parts of our country there are people doing odd jobs on necessity and force. The employing persons also should think their side and big organizations should come forward to analyze the need of the persons seeking job by talking freely before offering a job or refusing a job.
Yesterday I saw two persons came in the city bus with me by asking driver about a place named Saligramam. The driver asked them exact place in saligramam they want to go. As the driver did not aware the language spoken by them dropped in a stopping to enquire outside. They got down in the stopping where I also got down. I casually enquired in Telugu as they spoke in Telugu. I came to know that they have no address but a simple mobile number with them. I took that mobile number and spoken with the concerned person. The person on the other side asked me where they are standing and I replied the exact place. He came from other side and took them with smile as they two came from Orissa for job. The person came to take them found working in some construction work going on the nearby area.
In Madurai I saw a group of Transgender ladies started a food stall in the city and run in a good way. It is somewhat a turn in their life without going for begging or otherwise.

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