Trishulii homegrown Products - Legacy of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu pilgrimage sites. Rishikesh, a major centre for yoga study, was made famous by the Beatles’ 1968 visit. The city hosts the evening Ganga Aarti, a spiritual gathering on the sacred Ganges River. The state's forested Jim Corbett National Park shelters Bengal tigers and other native wildlife.

Beauty is so inherent to almost all things Uttarakhand stands for – the magnanimous Himalayas, the holiest of the rivers, the spiritual mystery, stunning landscapes, the incessantly colorful play of nature, enchanting history carved in ancient stones, a mesmerizing floral and faunal plethora, and the simplest of the people. Myths, anecdotes, and stories are part of every visual that unfolds itself to the eyes of the beholder.

The age-old Hindu traditions have always accorded the highest esteem to the glory of the colossal and composed heights of the Himalayas which are spontaneously assumed to be the chosen consecrated residences of Gods. A whole lot of the Hindu lore sets out from this ‘Land of the Gods’.

Fertile land in Uttarakhand produces all kinds of cereals, staples that are cultivated through the traditional method of farming by the local farmers. But most of the farming land is not enough to produce desired crops because of improper irrigation systems. 80% crops totally depend on the rain, however, farmers are very hard workers and they manage to grow adequate grains, veg, and fruits for their need but commercially still there is lack of facilities which are highly required to establish so that local farmer can concentrate fully to cultivate a variety of produce in their farmlands and can make available the same to market for further distribution to consumers desired to buy high-quality products from the majestic land of Uttarakhand.  

No words can ever be enough to perfectly describe this blessed land. The incredulous variety of experiences – both spiritual and sensory – goes beyond any language or dialect ( above intro of Uttarakhand is taken from

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I am being a commodity man always trying to do something for the local farmers but due to diverse portfolios at my end I could not initiate but still, I try to connect people who are really working in this segment. I recently connected Mr Aman from Trishulii Producer Company. A hill FPO working across the central Himalayan region promoted by Himmotthan Society, an initiative of Tata Trusts. They are really doing great.  Here I am trying to exhibit the product line of Trishulii, a Tata Trust-backed organization. Hope readers will love to buy the products from national and international.  

Readers of my blog can contact Mr Aman, CEO Trishulii for more details,  Contact details is given below.  

Here is the brief about Trishulii. 

Trishulii Producer
Company Limited (TPCL) was registered on 20th July 2016 under the
Companies Act 1956 and has its registered office at Old SBI Lane, Village
Chanderbani Khalsa, Post Mohabewala Dehradun 248002 Uttarakhand. TPCL has a
strong back of 20 Self Reliant Cooperatives across the state of Uttarakhand,
formed under the aggies of Himmotthan Society: An associate organization
of Tata Trusts.

Promoters of the firm are not very
skillful in the marketing and financial aspects; however, they have expertise
in agriculture, production and have a strong understanding of the collective
marketing concepts. The company will have its main revenue-generating
activities in terms:

1. Procurement, Value addition, and
   marketing of Cereals, Pulses, Millets & spices

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2. Procurement and Marketing of Fruits
   & Vegetables


3. Animal feed production and marketing


4. Tata Tea Products distribution


5. Millets Bases Valued added products


6. Handicrafts: Woolen items and Hawan
   Kits

TPCL has a primary processing center cum
warehouse for cleaning, sorting, grading and packing of millets, pulses,
cereals and spices located in Mohabewala Industrial Area, Dehradun Uttarakhand.

         

                                         Business Model of TPCL

Trishulii’s mandate is to facilitate and carry out
bulk processing, branding, and marketing of products from the member
Cooperatives. It is also sourcing and supplying critical inputs for
agriculture, animal husbandry and other necessary daily need items for local
household.

Organization has
established successful outreach to rural farmers across 25 clusters in 11
districts of the state of Uttarakhand. At present 25 stock point established in the hill regions to
facilitate backward and forward linkages, which are well connected to
transportation facilities and playing pivotal role in sourcing and distribution
of inputs.

 

Reliance a name of success led by Mukesh Ambani has a great blend of strategies.

                                              Mukesh Ambani,
Visionary Leader & Industrialist

Reliance a name of success led by Mukesh Ambani
has a great blend of strategies. We have seen how JIO had created an eco in the
telecom valley. I must say empowered the users by giving a free and fast
Internet. They always want to create something big, innovative, and
disruptive. 

No doubt
Reliance has such great appetite and that's why doing in these streams. Retail
was always an envoy for Mukesh Ambani and an interesting subject for Ms Neeta
Ambani. 

I remember when
reliance fresh started. It was a piece of big news that Reliance is going to
explore and exploit farmers through monopoly in buying. Hectares of
land were taken on lease or contract farming had been done. Yes, somehow it
could not leave an impact that time but the straw was in the eyes and
propelling Mukesh Ambani to enter Retail some big way. Ambition to achieve
something big is the ultimate power of our subconscious mind but very few
people realize the fact that we have the power to dream about it.  Mukesh
Ambani got his fortune only by doing things smartly. 

The idea and
its Journey :

Jio platform is
the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani which always propels him to place it somewhere
on top of any competitors. While launching Jio in telecom they made it bigger
than their existing competitors.  With this great ambition, he started Jio
platform in 2019. It was founded with a clear vision that a scalable business
model should be started where the investor will have trust and they can see a
bigger future in the ecosystem. Moreover, reliance has its own offline stores
presence in more than 200 cities so leveraging them a kind of security and
surety about its launch and pilot run across the channel. Idea was to rule
the Indian eCommerce.

 Pivot

All strategies
were built during 2017 and 2018 that how Jiomart should rule the Indian e-commerce
business and for that Mr Manoj Modi, one of his old fellow and retail veteran
started giving shape to this idea. Applying certain logics and putting together
the strength of existing offline retail stores, a blend of passion and vision
made it clear that Jiomart will have a big consumer base which will drive it to
a great helm of retail, so a scalable business model is built in a very short
period.

 Investible :

Since the beginning,
moto was to make it investible as huge money is needed for customer acquisition
and retaining them loyal for a longer period.  Mukesh Ambani wants to run
a debt-free venture so this idea was taken care during the whole journey. This
was also an important decision for them to think for this kind of business
model where a strong player like Amazon and Flipkart has already dig a deep
penetration in the retail landscape and doing great at service side.  It
was clear to convince Gulf based funds to invest in Jio mart, it was somewhere
strategic in petroleum business dealings which reliance do not want to carry
for longer so they want it to partner with Gulf Petro dealers. On the
other side, social media Giant Facebook leads the stream first time in Jio
platform.  It was the web that started by Facebook, since then 13
investors had invested more than $20.5bn which is almost INR 153000 Crores (33%
Stake ). Somewhere it is hard to predict the mindset of investor that why they
invested so heavily in  JIO platform but as per my personal views and some
inherent powers of judging and predicting about someone is that Mukesh Ambani's
majestical power made investors convinced to invest. Then Google made it clear
that millions of consumers are going to use Jiomart for their shopping needs
will make a strong data bank for them. AI will be the strong upcoming
experience for tech-based companies so Google made it clear about their
business agenda. 

Apart
from Facebook & Alphabet (Google),  11 other influential investors
believe in the idea: Major one is: Vista Equity Partners,
KKR, Silver Lake, General Atlantic, TPG, L Catterton, Mubadala and Abu Dhabi
Investment Authority  

 Leadership is
something about creating confidence and trust among the stakeholders. I always
believe that Mukesh Ambani has that capability and capacity which is helping
him to convince people to believe in him for a great cause.  13 heavyweight
investors were convinced to invest in his platform in 11 weeks short time. Remarkable
history in the Startup ecosystem in India. This is the magical power of
leadership. 

Acquire Capabilities & Pace up Growth in big way 

Another power
punch strategy was to acquire various retail activators/technology companies
who were working in the retail ecosystem in bits and pieces. Here they acquired
the capabilities for faster growth and pacing speed in execution.  Few of them are from data minings and fintech
aggregators.

Association with Local Retailers :  "Sab ka Sath Sab ka Vikas" 

No one
understands retail the way Reliance understands, that Indian Grocery retail
ecosystem is so complex and so fragmented which can not be made organize in one
shot, and if someone  try to test this,
they have to burn billions of dollar for getting a pinch of it.  In Past many big players tried to replace
Kirana retailers by way of creating competition for them but they become a successful failure and soon realized
that Kirana retail is the lifeline of Indian retail which can not be completed or eliminated
so why so fight with them.  They started the
Kirana development program and blend thought to make them partner in their
Jiomart journey.  A pilot run was started
mid of 2018 in Gujarat and Mumbai by introducing POS system in the retail
stores but again it was a different segment so could not come across but idea
was to bring Kirana store under their forte for facilitating hyper-local
delivery points. In my personal views working with Kirana wala need a different
kind of capability which as a company Reliance can not do or it will remain a challenge with two mindsets. Rather going
directly with them they need a proxy name to work with Kirana stores.  This will give them good mileage and a good
market in GT network for offloading their private label. So Reliance needs to either acquire companies
working in the ecosystem or associate them for their staples range in GT
market.

Challenge from part of ecosystem & Way Forward: 

The way competition
is coming in this segment, it will create a disturbance among existing Kirana
retails. Thousands of retailers are going to lose their business because of
online penetration and diversion and cession of footfall day by day, so more agitation will be somewhere harmful to companies like Amazon and Flipkart and
so some extend Reliance. Being Reliance Jio an Indian company has many benefits
which foreign retail players can’t avail, so many things are  easing the growth
but challenge is there.  In my view
Reliance need a strategy to drive Kirana Retails differently and should acquire company who are empowering Kirana Retails for growth side of Retailers. 

My this write
up is dedicated to Mr Mukesh Ambani for his Vision and Passion and I always
respect him for his innovative ideas. I believe Jiomart will be the largest E-commerce
player in days to come.  

Writer: Balwant Singh Rana

As a Writer my independent Thoughts 

Quotes by Vinod Khosla. Helping Startup to find their Way.

Venture Capital terms is not a
new terminology, it is old and effective. 
VC provides their investee a big runway from where they take a flight
to a height from where they can see the whole world, then only they can see the
best place which somewhere will be a fertile land for startups to grow their
business. 

They provide funds to burn the
worries in the early days of operations and teach us how to focus on our aim. I am lucky that I could get some inherent sense of business from well known billionaire Mr Vinod Khosla.  Yesterday one of my friend Gaurrang
Govind send me a link which was the artistic quotes by Mr Khosla. These 12
golden lines gave me a ground to think like an entrepreneur and boost my confidence to next level of expertise which further helped me  to become a Co-founder of an Innovative & revolutionary Idea “Kiranaking”. 

We should not limit our
thoughts to a particular room. Let it be flown in
the open area and grasp maximum information, knowledge.  I am really happy to see the quotes that make
my discipline and propel me ahead on this path of growth. Together we (Investor and we) will build
a billion-dollar company.

Quotes of Prolific Venture
Capital Investor Mr Vinod Khosla is well articulated by Alexander
Roznowski. All 12 points are suited to Startups seeking VC Funding.
if we go by each quote we will find that all propel us to scale the business significantly
and to create Value, thus. Success will automatically create Valuation
(Balwant Rana)

     1.      Aim for
inconsequential outcomes:

2.     
Focus on company building, not deal-making

3.      Do something
different.

4.      Seek for unfair
advantages

5.      Invest more in
people than a specific plan:

6.      Believe will
drive you through bad times

7.      Don’t focus
solely on the monetary outcome:

8.      Focus more on
technology risk than market risk

9.      Compete with
yourself

10.   Lower your
margins for high growth

11.   Acknowledge
that you don’t know everything

12.   Take advice
from the right people

 

Vinod Khosla is one of the most prolific ventures capital investors. Here
are some of the best quotes by Vinod Khosla.

 

1.    Aim for
inconsequential outcomes: (Patience)

“It doesn’t matter what your probability of failure is. If there’s a 90%
chance of failure, there’s a 10% chance of changing the world.” “Most
technology startups fail. There’s a winner, and there’s 7 out of 10 that lose.”
“I don’t mind failing, but if I succeed it better be worth succeeding for.” “I
have seen too many startups where they have reduced risk to a point where they
have a higher probability of succeeding, but if they succeed it is
inconsequential.” — Vinod Khosla

 

2.    Focus on company
building, not deal-making ( Value)

“We are in the company building business, not in the ‘deal’ or ‘capital’
business.” “I don’t think of myself as being in the investing business. I think
private equity investors are very much in the business of doing deals, putting
money in, getting money out. To me, that is a very, very different business and
all that they are doing is spreadsheets. I think of myself in a completely
different business of building companies. I have not made IRR calculations on a
spreadsheet ever since 2004. I either believe or I don’t. If I believe, then my
goal is to get involved and make things much bigger and help them be
successful. It’s a different kind of business.” — Vinod Khosla

 

3.    Do something
different: (Perfection)

“If you’re doing what everybody else is doing, you’re not doing anything
interesting, and we won’t want to invest.” “Doing things at the edge is what
venture is about.” “I don’t even invest in businesses where six other people
have the same technology.” “The idea is how can you turn a technology advantage
into a business advantage? It’s much more like playing a chess game than it is
investing. It is strategic, it depends how much you can help the company.
Therefore, it is much more fun.” — Vinod Khosla

 

4.    Seek for unfair
advantages: ( Opportunity)

“We seek out unfair advantages:
proprietary and protected technological advances, business model innovations,
unique partnerships and top-notch teams.” — Vinod Khosla

 

5.    Invest more in
people than a specific plan: (People)

“We invest more in people than in a specific plan, because plans often
change.” “Failing quickly is a good way to plan. Failing often makes failures
small and successes large….In small failures you accumulate learnings about
what works and what doesn’t. Try many experiments but don’t bet your company on
just one, keep trying, keep failing small.” “There are probably three or four
things you can control out of ten that matter for the success of your company.”
Competitors control another three or four. “The rest is just luck.” “I’ve never
seen one [business plan] that’s accurate.” — Vinod Khosla

 

6.    Believe will
drive you through bad times: ( Believe)

“Bad times come for every startup — I haven’t seen a single startup that
hasn’t gone through a bad time. Entrepreneurship can be very very depressing.
If you really believe in your product, you stick with it.” — Vinod Khosla

 

7.    Don’t focus
solely on the monetary outcome: (Scale)

“Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an
entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions
rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the
probability of success.” — Vinod Khosla

 

8.    Focus more on
technology risk than market risk: (IT driven)

“We prefer technology risk to market
risk.” — Vinod Khosla

 

9.    Compete with
yourself:  (Fear )

“How would you compete against
yourself?” — Vinod Khosla

 

10. Lower your
margins for high growth: (Growth,GMV )

“I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why?
Because it’s a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take, the
faster you grow.” — Vinod Khosla

 

11. Acknowledge
that you don’t know everything: (Execution, Process & System)

“Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they don’t know they don’t
know.” “Things go wrong. There is lots of uncertainty, and there are times when
you’re unsure of yourself. I’ve found that the less people know, the more sure
they are.” — Vinod Khosla

 

12. Take advice
from the right people: ( Consult, Advisor)

“The single most important thing an entrepreneur needs to learn is whom to
take advice from and on what topic.” “Entrepreneurs could get such great help,
but instead they think they need money. It’s this sort of schizophrenic divide
between worrying that you’re going out of business and dreaming big that’s
needed. Sophisticated entrepreneurs know this. Less sophisticated entrepreneurs
don’t even know whom to ask for advice. They’ll ask a marketing and a
technology question to the same person. Ask different questions of different
people, both those who have been successful and those who haven’t.” — Vinod
Khosla

Articulated by : Mr Alexander Roznowski Source: https://medium.com/ipo-2-0/best-quotes-by-vinod-khosla-a18335c7734d

 

Be the true follower of
a leader like Vinod Khosla, choose your path which led to you towards a grand
Success and could create a history where people will follow you like me
following him. (……. Bhardari)

 

Posted on my blog:
25.12.2020

Jaipur, India

Presenter & Decorated by: Balwant Singh Rana, Cofounder & Director – Kirana King

 

Why Every Organization Should Have Leaders at Every Level

Sponsored Article for Mr John Eades: 

When things aren’t going a team’s way, it’s easy to point a finger of blame at the market, the products offered, or even one team member. More often than not, a struggling team boils down to ineffective leadership from more than just the person at the top. 

Teams that are highly effective at overcoming adverse conditions are capable of unleashing what I call “leaders at every level.” Unfortunately, this isn’t a light switch that can be turned on at any time. What’s required is a strategy and an intense focus on hiring, developing, and equipping people to choose to lead daily. 

Great companies develop their people to be leaders because every circumstance demands it. 

“Leaders at every level” is not only a reputation in the marketplace for having an elite culture, but it permeates internally as team members are expected to become the leader they are capable of becoming. 

There was a time in the not-so-distant past where every critical decision was left to the CEO or management team. In today’s current rapid change environment, this practice can and will be detrimental to an organization's existence.

The Model is Changing

To retain top talent, organizations have relied on promotions into positions of leadership. While this retention tactic is still in practice, human resource executives and executive leaders are getting wiser. Now, they are not only evaluating leadership skills in their succession planning process, but there is a lot more emphasis on asking people to act like leaders right where they are. This is particularly important since most professionals want their work to have a more meaningful impact. 

Organizations like Extended Stay, Cora Health, Lippert Components, and many more have embraced the idea of developing leaders at every level. While this approach can be time-consuming and more expensive in the short-term, it creates a workforce that is prepared to lead. 

Developing leaders is time-consuming and expensive, but it creates a workforce that is prepared to lead.

Here are a few strategies for creating "leaders at every level" in your organization: 

Create a Culture of Growth and Learning

Leadership, like many things, is a journey and not a destination. Many organizations know this, and they have built internal leadership development academies/universities. These include things like year-long courses, learning tracks, workshops, coaching, and mentoring, just to name a few. However, best companies do this not because it’s a nice thing to do, but because it’s tied to their purpose and mission.

Take Coke Consolidated as an example. Even though they are the largest Coca-Cola Bottler in the United States, they know they exist for a much bigger purpose. Todd Miller, the Vice President of Organizational Capability, said, “We are a purpose-driven company that attracts, engages, and grows a highly talented, diverse workforce of servant leaders enabling Coke Consolidated’s growth and performance.” 

One of my favorite ways Miller and his amazing team do this is by “Rewarding and recognizing teammates driving our culture of growth and learning. This is critical because we all tend to repeat what is rewarded.”

“We tend to repeat what is rewarded”

Thanks to the internet and the massive amount of information available to us, every organization, regardless of their budget, can tap into the unlimited number of opportunities to learn at any time. The best companies and talent development leaders recognize this and are getting creative in creating a culture of learning.  

David Hare and the talent development team at GE Appliances were forced to put in-person training and hold in through the Pandemic. Instead of putting all development on hold, they did the opposite. They created a series called "Rise," which was weekly lunch and learns with internal and external experts. These were optional training opportunities to learn and grow to promote their culture of growth and learning.

Preach and Promote Coachable 

Since the best leaders are learners, being coachable is essential for any leader. More often than not, a person’s ability to say or do something significant is built on the backbone of hard work, dedication, and being coachable.  

What’s interesting about coachability is that it’s not a technical skill or inherent to us. It’s a mental mindset that anyone can embrace. Being coachable means, you proactively seek help and feedback to support your growth and development. 

Being coachable means, you proactively seek help and feedback to support your growth and development. 

Nick Saban, the legendary head football coach at Alabama, constantly preaches to his players and coaches to “respect the critical eye.” This means that instead of getting defensive, embrace when someone is coaching you with a critical eye because they are trying to make you better.  

Organizations that promote coachable and “respect the critical eye” professionals at every level will have more leaders than those who do not because coachable people eventually pour that knowledge into others. It reminds me of the great Sophia Bush quote: “We are allowed to be a masterpiece and a work and progress all at the same time.” 

Focus on Attitudes That Are Energy Giving

One of the most popular questions I get in my LinkedIn or Instagram DM box is, “What do I do if I am a part of a toxic or dysfunctional team?” There are three commonalities for everyone who asks this question - they are on teams with bad attitudes, negative energy, or a bad leader. If an organization wants to develop leaders at every level, they must avoid putting people in leadership positions who have bad attitudes, spread negative energy, or tolerate constant pessimism.  

If you leave bad leaders in positions of leadership, this is what is going to happen.

Organizations must continuously identify and highlight relentlessly positive professionals. In an interview with Jacob Morgan for The Future of Work Newsletter, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said, “Never underestimate the power of relentless optimism. Challenges create opportunity. We must think boldly and create the solution others view as possible.”

If you want to create leaders at every level, having relentlessly optimistic professionals is a great place to start. 

Closing

It would be amazing if having “leaders at every level” were as easy as turning on a lightswitch. But when you think about all the work, effort, and dedication it took and continues to take for that light switch to turn on the lights, it proves there is nothing easy about it.  

However, if companies both have the desire and commitment to developing leaders, great things happen. Frontline employees provide a better experience to customers, managers will have healthier teams, and moms and dads will have a stronger family structure outside of work.

Best written by Mr John Eades

Dt. 22.12.2020

Online Grocery Shopping - A big Threat to Kirana Stores

Customer Delight  

 

India is witnessing a paradigm shift in Grocery Retail from offline (physical)  to online and even to omnichannel. Changes are the need of the hours. A big ocean of retail has a size of USD 1.2 Trillion market, of which 60% is Grocery and Staples.

Online Grocery Market in India was growing in single digits from 2012. During the nascent stage, amid slow penetration of the internet made it less useful. However, since then there was no much development. Till 2017 online E-comm was struggling around 3% of total retail. Projections made in 7% for 2021-22 but Covid has made some unpredictable changes in the preference. 

In view of various factors (given in the above figure) which were taken into consideration, I have something to predict in its future. 

The online Grocery market both in B2B and B2C is going aggressive. Thanks to the startup ecosystem which has given the opportunity to new entrepreneurs to work on new ideas and best use of technology. Startups like Udaan, Jumbotail, Maxwholesale, Kirana King, ShopKirana, and now Swiggy and Dunzo are giving shape to the online experience to the retailers. Though they are burning in a big way to get the space, soon it will be part of the business. Here the issue is to cater hyper-local and last-mile connectivity. Consumers do not mind buying online from their nearby store. The only thing is the matter of convenience that will be more focused on B2C players i.e. in nutshell, Customer Delight shall remain the key that will unlock shifting from offline to online.  

B2B retailers are the mid-level accelerator who are connecting the last dot so all are trying to influence them to be part of this ecosystem. Even food delivery startup Swiggy is connecting local kiranawala's for an online grocery experience, however, it is hard to serve in real terms but everyone is focusing on retailers. 

Post-Covid we have seen a sudden change in customer preference where consumer prefers to shop their grocery need from online. Before Deciding to buy consumers can compare pricing, offers & Promotions across online applications. This will help to make their mind to choose a platform for placing an order. 

Buying grocery from online remains a challenge but slowly-2 consumers are adapting to online systems, convenience shall accelerate them to move online. Still, consumers need a great mindset to shift from physical to online. Foreign retailers like Amazon already working on AI which will help to buy patterns of consumers. They want to work even on the daily needs of their consumers, based on buying habits technology shall provide an instant wish list. 

There would be double-digit growth in E-commerce after 2025, the prediction would be 15% from the current level of 3%, almost five times.  Online Grocery shopping would have a big spare of USD 60 bn after 2025  out of the Total online grocery market of USD 125bn.  These are predictions, but the way customer preference is changing,  I am sure the market will touch these figures easily. 

More or less if consumers shift to online shopping, definitely effect would worsen for offline stores in the country. So, instead of protest against online players, we should start working closely on the ground and should associate Kirana retailers with us so that we can be the fast mover and near to consumer for any service which can provide customer delight. 

Quest of Convenience is the main driver, driving Grocery buying online. 

Writer: Balwant Singh Rana

a Covid Patient

Covid is not the deadliest ever disease in this world but the way it succeeds in locked the complete world shows that it has the power to make the whole world under arrest. 

Developed countries like the US, Italy, France, Germany, and other European countries and countries in the Gulf had to bow in front of an unseen virus. This is the power of nature which always trying to tell us to know it from all angle from all prospects but human a greedy creature always has selfishness. 

More than 1 mn people died from this virus. After a Continue lockdown in countries Like India, things went against our economic growth. And lastly, Govt. decided to open country for the movement, for the growth. People will be on their employment, business as usual and will be affected by Covid.  They will be asked to go for tests and upon getting positive reports they have to stay at home as self-quarantine because they don't have the second choice like to get admission to any Private Hospital at the cost of Govt. We, Lily, don't have such facilities as well as a privilege as a common man. 

If we are infected by a deadly virus we will be the sufferer. Because when a patient stays at his home and his family takes care of him he can not be at a curing side because he always thinks about this family that his disease will also get them affected that's why using "we".

This is an external arrangement which we can ask our Govt and we should be for this after all we are paying millions of Rupees as Tax. So why we are not taken care of by the Govt at this time. 

I got a few symptoms on 7th October 2020. I was on duty that day.  having a mild cough and fever. Around 6 pm when I went to the room of my one colleague, he asked me not to come inside the room as I have a cough. It is a general phenomenon so no matter of ego that will hurt from either side. 

My colleague, my friend is asking this to me. It is okay, I didn't enter his room and came back home in the evening. 

The next day one of my colleagues request me to undergo a test for Covid and finally, he came to pick me from my home. We went Dr B Lal path lab in Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, and got tested.

On the evening of 9th October, I got a message from the Lab that my report is prepared and I can download it from their portal. Yes, until I saw my report there was a fear inside that if I will have a positive report then how it will be. Anyhow, I opened it and as expected it was "Positive"

For a moment a few drops of sweat were trembling on my forehead but later on, it was a routine. I went to Dr Satish Chandra Mathur, one of the famous physicians in Vasundra Colony, Jaipur. I told him that I am a Covid patient. Very Gently I was attended by him like a normal patient, though he was wearing a mask, shield as a protector but from his mind and style, there was no hatred for Covid patient. Such kind heart doctors are the backbone of our medical facilities here. The way he attends every patient, I have a special regard for him in my heart. He is now like a family doctor for us. God bless him with a healthy long life. 

He gave me few medicines and asked me to stay at home. Also asked to follow the following few things.

1. Every 4-hour check oxygen level. For this one of my office colleagues gave me an oximeter. 

2. Check temperature from thermometer every two hours.

3. Check glucose levels after 2 hours of every meal.

4. Take proper gargle with lukewarm water and mix a teaspoon salt. 

5. Take steam every four hours.

6. Take proper rest, liquid diet, and drink coconut water at least 4 pcs in a day. 

All the above measurements and efforts were to control the Coronavirus outside the throat. It should not enter the lungs. 

I got tested on 9th October and waiting for that MCD or health department team shall visit my house, stick a bill on the outside wall that this house has a patient who is affected by the deadliest virus but they didn't come. 

Every day thousands of people are getting positive so I understand how they will manage such a task going to each house of infected. 

But, all of a sudden after news broke out in the colony that Mr. Rana is infected by the Corona. I can smell the change in the behavior of my neighbors. 

They start talking that now Corona came to our society and he is the culprit who brought this to our colony.  But, for their best of knowledge and As a responsible citizen, I kept myself isolated in my home. I have three BHK room set so having no issue of managing self-isolation and for that, I have confidence that I am not touching anything in the home which cause spread of the virus to my family. 

I can smell the hatred behavior. I belong to Uttarakhand where we are taught by social values that we should serve a man when he is in any life-threatening situation and he need help from people for saving his life. Even if one has to clean the shit of a cholera patient, he will do it without any selfishness and thinking of his life but why so isolation of thoughts is here in Jaipur. 

Yesterday I was just walking on the terrace of my home. The uncle who is living just adjoining to my rented home was also walking as usual on his terrace. As my habit, I tried to communicate with him and said hello, he immediately went off from the sight. I was shocked to see that. 

I was expecting that people will ask my wife about my health and will ask if needed anything as my wife and kids were also not going out since my covid test. So how daily needs will be arranged. There were no relatives who can ask for their help.

Here in India, we heard many times that neighbors are true friends because they come first if we are in any need or we are in any trouble. 

The behavior of my Jaipur neighbors was completely unexpected.  Finally, without caring for them I asked my wife and kids to go to the market and continue their routine as usual. 

Such behavior is not tolerable in society but this is not in Delhi. I have my parental house in Delhi. before moving to Jaipur in 2014 I was living there. People in Delhi are caring. My Delhi neighbors asked every day about my health and they are also ordering juice, fruits, and other households through Amazon despite I refused them that all we have here.and.no need to be worrying and ordering things from Delhi.

When I saw Uncle's such behavior, it forced me to think that Coronavirus is so powerful which can travel through voice or is in the Air that rather of asking my wellbeing he escaped like a horne from horse's head? 

This kind of mindset is not fitted by social values. Also, these are not part of our society that we should show such inhuman behavior to your near and dear, our neighbors and friends who are infected with this virus. Then who is making these people so senseless:

Did anyone ever try to know?

If not, here are the culprits

1. Facebook as social media. 

2. Twitter

3. Other social sites 

4. Youtube

People have freedom of expression so they come up with their ideas, like falsification of ideas. they make videos and upload on Youtube and Facebook and to other social sites where they can attract millions. People need likes, reactions, and comments. A kind of sick game is going on in the air. 

Everyone WhatsApp msg are taking a kind of decisive shape and is the fastest-growing communication media and every admin of each group is like a superior authority and spreading Gyan Ganga without considering its impact on societies.

Pandemic is not a ruin but is a reason for enjoyment for some and creating comic out of it making them star, but such freedom of expression will be the big curse for our society. 

Govt should take some strict action against people who are making an unauthorized claim for curing Covid and also should take action against those who are misusing freedom of expression.

My appeal to readers not to be part of any hatred for Covid patients and tried to help if you find any poor fellows struggling from Covid.

Covid is like the flu, every flu has a limited life, so we as a man should understand this equation and should undergo cure as per the best advice of doctors. In 15 days we will be out of danger and will flow the flu as a normal cold.

From my experience, I would request that if you are observing or feeling any of the symptoms like Fever, cough, sore throat, loose motion, body pain, change in taste or smell then go for a test. If it comes positive don't worry take medicines as per your doctor's advice and keep you isolate in your home. No need to worry.  

Get well soon, respect covid patients they are worrier, fighting with the powerful unseen virus.

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Writer: Balwant Singh Rana