Story of the Day.

[Jagan Mohan Reddy]

"I am from the village of Parra in Goa, hence we are called Parrikars. My village is famous for its watermelons. 

When I was a child, the farmers would organise a watermelon-eating contest at the end of the harvest season 

in May.All the kids would be invited to eat as many watermelons as they wanted. Years later, I went to IIT Mumbai 

to study engineering. I went back to my village after 6.5 years.

I went to the market looking for watermelons. They were all gone. The ones that were there were so small.
I went to see the farmer who hosted the watermelon-eating contest. His son had taken over. He would host 

the contest but there was a difference.When the older farmer gave us watermelons to eat he would ask us to 

spit out the seeds into a bowl. We were told not to bite into the seeds.

 He was collecting the seeds for his next crop. We were unpaid child labourers, actually. He kept his best watermelons

 for the contest and he got the best seeds which would yield even bigger watermelons the next year.His son, when he 

took over, realised that the larger watermelons would fetch more money in the market so he sold the larger ones and kept 

the smaller ones for the contest.

The next year, the watermelons were smaller, the year later even small. In watermelons the generation is one year. In seven 

years, Parra's best watermelons were finished. In humans, generations change after 25 years. It will take us 200 years to figure 

what we were doing wrong while educating our children."

Unless we employ our best to train the next generation, this is what can happen to us. We must attract the best into the teaching 

profession".
Great story indeed! Each one of us are responsible to offer our best culture to the next generation!!! This is equally applicable to the Managers who need to work on the culture,commitment & competency of their associates. 
Unfortunately, hardly few are aware of the great heritage we have carried!!
If we don't pass on the right things to the next generation, they will be misguided.

Best Wishes Dr. A. Jagan Mohan Reddy +91-40-27232103 Professor - HR, Chairman of BOS HR Sub-committee, SIU Member of BOS-FOM & Academic Council, SIU Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management, Hyderabad Campus

Hand that serve are holier than lips that pray

[Raghupathy S]

Dear Shri Jagan Mohan Reddy,

 

As always excellent and instructive message!

 

Thanks a ton for sharing.

 

Regards

Raghupathy

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