The life was not so easy for the Doctor to begin with. Many things did not exist which he wanted and he had to produce them. There was no Arca there was no bruta . Farmers were against the model which he was trying to create. There were no processing units , a bull driven ghany for example, units for producing palm jiggery. And the established system fought against when he advocated not to drink milk.
He says the going was tough. But he was confident all along that ‘the truth triumphs at the end of the day.’ Human race had missed the bus, in not choosing the diversified millet as the staple food. Instead they chose wheat and meat. From the point of Nutrition, the millet are the best food.
His philosophy is for living with the nature , not against it. We are part of the nature. So we cannot live alone, we have to live along. He cites his own personal example in changing himself a lot. The ‘chappals’ he is wearing now are 14 years old. That Conserving . If we do not use, it will be useful for someone else. He blames the so called advanced science and technology making a billion people going hungry, everyday.
He is in favour of a ‘Saku’ (enough)philosophy instead of a ‘beku’ (we want) philosophy. When we start saying there is enough for me, then there will be enough for everybody. When we say enough for me, then you start sharing.
Dr. Khadar Vali says you have forgotten that you are a human being, instead you think of being this or that. If you choose to be a real human being you will have no ego at all. You are then a part of nature. Then you have the capacity to take care of things. And nature is bigger than you all the time. Never think of winning over nature. If you fight, you will be on the losing side. Plants, trees, are direct representations of nature. So if you are not able to grow a tree in your lifetime, you are not a human being.
Dr. Khader Vali sites his own example of Jungle Krushi. He grew 100 trees in his 3 to 4 acres of land. Now it provides everything for him to grow his food. Thirty kinds of different food products, sufficient for fifty to hundred people. So you grow trees, it will grow food for you, lifelong. That's what ..
And he has lots of animals. You may know, leopards come, thousands of birds and in fact he has made videos of them and posted. The birds he says bless our crops when they lay their shit and the land becomes fertile. The land when he brought was un-fertile, sloppy , and was almost like sand. Now after working for three to four years, it has got built in to a forest, and he proudly says he can grow anything, mangoes, guava , seetaphal , papaya and 400 diversified plant varieties. And thousands of birds , snakes, rabbits, in fact he says two years ago, elephants came, one and half year ago, a tiger visited. He says - Growing plants is the best agenda that human beings can.
One being asked about his message for the youth, he says ‘there is no message as such . I just don't want to give messages, I want people to live their lives. And your life should be your message. Just live your lives , not just by mind alone, but by heart also.
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