Stories About Diligence - Character Development Series

When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.  But there is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not for everyone's greed. Everyone in our society ignores it. My idea is not that I have jealous of rich, but my idea is that why a labor do not get his correct wage.  Most of the cases they are working overtime but not getting their actual wages. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” Read More... Cont'd जब एक गरीब व्यक्ति भूख से मर जाता है, तो ऐसा नहीं हुआ क्योंकि भगवान ने उसकी देखभाल नहीं की। ऐसा हुआ है क्योंकि न तो आप और न ही मैं उस व्यक्ति को वह देना चाहता था जिसकी उसे जरूरत थी।  लेकिन दुनिया में हर किसी की ज़रूरत के लिए पर्याप्त है, लेकिन हर किसी के लालच के लिए नहीं। हमारे समाज में हर कोई इसे अन...

My father had become idle. Though, the primary source of our income was agricultural land and it was gone from our hand. Now there was no job for my father. That time we were two brothers and two sisters. I was not born that time.  He went to Kanpur Uttar Pradesh for some work because my maternal grandfather lived there and was running a restaurant. So he helped my father find  job of a cook . It was good for our family but not for long. My father left the job, but he stayed there because he was still in misery.  He could not forget the situation he faced in recent times. Thus, due to unavailability of living expenses, my mother had to temporarily go to her father's house with my brothers and sisters. Read More... Cont’d मेरे पिता बेरोजगार हो गए थे। चूँकि, हमारी आय का प्राथमिक स्रोत कृषि भूमि थी और यह हमारे हाथ से चली गई थी। अब मेरे पिता के लिए कोई नौकरी नहीं थी। उस समय हम दो भाई और दो बहनें थीं। मैं उस समय पैदा नहीं हुआ था।  वे काम की तलास में कानपुर उत्तर प्...

In early ages my father was very strong and hardworking among his brothers. He could not study due to domestic work. The only source of income for the house hold was agriculture.  My father played a lead role in farming our fields. Elder and younger brother of my father were very clever. They had made false rumors to my grandfather that my father will capture their land. They made a plan to quit my father away from the family. Because our family was very large in size, so there were some petty fights.  Due to this separation of our family took place. Even my father was not given the share of agricultural land. Thus they had drown our family for their own benefits. Now there was no one in my family to cultivate our agricultural land alone other than my father and our agricultural land became barren. Read More... Cont’d युवा अवस्था में मेरे पिता अपने भाइयों के बीच बहुत मजबूत और मेहनती थे। घरेलू काम के कारण वह पढ़ाई नहीं कर सका। घरेलू व्यय के लिए आय का एकमात्र स्रोत कृषि था।...

Once upon a time, my family was very well known in the entire village. My grandfather's father had enough arable land and a well. Water was poured by ox and camel for irrigation. This task required three people in an innings.  My father have three brother and five sisters. Before my birth all the brothers and sisters of my father were got married except one younger sister. There was limited cultivation at that time because lack of resource, traditional seeds and fertilizers. There were no water resource for all agricultural land. Agriculture was depend on rain. Main crops in Kharif were Guar, Bajra, Moong and Wheat, Mustard and Jau in Rabi. So there was no savings but time was going well. Most of the food grains used were Jau (Barley), Gram, Millet and Jowar.  Wheat was produced very less because no water resources for watering it. Wheat Chapati and vegetable were prepared on occasionally. Read More... Cont’d एक समय पूरे गांव में मेरे परिवार बहुत नाम था । मेरे दादाजी क...

My dream of life was to become a chartered Accountant. But I could not fulfill it with those condition. None of my relatives supported me.  Now primary aim was to find a full time job. Meanwhile I joined senior secondary as a commerce student and applied for a Government job. In 1985 I was selected for the job but joining letter was postponed. Thus I had completed 10+2 in 1987 and migrated to college in my home town.  After joining three months in college one day postmaster surprised not only me but my family too with my joining letter in his hand. Within 10 days I had to join with fresh medical test. After completion of medical test on 07 Oct 1987 I joined the job and my education left behind. Thus the sun rose in our life. Read More... Cont’d मेरा जीवन का सपना चार्टर्ड एकाउंटेंट बनना था। लेकिन मैं उन हालत में इसे पूरा नहीं कर सका। मेरे किसी भी रिश्तेदार ने मेरा समर्थन नहीं किया।  अब प्राथमिक लक्ष्य एक पूर्णकालिक नौकरी खोजने का था। इस बीच मैं सीनियर सेकेंडरी में कॉ...

During my study I learnt Sewing Repair, Stitching, Electric Work and Bicycle Repairing. Though I had not gone for a vocational course at any institute. This became my hobby to learn something new so that it can help me to earn money for the betterment of my family. Dedication, planning, budgeting and decision making were learnt by our situation. Now my work load was increased without money. But gained a lot of popularity. But I enjoy the helping those people. Because service to mankind is true service to God. Time passed away and my examinations for class X were started. I appeared for Matric Examinations but this time my result gone down and I was passed with Second division with 55 percent marks. Read More... Cont’d अपने अध्ययन के दौरान मैंने सिलाई मशीन की मरम्मत, सिलाई, इलेक्ट्रिक कार्य और साइकिल मरम्मत सीखा। हालांकि मैं किसी संस्थान में वोकेशनल कोर्स के लिए नहीं गया था। यह कुछ नया सीखने का मेरा शौक बन गया, ताकि मुझे अपने परिवार की बेहतरी के लिए पैसे कमाने में मदद मिल सके।...

Self-dependency was learnt from my mother. She used to say that if we don’t have anything to eat then don’t ask from others, also do not let them know. Reason behind this may be, they will laugh on our situation rather than any help.  She taught me to always work hard at whatever you do. At the end of the day you can take pride in the work that you do and know that you've done your best. I learned this from the way she lived her life and still does to this day.  She always goes above and beyond in her work and her personal life for others. I had seen her working with hunger because she used to feed us first. So she takes her food in the evening.  Read More... Cont’d मैने आत्म निर्भरता मेरी माँ से सीखी थी। वह कहती थी कि अगर हमारे पास खाने के लिए कुछ नहीं है, तो दूसरों से मत पूछो, उन्हें यह बताना भी नहीं चाहिए। इसके पीछे कारण हो सकता है, वे किसी भी मदद के बजाय हमारी स्थिति पर हंसेंगे।  उसने मुझे सिखाया कि तुम जो भी करो, उसे हमेशा मेहनत से करो। दिन के...

Low wage workers increasingly struggle to support themselves and their families with their wages. Abusive employer practices and stagnant minimum wages prevent many workers.  That fear of being singled out never left me; I wore it like a weighted vest. I felt the stigma of poverty every hour, even in my own home, but I never admitted to friends how desperate my situation was. Most people don’t see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism.  The more they blame poor people for their poverty, the further they feel from being in the same place. But now things gone smooth. My hard work and school performance draw attention of many people, and they stand together to support us. Thus our social life came up. We had not done anything special, but we had done the same things as others do but in other way. My thinking gone broader as difficult we were doing as a routine, impossible may take a little longer. Read More...   Cont’d कम वेतन वाले श्रम...

We had started to leave in the new house. After coming out of ancestral home, we take a fresh breath, peace of mind and freedom to work.  Besides part time job I started working in our agricultural land. As a result we had developed our home within in a year. We had food for our animals from our fields and little food grains also.  My examination for class eighth started. Whole year I was very busy in my domestic needs so everyone in my house other than me worried about my result because these are Board examinations. They all surprised by my result as I stood second in my school with first division and first in my village. My teacher was very much pleased with me and he delivered sweets in the school. Read More... Cont’d हम नए घर में रहने लगे थे। पैतृक घर से बाहर आने के बाद, हमने एक नई सांस ली, मन की शांति और काम करने की स्वतंत्रता।  पार्ट टाइम जॉब के अलावा मैंने अपनी कृषि भूमि में काम करना शुरू किया। परिणामस्वरूप हमने एक वर्ष के भीतर अपना घर विकसित कर लि...

I left everything on God and continue hard work with my mother. I started budgeting my home and some saving with that income. Time was favoring us and our life was coming on track.  But what almighty desires no one know. My uncle and aunts were very jealous with our condition of life. They had neither helped us nor happy with which we are doing and started arguing with us.  Gradually, this argument reached at a stage that is very difficult for us to stay there. One day when I came back from school, I found no one in my home. I asked the neighbors and they told me that they had left my ancestral house and moved a plot outside the village. I rushed there and asked to go back to our home.  My mother asked me not to go back will continue to stay in an open plot. Then I rushed to one of my friend’s father and told him the story. His father had helped us by making a hut in our plot and we start living there. We said thanks to our uncles & aunts for their arguments tha...

Years ago a man named "Hathi" was living my neighboring village. He was very strong in physical. There were no public transport that time nor do the people have money to afford.  One day "Hathi" went to see some of his relatives around twenty miles away. While coming back to home he saw a heavy stone used for mixing & grinding home construction material. He planned to carry it to his village. So he lifted it on his shoulder and brought to his village. Near to his house there was a Panchyat Ghar. Lot of aged people sit there in the evening for "Hooka." When he was passing through they called him asked for "Hooka." Saying that he is coming from a long distance and have some water and rest. Tomorrow will place it at the right place. Hathi urged them to place the stone at the right place but they stopped him doing so. That stone remained there. In 1985 Government launched a scheme to lay down stone in the streets of the villages. Then this stone...

The monthly wage of my mother was rupee three hundred at that time. It was offered by a group of thirty people. I had to collect the money from them. Many of them were not giving in time. For ten rupee I had to them for several times, two third of them were paying after almost two or three months later. Then it became very difficult to tell them when they had paid last. One day one gentlemen among them had asked me to make a list and hand over to him saying “I will collect from everyone and hand over to me” I was very assured on his saying. But after few days he turned back and told me that he could not arrange time to meet every one and hand over the list to me with some money. He also assured me if someone is asking to come again then he will pay for him. Then I understood the saying “Going through the motions of blabbing about your goals is much different than putting that first foot forward and stepping towards your goals.” The power is in the doing, not in the talking. Read M...

When I was in the 7th grade, my two younger brothers also started going to school, which resulted increase in our spending. I was not in favor of making them realize our poverty. Thus I searched for the new source of income in addition to my mother's wages.  Honestly hard work has shown its color and we took back our farm which my uncle had as a hostage. Waking up early in the morning milking the pets, feeding them and distributing newspapers was my morning routine. Then on my way to school, I had to leave the milk container at the shops at my bus stand.  After school straight to home and feed my brothers then making arrangement to feed pet animals in my house. Then visit our fields to bring grass for my pets and cutting it with "Gandasa” for the next day. In evening milking the pets. Thus I had no time to meet any of my school mate. During this busy schedule I was so tired that usually I miss my dinner and go to sleep and later it became my habit. Read More... Cont’d जब...

Many 10-year-olds love to run, bicycle, skate, and play sports. They may enjoy team sports or individual activities. They follow their favorite sports teams and know all the details of their favorite TV programs. Poverty has changed a great deal in my life and extending into adulthood.  I had forgotten to play with my friends but every time thing something better for my home. But one good thing happen, in my high school I met with a benevolent teacher named “Mr. Sher Singh”. He was very kind hearted man and helped me a lot by providing Stationery, text books and school fee and uniform. My school was in the same village as my mother was working. So during school time in my free periods I used to go to help my mother is her fatigue. Apart from this, along with my studies, I started the work of distributing newspapers and milk. So that I can provide some monetary help to my family. Read More... Cont’d कई 10 साल के बच्चे दौड़ना, साइकिल चलाना, स्केट करना और खेल खेलना पसंद करते हैं...

A happy poor boy named Prashant that he had to conquer his life from the problems he had to face on. As he find out as what will he do to his family to become rise from the poor.  You will find out that poor is not a curse to us, it gives us lessons to us about life and real friends don't choose you, they feel you in the heart. Education  gives us a knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better.  It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life. People debate over the subject of whether education is the only thing that gives knowledge. Yes, education is the key to success: Education makes us aware of knowledge, skills, ethics that has been there in the world which we learn as it helps us to progress and develops further. No doubt that to be successful hard work is must but without education, it will not yield any results. Read More... Cont’d प्रशांत नाम के एक खुशहाल व ग...

     Now my responsibilities were more because besides study I had to  look after my mother also. But due to sickness of my mother we got lot of sympathy in my village but not the co-operation as we need at that time.     People denied for help in any kind as the sole earning member in my house (my mother) is sick, so who will refund their debts. So in this condition my mother again started work in the neighboring village.     That was a turning point of our destiny as she met a kind woman and also very rich named “ Sarbati Devi ”. She assured her to help any extent. But my mother had denied for her help and requested her to help in getting some work.     She urged my mother to open a water hut in that village. Thus our life again came on track. But how to get rid of Debts is is still a question? Read More... Cont’d      अब मेरी ज़िम्मेदारियाँ अधिक थीं क्योंकि अध्ययन के अलावा मुझे अपनी माँ की भी देखरेख करनी थी। लेकिन म...