Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Summer vaccation of an Old Man

The old man I met in train was from rural Odisha not knowing any other language except Odia. On initiating conversation the realization took me to the changes unfolding in deep rural areas of Odisha bringing in sea changes to Odia society. The change has resulted to annual sojourn of an oldman who never crossed Odisha boundary before. He comes with grandchildren and daughter-in-law every summer from village to Hyderabad. His son is a middle man to supply rural Odia unskilled youth to factories in Hyderabad. He stays mostly in Hyderabad while rest of the family stay in village. The life goes on in counting summer vacation spent at Hyderabad ... the change sociologists need to study in detail. 

My column today on Nirvay ... Welcome to watch my column every Wednesday on Page-8.




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

ଲେଖାଟି ଭଲ ଲାଗିଲା. ସମୟ କଡ଼ ଲେଉଟେଇଛି. ତା‘ ସାଥିରେ ବଦଳୁଛି ଜୀବନର ଧାରା. ସ୍ଥାନ ବଦଳିଲେ ମନ ବି ବଦଳେ ତ !

Anonymous said...

Very very interesting , Sir, Love to read it . Your understanding of common man's feeling is extra-ordinary. Beautiful presentation , short and effective , as always.

Anonymous said...

आपण साधरण अनुभवरु ग्रामीण जनजीवन र सुन्दर छबि रचना करुच्छन्ति
खूब भल लागुचि आज्ञा ! जय जगन्नाथ !

Anonymous said...

Beautiful presentation
Bhari bhala lagila
Suva ratri

Anonymous said...

Sir, I enjoyed reading....