Refer Report
‘Who says we don’t have wisdom? We do the work of growing the seeds of innovation from the black soil with our heads down! Still, everyone uses the term bull mind as the opposite of oil mind, isn’t it unfair? Arjuna assumed the form of Brihannada, that too for one year. Everyone praised him so much. Oh, we lose our youth to agriculture Will you appreciate it only on hive day? Yes, we are not like galloping horses. If he gets angry or the burden on his neck becomes unbearable, Baskan hits. That is the way to express our displeasure! So how do you mean that we have no feelings, no intelligence? First everyone loved us, that too forever. The traffic of tractors increased. We were slowly pushed to the dust of the fields. Now we only remember the hive. Recently, on the occasion of this festival, the cost of the decoration that is offered to us has increased by 30 percent. The resulting worship is also a convincing testimony of stupidity. Have you forgotten that we have played a major role in establishing the thousands of years old agricultural culture in the country? Just read Vishnudatta Sharma’s ‘Panchanttra’ story. You will see how beautifully he used us as a metaphor in teaching politics to two princes of a king.
With the passage of time you have developed the habit of using our name only for insults. A husband who follows his wife is a Nandibai. The phrase used for fajiti is ‘a bull muje maar’. Hard work done without using intellect is ‘dhor mehanat’. How do you justify our lot being so disrespected? When will we realize that we too have self-respect? Recently, you have become fond of cow. That mother, then why do we not have the status of father? You started committing the sin of erasing our genealogy because of her. How to call it good? What about the tradition that feeding her with fodder brings merit, but if we express a wish in our ears, it gets fulfilled? Whose sin is it to forget? Even if those who want to become chief minister follow this and fulfill their expectations immediately, we will have auspicious days. At least for selfish reasons, but people will also start getting closer to us. As useful as a cow is to you for politics, we will also fall! What’s so much about it? We have become vegetarians but when our festival comes after Shravan, you crave for non-vegetarian food. So our worship is only a cure lately. Many people seem to be in such a hurry in the cowshed that sometimes they touch their foreheads and push them. How much is this depreciation. Oh, if you want to preserve the cycle of nature, just play the role of animal husbandry. Give us the same respect. Listen for wish fulfillment. See how you flourish!’
Source: Marathi