The
most awaited season, rainy season has already stepped into our country .On the
first of June monsoon arrived at south Kerala coast .Even though there is
rainfall here and there we can see a vast fluctuation in this year’s showers .
The
season of color has finally come .Children are seen floating around with their
colorful umbrellas and office goers struggle to reach out in time.
Traffic
jams, flooded lanes and children waddling in the floods are the common sights
in the rainy season .And sometimes life comes to a standstill due to heavy
showers.
But
the most important among all, is the farmers life that revolves around the
monsoon.
Rainy season is indeed a blessing for their
lives .This is the most anticipated season by the farmers as this would decide
the prime success of their lives, due to the rains which would decide the
growth of their crops .There is an ecstasy in and around the farms and their reaction to the monsoon is more than justified.
A farmer
always looks towards the sky.
He
looks high with a hope that would fulfill his dreams of producing fruitful labor
.As soon as he notices clouds appear in the sky, he rejoices along with his
children and family.
The black clouds in the sky raise hopes, of a good
rainfall.
Rain falls,
the earth soaks in water, gets drenched, and the sweet aroma of mud flourishes
all round the earth.
Trees and creepers are filled with new
leaves. Flowers blossom on them. Sun plays hide-and-seek with the clouds. The sun
shines through them and the gray clouds get multicolored .The boatmen ply their
boats across the river. Peacocks dance in the woodland.
Due to the scorching heat of summer
the dull plants, trees and surroundings fill with greenery and stand with full
of life.
The mother earth shines in greenery, looks
like a bride clothed in green, looking at all of this the farmer falls in love
with the earth. He grabs his axe, bullock and heads towards the field .He sings
songs of joy and ploughs the fields.
He
works hard, sows the seeds without any expectations…without expecting any fruit
he takes ultimate care of his crop.
By doing all this he becomes the backbone of
his wife and children. Because of his labor and hard work today we have food on
our table.
Where
there is no rain there is no water, where there is no water there is no crop
and where there is no crop that’s an end to a new life.
But
while the farmer works he does not sense all these problems instead he keeps
hope at his labor .
He
does not even think of his future .But he finishes his day to day work with a
passion and with a purpose of giving the best of all to us.
Even
though he is financially not fit he goes to the bank for taking loans so that
he could produce a good crop.
But
most of the times due to heavy rains or lack of rains he loses his crop .This
makes him more miserable. His financial status worsens day by day. And finally
he ends up his life.
What
do we give in return to this farmer of ours who is responsible for the food
which is present on our table? The one and only source of backbone for his
family is no more.
Their
financial status gets still more worsened. And because of him our life goes on
well. At times for all the goodness he provided us we fail to pay him the
necessary price.
While
the food grain prices rise due to famines we worry on how to eat and how to
live. But do we recognize this farmers situation and offer a helping hand to him
in his needs ?If government provides the farmers with the right price for his crops, as
well as help his children in getting higher education by providing them with
various facilities ,by honoring farmers on Farmers day for their success by giving
them free of interest loans and by providing them with the necessary facilities
would definitely make their lives much more happier and would also help them in
overcoming all the problems in their future .
Just
as the saying goes “A farmer is our best friend” .If we follow this not only by
words and even through deeds, then surely during his moment of calamities he
will not become helpless but his life will be a fruitful one.
On the whole the blessings of the
monsoons outshine it disadvantages. The entire life cycle on earth is connected
to this season. Thus the coming of the monsoons heralds a message of life on
earth; and the aroma of rain in air brings us back to life after the scorching
heat of the summer.
JAI JAVAN JAI KISSAN
