Story of An Ordinary Women Becomes Health Advisor

Life is a continuous process where you learn and (un)learn things together. Whatever the situation, just do it accordingly. Sometimes, it is very simple or complicated, but it never stops. Similarly, I am talking about a place where life is not easy. Yes, I am talking about a village named “BalidihBishanpur” in Jharkhand which is surrounded by forest from all sides, and it is not easy to reach here because of its transport system. Just think for once, think about the residents of that place, and think about the medical services. Without transportation, it is not easy to provide good services during a medical emergency, but the residents of that place work hard to support each other.

There is a good amount of working-class labor in this community followed by farmers. Apart from that, the heart-trenching experience of mine was the migration. Many families left this place for their living, they moved to big cities for their existence or living. But apart from this many people of this community work hard for the upliftment of their society and support them a lot and Meena Devi is a perfect example of this.

Meena is a 35-year-old energetic woman who works as a Sahiya. She spreads awareness related to health, hygiene, and nutrition. She always tries to meet each and every person in the community and establish good relations with them. Even though she monitors the health status of pregnant women and suggests methods of regular health check-ups and regular routine. She conducts health surveys and works on several health projects. Interestingly. 

she has impeccable expertise of over 15 years as a Sahiya. I must say that she is a multi-talented person, why am I quoting it as she is an active member of “Women Self Help Groups (SHGs)”. Her story inspires me a lot as she comes from a family with a socio-economic background but her patience makes her a powerful woman. Because she works for the advancement of society apart from her socio-economic background. I remember a quote by Timothy Pina, “Philanthropy is not about money, it’s about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help” and Mina for her positive enthusiasm and amazing work. Proving it through she is a perfect example of patience for that community.

We have all experienced the pandemic and try to support each other and save lives. Although we saw that many of us did not want to meet anyone. But, Meena was more active during the pandemic. She regularly visited the homes of pregnant women and supported them immensely. She talked about the good health of pregnant women and children. These regular activities make her more popular in the community and the residents of that community make her proud.

In March 2022, when the Mission Indradhanush Program was launched in the Dumri block of Giridih district of Jharkhand, to complete the process of vaccination of pregnant women and children who had not yet received it. For this process, she made her action plan to complete this process in a better way. She spreads awareness related to the vaccination process and Mission Indradhanush. Apart from this she actively participates in the meetings of VHSNC, Maitri, and PLA. She invites PRI members to attend the meetings in person. She always comes forward to discuss the importance of vaccination for pregnant women and children. Interestingly, she becomes a health counselor in her community with a positive attitude.

In the end, I must say that Meena is a perfect example of women's empowerment. She spreads awareness related to vaccination and the process of vaccination. She is popular in her community because of her work and supports each other in a positive way.

 

How a Teamwork helps a newborn child at Primary Health Center Kharik Bhagalpur.

Working as an ANM at rural-based primary health center Kharik, District Bhagalpur often faces challenging situations due to infrastructure and a smaller number of medical equipment. She never expected her training and expertise given by CARE India would one day help save a newly born child in the most unexpected situation.

It was a wee hour of the cold morning on 19th November. Suddenly a newly pregnant mother admitted to hospital. She was conscious and struggling with her life due to labor pain.  Babita Kumari, who is a labor room in-charge at the facility. she became a lifesaver for both Rani Khatoon and her newly born child.

Rani Khatoon 21, arrived for her first birth at 8:10 AM early morning but after having all her health examinations at Primary health center. ANMs advised her and her family members to wait until the cervix would not come to the active phase. She, along with her mother-in-law, was waiting in the Labor ward- room.

During the stay, an outsider not known, whose relatives came for a health checkup at the PHC. Some chit chats happened and he has prescribed Rani Khatoon’s mother about medicines and injections for smooth delivery. Her mother became influenced to the outsider without taking any consultation from doctors/ANMs. she bought it from the local medical shop and given to her. The medicines and injections could not relieve her pain and instead, she suffered heavy labor pain within three hours.

At 1:35 PM, she has given the birth of a male child who was having difficulty to take breath properly.
Babita Sister, who immediately inform to BM Care and explains the details that her child was not breathing after birth and had to be resuscitated. It was also a coincidence that on the same day, A BRG meeting has been scheduled at ICDS office and the repeated call was coming by the CDPO ma’am for attending it.

As per the united nations data, 802,000 infants died in India last year, and over 8 lakh newborn babies die in India every year. If they get the right treatment at the right time, they can be saved. Being a Block Manager Care India, I know how crucial these first golden minutes of a baby’s life are, instead of attending BRG meeting I have given first priority to save the baby's life and postponed the meeting for some other days. I was more concern about the newly born child's life.

I immediately inform the details with Dr. Karm Chand, A Medical Officer-in-charge at Kharik PHC. The one-day-old baby weighs 2710 grams- difficulty to breathe on his own. The baby was in critical condition and battling for his life, but the constant efforts of MOIC and his teams, a ray of hope had arisen for the baby. and a smiling relief of sigh had come in everyone's faces.

The doctors and ANMs manage to resuscitate and stabilize him, suddenly again baby went into the shock, and all attempts at helping him were falling. later doctors and BM CARE decided to transfer the baby as soon as possible to the better-equipped main hospital in the district at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur. where the child could get advanced care.

BM CARE, immediately called to Ambulance driver, who had gone far to drop out a patient at home but I instructed the Ambulance EMT while returning to PHC, be assured that all the medical arrangements and Oxygen cylinder must be ready without any further delay. The ambulance reached PHC after 25 minutes. till then the entire medical team was giving their full percentage to keep the baby safe.

Before referring the baby to the JLNMCH Bhagalpur, BM-CARE checked, whether all the essential medical equipment’s inside the ambulance is available and functioning or not. BM-Care was also in constant touch with the EMT until the safe admission of the baby in the hospital. Apart, From the next day, both BM-Care and Babita Kumari, ANM, were in constant touch with the mother and relatives of the child and taking progress report daily.

Now, the baby is stable and recovering faster than earlier and is doing well. Babita Kumari, ANM says every child has the right to survive and thrive. save a child’s life without any personal purpose that is one of the biggest rewards of her career. she proudly says, every planning and training like SBA, AMANAT JYOTI helped to ensure the safe delivery of Rani Khatoon's baby. Although it was a difficult situation for the family. I am glad I was able to help and I am proud to be a Registered AMANAT Mentor Nurse!

Rani Khatoon’s relatives are very happy after receiving such facilities and treatment care given. Rani says it was a miracle for the family. we didn’t expect anything after such an incident and now once again we could see the happiness in my life.

The Skills of Yesterday will be Obsolete Tomorrow

Technology is reshaping the world and every moment a new innovation taking place in our daily lifestyles. The dynamics of every sector and industry are changing faster than ever. Sometimes what we imagine, somewhere it is already exists or someone start working on it.  

There is no exception India will surpass China to become most populated country by 2022. According to labour ministry data, around one million people enter the workforce in India every month. And in context of the revolution the world is going through, agriculture is no longer the dependable occupation it used to be. 

According to the Future of Jobs report by jointly the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)- Nasscom with Ernst & Young (EY). The report provides insights into the future of jobs and vision of change for the job market in India by 2022. The report claims that 9% of India’s 600 million estimated workforces would be deployed in new jobs that do not exist today. This will be due to the impact that various primary forces such as globalization, demographic changes and adoption of exponential technologies by Indian companies are expected to have on key sectors. 

As per the UN based International labor organization (ILO) report Unemployment in India is projected to increase from 17.8 million last year to 18 million in 2018. It is sadden for a country like India whose 60-65 % of population is below 35 Yrs old.  There are several questions arises like who is responsible?  Where we are lacking? And how long it will take to solve these problems?

No doubts there are several challenges and it is not new for everyone. Still after several years of independence we are helpless to produce tech giants like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and etc in India. We are not able to offer quality education as per the changing trends on time to time. It is a need of the hour to offer a platform to our kids from the school days to think about the solutions of a problem rather than to inform/teach them about the problems, whatever the conclusion arrives among the students, their ideas should be appreciated, whether it is wrong or right? This way of education somehow will be helpful for our budding generations to develop entrepreneur skills in their thought process. 

From the first industrial revolution which was triggered by the steam engine, the second revolution was discovery of electricity and assembly line. The third revolution which we all are familiar and was driven by computers, digital technology and the internet. Today, we are stepping ahead in the fourth industrial revolution which is being driven by several technologies that are transforming industrial production: autonomous robots; censors based driver-less cars and vice versa. 

A McKinsey report estimates that 400-800 million people around the globe could be displaced by automation and will need to find new jobs by 2030, for which they will require new skills. There will be considerable need for re-skilling and training and this fourth revolution will build a new creativity and leadership opportunity among job seekers because it will develop a market among youngsters how innovative skills can apply.  

Startup culture in India is nowhere and mostly people are dependable on findings a secure job instead to look for anything else. Now the time has come to regain the India’s image in the worldwide through its education system and our focus must be on social sector – education, health, nutrition where new technologies will enable us to improve the quality of life and enhance our human development index. In our education system the teaching methodology should be appropriate as per the current market demand; it will not only help to minimize the unskilled work forces but a new and well knowledgeable skills forces will produce which will be directly and indirectly helpful for India. 

The current need of the changes is; 

- First, we must focus more on practical based education system rather than mere degrees.

- Secondly, we must constantly upgrade skills, which is very essential in the current context as India needs massive upgradation programmes in new technologies. 

Third, we must focus on to teach our budding kids to finding a solution of the problems instead to tell them about the problems. 

  

Finally, the world is changing and we should also have to change accordingly if we want to be a global power.

The Freedom of Free Speech in India

The guarantee of free speech in India is very difficult to understand as it’s not in our hands but in the hands of Politicians & some particular groups who itself makes the policies and later makes the fun of it.  We are living in the same country which takes pride in being the “world’s largest democracy.” But I have been wondering for quite some time – how democratic is India?

 As per our Indian constitution grants freedom to  every citizen of India to raise the questions or to speaks out but sometime these choices back fire to us by same politicians and their political groups who themselves claims as a messiah of the citizens.  

If a so called nationalistic party like Congress who was in the power of this country for approx 60 years but it is very unfortunate that Congress is up to arms against Filmmaker “Madhur  Bhandarkar” movie called “Indu Sarkar” which is going to be released this week on 28th July as the movie is based on the 21-month Emergency between 1975 and 1977 imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, where many of our biggest leaders had to go to jail, people was struck in their homes, press was  completely banned to air or published anything related to govt policies & their actions.

Apart recently a comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB) was threatened on social media by some political affiliated groups for posting a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a snapchat dog filter. These are the few examples that show how in India some political parties and their affiliated groups are trying to impose ban in the citizens’ choice of speeches/freedom and not being allowed to raise any such questions against their own leader’s failure.

This should mean that people can’t protest what they don’t like, Of course they can. It is their democratic right, but what we must watch or make mimicry of someone is it also a choice of our own way of freedom as we are living in the 21st century and we are understandable enough to take our choices of free speech.

Now the time has come to move a step forward and raise the questions against those who try to stop our freedom of choices, is that possible in India??

An Open Letter to Ravish Kumar by a common man

Dear NDTV Journalist Ravish kumar,
I am a common man and not a very famous personality like you. Even people don’t know much about me in our surrounding but I think that being a commoner is good to write an opinion in pros and cons of any issue without any problems. I was thinking to write something and I got to know the news about your own brother “Brajesh Pandey” who caught in a sex scandal. What a coincidence? Sir, I try not to write one single word but your previous Tweets & opinions in support of Anti national People start recalling in my mind, How you used the journalism as a weapon?

I personally respect you as the way you pen down the thoughts in every issue but I never knew that you are a that type of Journalist who always see the Time, Topic & Place to express the opinions. You have written several opinions in pros and cons of our political and social systems and whenever you get any such opportunity, you start bombarding with the unknown facts & figures but ultimately i think an opinion is always good for a healthy democracy.

Sir, in politics out of many only one becomes the king. Kisi na sach hi kaha hai,Politics har logon k bus ki baat nahi (someone rightly said that Politics is not for everyone’s cup of a tea). The current Vice President of Bihar Congress Committee “Brajesh Pandey”, none other than Ravish Kumar own-brother, has been booked in POSCO ACT for Molestation of minor daughter of Ex-Bihar Congress Minister and is also accused of running a sex racket.

I understand that this is not the fault of your brother as he only used to rape a minor girl but he also makes you (Ravish Kumar) in limelight again as I still remember last year when you were in limelight in support of such Anti National people and even you pen down your thoughts and participated in several events in favour of these anti social culprits and as a frustrations you were directly putting the hate polluted messages everywhere against the RSS affiliated wings.

Now, you must have to be happy as you get a new topic to pen down your thoughts in against or favour as you are more familiar in expressive based opinion. This is a golden opportunity to shut the mouth of your opponents like me and stand up and raise a question against your own brother and show the world you are not the same Journalist who pen down the thoughts in every social topic.
Jai Hind!!

Your Faithful
A Common Man 

Middle Class Expectations : Union Budget 2017

Union Budget 2017-18 is on the way to announce within two days by the finance minister- Arun Jaitely, which will give a clear roadmap picture for an entire one year of development. This year Budget is more talkative than past several years of Budget as first time in the history of India that the Railway budget will be included in the general budget.

This budget is also more essential as recently government has scrapped the higher valued notes of Rs500 & Rs1000 from the markets, the decision though commendable from the combating black money aspect, has caused significant liquidity issues in the economy, which the effect market is staring at temporary job losses. As per the study conducted by India’s largest organization of manufacturers, since after demonetisation, micro-small scale industries suffered 35 per cent jobs losses and a 50 per cent dip in revenue,

IMF (International Monetary Fund) projected India GDP growth rate at 6.6% for 2016-17 against its earlier estimate of 7.6% and even The World Bank cut India's GDP growth for 2016-17 fiscal to 7 per cent from its previous estimate of 7.6 per cent citing the impact of demonetisation.

Government have to keep all these questions in mind before announcing it. From every sector people have so many expectations in announcements but it’s also true that government can’t make every faces happy but still the expectations are more as budget should be people friendly, industry friendly and social eco-friendly.

As a commoner, I have multiple expectations from this budget as govt. must have to offer some relaxations in Taxes for middle class or lower middle class families Govt. must keep in mind that at least 10 million young people enter the work force each year and it’s therefore essential to craft an economic policy that creates jobs and for that govt. must announce some Tax relaxations for start-ups as it will not only help to creates more jobs but will also helpful to make GDPs strong.

Education is one of the top where govt. has to give attention more as an educated population is essential for nation’s prosperity, which is a key component to achieve the government's vision of Make in India, Digital India and Skill India. it is  need of the hour for students  to get some Tax rebates, for education loan to higher education. Higher Education continues to be an expensive provision for the average youth of the country.

After demonetization, govt. is having a bet its future on digital India but still there are so many
 issues are coming its way for such an immediate shakeup. If Govt. wants to make digital India then they must have to announce free online transaction charges as still some sectors of the economy continue hostile with the lack of readily available cash, grassroots businesses are still being revolutionized with electronic payment capabilities, and masses of people continue transitioning towards new ways of paying for basic goods and services.

Finally, I hope this budget will seize the opportunity of launching the next wave of reforms, by reviving investment, reducing Taxes and creating new job opportunities and finally make a people thumb-ups of development promises.

Amma (Jayalalithaa) : we will always miss you forever

 Amma, A nick name itself explain many things about the irony women. She was not only a political leader but was also a Messiah for many people. Her lost will definitely affect the statehood of the people.



Jayalalithaa did not need and had never needed the media hype as many of us seen/heard in the News as among the thousands gathered outside Apollo Hospital during her last hours. Many of her followers started crying and even eager to know about her day to day health conditions. Many of them started doing religious activities for the well being of her life that determines how she was famous among their well wishers.

Her Political career saw her rebound from corruption cases and rise to the chief ministership of Tamil Nadu five times because of her development agenda for the welfare of needy people. Her political campaign strategy was completely different and a unique for the nation.

She was not much active on Social media apart she was also not much into the main stream media for branding herself, instead she took the personal branding of state services to a whole new level- with subsidies Amma canteens, Amma medicines, Mineral water, salt, and Cement on top of freebies like induction stores, laptops, bicycles, mixer grinders, gold coins and many such more.

Any state can develop and judge by their administrative efficiency that Tamil Nadu has seen a leading state in attracting investments and easy of doing businesses. She helped her state achieve a competitive diversity of industry and services, during her first stint as Chief Minister; for example, she pulled off a achievement by getting FORD to invest in the state- which paid off in terms of Tamil Nadu developing into one of India’s premier auto hubs.

Finally, she was not a Politician of Photo-ops, but a lady with the messiah for many.

You will always miss AMMA!! Your soul rest in peace.