Todays Positive Story

1) Old man selling chickpeas hot in front of Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, earns 15 thousand a month by speaking English to attract youngsters.

Necessity is the birthplace of research. This saying seems to fit the old man selling hot chickpeas in Ahmedabad, as one would be shocked to see a 60-year-old man speaking English fluently, as Johnny's uncle, who has never been to school since 1990, has been out of English medium school and Gujarat College. Chana Jor is involved in hot selling business. Uncle Johnny, who learned English fluently by listening to school children speak, earns around Rs. 15,000

Came to Ahmedabad from Uttar Pradesh to trade

Gujarat University has several lorries for food and drink, in which even an elderly person can take a lorry and kick it in the belt. The 60-year-old's name is Uncle Johnny. Uncle Johnny has been around Gujarat University since 1990, selling chickpeas hot. Uncle Johnny originally from UP (Uttar Pradesh) came to Ahmedabad to do business and started his own truck. Even today, he drives the same truck to support himself and his family.

Learned English from students

Johnny's uncle initially sold chickpeas in Hindi. Being a university, there is a constant flow of students all day long, with some students even speaking English, but Uncle Johnny did not understand English. Uncle Johnny also learned a little English while staying in touch with regular students at St Xavier's College. Uncle Johnny, who never went to school, is running his business by speaking English fluently.

Dialogue also keeps speaking

Uncle Johnny arrives at the university in his truck at 11 a.m. Seeing the customer, they welcome Johnny Johnny Yes Papa..Eating Sugar No Papa..Thoda Thoda Khane Ka Tension Kai Ko Lane Ka .. Dialogue dialect. When the customer arrives later, before giving the chickpea emphasis, he asks in English with Onion or Without Onion, Regular or Spicy and Oriented Chili .. Never Compromise in Quality Sir .. and Very Very Tasty .. .

Constantly in a happy mood

A student of Gujarat University said that Johnny's uncle is always in a happy mood. There is no sadness on his face. They do small things, but seeing them motivates many students like me. They may not have gone to school, but they have learned many life-shaping lessons. It continues to inspire us to live in peace.

2) Fed up with natural calamities, Surat farmer started design pearl farming, earning Rs 5 lakh per year from 5 lakes in 9 Acre land

Leaving expensive and traditional farming, Gujarat farmers are doing something unique. Diseases and natural disasters in traditional farming often lead to drought damage. Fed up with the sudden change of environment and continuous damage, the progressive farmer of Surat has started cultivating design pearls. Niravbhai Patel is cultivating pearls in 9 bighas of land by making 5 lakes. So they are earning about five lakh rupees annually from the sale of pearls.

Getting information from farmers and the internet

The cultivable land of Niravbhai Praveenbhai Patel of a farming family living at Athwalines, Surat is situated between Vadoli and Sahol village at the end of Olpad taluka. Father Pravinbhai Patel had been cultivating vegetables and sugarcane for years. But standing crops were destroyed due to the effects of natural calamities along with irrigation water. So as to incur heavy economic losses. But after graduating, Niravbhai became a progressive farmer and thought of farming separately. While studying, he noticed that a farmer by the name of Bhargavabhai Desai from Chikhli had been cultivating pearls, and since then he has been persuaded to cultivate pearls and started a new type of cultivation by getting all the information from the internet.

Invested two lakhs

Pearl farming can be a good option for those who want to make more profit with less investment. It requires an initial investment of Rs 2 lakh. After a year and a half when the pearls are ready. Then an average monthly income of Rs 1 lakh can also be made. Pearls are currently in great demand in the domestic and international markets. Depending on the quality, a pearl is sold in the market for Rs. 250 to Rs. 15,000. Pearl production can be started by growing 100 oysters in the pond. The market price of each oyster is 15 to 25 rupees. The cost of structure set-up for oyster cultivation is 10 to 12 thousand rupees. Water costs Rs.1000 and Rs.1000 is spent on other equipment.

High demand in outside states

Niravbhai has been cultivating pearls for 3 years. Giving information about farming, he said that after finding oysters from rivers, dams and lakes, mixing powder foam with dye with design in them and keeping them in the lake for 12 to 15 months, pearls are produced naturally. Nirav Patel design makes palma pearls. The pearl is in great demand abroad along with other states including Rajasthan and Delhi. It produces and exports pearls in a variety of designs, including God, Alphabet, and Lucky Number. After being kept in the lake for 12 to 15 months, naturally produced pearls are sold in the market for up to Rs. 300

This is how oysters are prepared

As many oysters survive after being in the water for the first 10 days of antibiotics. It is thrown into the lake. These oysters are kept in a nylon bag and hung in a 1 meter deep water in the lake with the help of vass or pipe. At the same time, great care is taken to ensure that no oyster is left in this condition. Even though it hangs in the vase, it is not entirely watery. Meanwhile, organic manure must be added to the pond. This helps to maintain the oysters healthy and speeds up the process of pearl formation within the oysters. All of the oysters are removed after approximately a year and a half, and pearls are extracted.

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