So what's this change all about? It is all about Change.
Entrepreneurs in my hometown just had to invest on land & machinery, get contractors for labour and breath easy for at least 10 years, but this was 20 years ago. Today, there is no one machine that can assure 100% utility in the next order, there is no one employee whom you can depend to be with you 1 week from now. Volatile, dynamic or inconsistent - take your call. But it definitely is change, change at rates faster than ever, in all places and fields, embraced by and forced upon - men, women and children.
We do not want the same kind of shows on TV, our handsets become dull within months, new songs start boring within weeks, the management expects new things from the work-force so fast and vice-versa.
OK, now let me come to the point I wanted to share with you guys ;)
We need change to happen in every remote possibility, but what about something that is so close to us - the need to survive - Food?
Talking of a typical South-Indian like me, I've lived (and hence, been eating) for approximately 9000 days
That makes 18000 intakes (breakfast and dinner)
Of these, at least 98% of the times(17640) we should've had one of these
1. Idly
2. Dosa
3. Poori
4. Chappathi
5. Upma/semiya
6. Pongal/vada
7. Daal rice (pappu boova)
Am sure, this applies to other cultures too, just that the items change, not the number of items. In fact, it is even worse in few places.
Taking the case of items like idly/dosa(i), which is a clear winner among the 7 items in terms of number of times being consumed, I should've had them at least 8542 times in my lifetime, add to this some 5263 instances of chappathi/boori, 2891 instances of the remaining three and the rest for other items like pizza, burger, etc.
This is atrociously monotonous!!!!
So, going by Maslow's hierarchy or whatever, someone please come up with a permanent welcome change for this first, then we'll talk about the rest
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