tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post8732671819373656270..comments2024-03-29T10:03:47.176+05:30Comments on eNidhi India Travel Blog: 3 Wheelers with a differenceShrinidhi Handehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-52799653088812809892010-04-13T17:20:06.707+05:302010-04-13T17:20:06.707+05:30Manjunath,
Now that you've seen it, you know ...Manjunath, <br />Now that you've seen it, you know what to do when we run out of fuel and electricity and will be forced back to 19th century in near future...<br /><br />Ram,<br />ThanksShrinidhi Handehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-52805292051347579832010-04-13T16:29:25.889+05:302010-04-13T16:29:25.889+05:30Interesting machines!
RamInteresting machines!<br /><br />RamTrails of a Travelerhttp://www.photography-travel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-20567553092631105682010-04-12T12:27:42.233+05:302010-04-12T12:27:42.233+05:30Sugar cane crusher looks like made from 19th centu...Sugar cane crusher looks like made from 19th century technology and never saw this kind of machine in my life...Manjunathhttp://www.ceveni.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-74647310295874816602010-04-12T02:02:32.633+05:302010-04-12T02:02:32.633+05:30Sorry, Please fast forward to 2:35 to hear P Saina...Sorry, Please fast forward to 2:35 to hear P Sainath:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNMlXWZSwYMitesh Damaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105826492525999039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-34271114410089887182010-04-12T02:01:05.246+05:302010-04-12T02:01:05.246+05:30My thoughts on rising commodity prices:
DO NOT bu...My thoughts on rising commodity prices:<br /><br />DO NOT buy from large corporates that monopolize market power. These large corporates with deal with large agriculture. Not only will the food supply quality go downhill, but prices will shoot up. Only buy from street vendors who deal with small farmers.<br /><br />I have a concept in mind where the end consumer should have a direct link with the end producer with the middle man only acting as transport and facilitation and earning a low fixed amount. In this way, the end consumer can find out exactly where their product came from and can deduce the quality of the product. If wines are based on name and where they are produced why should any other commodity be treated any different? Fraud can be delt with when products come with a serial number hat can be looked up on a website. When the same serial # is entered into website twice you know there is fraid involved. This can be done with a sck of rice, wheat flour, etc.<br /><br />Only when people realize it is in their benefit to support the small guys, will everyone benefit (the consumer with sustained low prices and high quality) and the producer with a steady livable income.<br /><br />The other option is to be under control of large corporates and be abused by them with higher prices every year and lower quality, dangerous GM crops, and pesticides. And people in the cities will have to pleasure to read about farmer suicides when they open the newspaper and get to drop paise in the hands of newly arrived beggers from hard hit villages.<br /><br />I leave you with a video:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNMlXWZSwY<br /><br />More info on my blog:<br />http://askbutwhy.com<br /><br />Wake up before it's too late.Mitesh Damaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105826492525999039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-63631230852161708652010-04-11T20:19:08.506+05:302010-04-11T20:19:08.506+05:30Sandeep,
Yeah.. May be make it more stylish, buil...Sandeep,<br /><br />Yeah.. May be make it more stylish, build an AC room around it and charge a premium for the exercise benefit one would get...Shrinidhi Handehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-46243134971877231612010-04-11T16:18:39.424+05:302010-04-11T16:18:39.424+05:30Yeah .. I also seen these manual machines a lot in...Yeah .. I also seen these manual machines a lot in Navi Mumbai. Also had an opinion that it can be used by people to have a different kind of workout :)Sandeep Shandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271772844265880737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-73972434037416912852010-04-11T07:36:43.066+05:302010-04-11T07:36:43.066+05:30The Wild:
I guess jaggery is also made through a s...The Wild:<br />I guess jaggery is also made through a similar process in alemane...<br /><br />ThanksShrinidhi Handehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-61100671645616645862010-04-11T07:35:37.426+05:302010-04-11T07:35:37.426+05:30Janit,
Thanks for the comment.
Regarding your qu...Janit,<br />Thanks for the comment. <br /><br />Regarding your question, rising sugar prices aren't benefiting farmers much. Its all pocketed by middlemen and sugar factories and merchants. Selling sugarcane juice ensures that they get some daily income. Cane sent to factories will take long time before the payment is realized...Shrinidhi Handehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-72885851018869810962010-04-10T20:33:17.829+05:302010-04-10T20:33:17.829+05:30The sugarcane machine that you saw is quite common...The sugarcane machine that you saw is quite common in the village side ,i have seen it many times.The idea is that it does not need electricity ,so it is mechanical device which makes things easier for the village folks.<br /><br />In Alemane (traditional sugracane growers) who convert them into jaggery,u will see a slight modification to this where in a ox turns a spindle which crushes the sugarcane.You can see them if you venture into interior parts.The wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175404951293073212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-44540453811111805992010-04-10T18:40:54.912+05:302010-04-10T18:40:54.912+05:30These sugarcane juice machines are new to Pune too...These sugarcane juice machines are new to Pune too. I dont remember seeing them last summer. This year, I saw a few of these in Gujarat too. Usually in Gujarat sugarcane juice vendors from UP, Bihar come and set up shops. I wonder why, in spite of rising sugar prices are these farmers pushed towards the cities.Janithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825913621042304499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-75899578113974116532010-04-10T04:13:09.582+05:302010-04-10T04:13:09.582+05:30Thanks Mridula. Do you find similar sugar cane mac...Thanks Mridula. Do you find similar sugar cane machines around in Delhi?Shrinidhi Handehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875443161762278339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28310409.post-74972990849942618322010-04-09T20:12:18.583+05:302010-04-09T20:12:18.583+05:30I was a few days ago wistfully looking at a sugar ...I was a few days ago wistfully looking at a sugar cane juice stall while stuck in traffic, thinking I could post a few pictures! <br /><br />That vehicle also looks quite intriguing.Mridulahttp://blogs.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/noreply@blogger.com