Away from home here at Hyderabad, I depend on the likes of SubWay and McDees for my dinner. At the gates of the subway at panjagutta, there is this cute little hawker boy "Syed Aimat". He convinced me to buy peanut cakes worth Rs.110 from him by his splendid marketing talks. Before I proceed further let me tell you that a foot long at subway costs only Rs.108.
He speaks good english for a street hawker of his age , is very enterprising and even explains the advantages of buying peanut cakes. There are offers too, if you dont like them you can return the rest, buy a pack today and i wont request you for another week and so on and so forth. The few minutes i have spent listening to his childish but sincere marketing efforts set me thinking.
i) If aimat takes to marketing as his career he will do well, but who will train him.?
ii) He can do well at school too , but sadly who will fund his education?
iii) How many other aimats must be there across this globe.?
iv) When there are so many aimats, why do we get married , have children and continue on paths like "my wealth", "my family", "my children", "my dynasty" instead of going "my earth". Wouldnt it be better if we could improve the life of someone who is already there on earth rather than bringing someone new and providing for his/her living. ?
Just a thought that crossed my mind.
Cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
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