Dear Biswamohan Babu, This is a wonderful effort for keeping our SOIL SOVEREIGNTY, SEED SOVEREIGNTY and SOCIAL SOVEREIGNTY.
I wish it a grand success and spread to other parts of Orissa, Jharkhand and many other tribal areas. On this occasion, you may like to read one of my poem,"The Grain Goddess" through which I celebrate seeds. Regards Dr Balaram Sahu THE GRAIN GODDESS (A Poem By Dr. Balaram Sahu) She conveys her best wishes With small packets of grains She believes, she solicits the goddess To mitigate others pains. For her, each grain is the seat of goddess, Brings in love, health and prosperity For her, each grain is a temple Where she meets the almighty. She explains, Grains from hills and dry lands Are full of blessings Grains from deserts, millets of minor Are goddesses in disguise! Plants grown with scanty of water Express best of their genes Grains yielded in stress Can only use the best natural means. Each seed from desert and dry land Is like a mother- in- pain Ready to deliver the best of her elements In the form of beautiful grains. She teaches how to treat the grains With best care and wishes She gives leaves of Negundo and Turmeric powder To preserve the grains without stress. (Mrs Malabika Sahu is a housewife who lives in Keshari Enclave, B-401, Nayapalli, Unit-8 Bhubaneswar, Orissa, who collects minor millets from dry lands like Kalahandi,Koraput and distributes to Nears and Dears in Urban areas for the popularization of these minor grains. She believes these minor millets have tremendous life giving elements.)
