Sailesh Kumar Mishra

Be happy

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

This picture I took of a street cleaner in Spain always haunts me. To be a truly great nation, this is how our municipal workers must look like. This is how manual work must be paid for and respected.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

On World Cancer Day, I want to dedicate this picture to Bollywood stars who promote pan masala ads. The lone breadwinner is in stage 4 cancer. The young wife does not know what will happen to her & the baby. They will live the impact of the "role" played by the movie stars.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

Dream, dream, dream. How much can we dream for the Motherland?

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

I am thrilled and honored to see the World Skill Center featured prominently on Google Maps when locating Bhubaneswar.This places WSC on the international map,amplifying its significance as a center of excellence and a symbol of global collaboration in skill development.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

The Fallen Tomato Cart
The Times of India - April 20, 2006

I pass through this very intersection every morning with so much ease. Today, the pace is skewed. There is a sense of disarray as motorists try to push past each other through the traffic light. The light here always tests their agility because if you miss the green, you have to wait for another three minutes before it lets you go past again. Those three minutes become eternity for an otherwise time-insensitive nation on the move. Today, there is a sense of chaos here. People are honking, skirting each other and rushing past. I look out of my window to seek the reason. It is not difficult to find because it is lying strewn all over the place.

A tomato seller’s cart has overturned. There are tomatoes everywhere and the rushing motorists are making pulp of it. The man is trying to get his cart back on its four rickety wheels and a few passers by are picking up what they can in an attempt to save him total loss. Though symbolic in the larger scheme of things, it is not a substantive gesture. His business for the day is over.

The way this man’s economics works is very simple. There is a money lender who lends him money for just one day, at an interest rate of Rs 10 per day per Rs 100 lent. With the money, he wakes up at 4 am to go to the wholesale market for vegetables. He returns, pushing his cart a good five miles, and by 7 am when the locality wakes up, he is ready to sell his day’s merchandise. By the end of the morning, some of it remains unsold. This his wife sells by the afternoon and takes home the remainder, which becomes part of his meal. With the day’s proceeds, he returns the interest to the money lender and goes back to the routine the next day. If he does not sell for a day, his chain breaks.

Where does he go from here? He goes back to the money lender, raises capital at an even more penal interest and gets back on his feet. This is not the only time that destiny has upset his tomato cart. This happens to him at least six times every year. Once he returned with a loaded cart of ripe tomatoes and it rained heavily for the next three days. No one came to the market and his stock rotted in front of his own eyes. Another time, instead of the weather, it was a political rally that snowballed into a confrontation between two rival groups and the locality closed down. And he is not alone in this game of extraneous factors that seize not only his business but also his life. He sees this happen to the “golgappa” seller, the peanut seller and the “vada pao” seller all the time. When their product does not sell, it just turns soggy. Sometimes they eat some of it. But how much of that stuff can you eat by yourself ? So, they just give away some and there is always that one time when they have to simply throw it away.

Away from the street-vendor selling perishable commodity with little or no life support system, the corporate world is an altogether different place. Here we have some of the most educated people in the country. We don the best garbs. We do not have to push carts; our carts push us. We have our salary, perquisites, bonuses, stock options, gratuities, pensions and our medical insurance and the group accident benefit schemes. Yet, all the while, we worry about our risks and think about our professional insecurity. We wonder, what would happen if the company shifted offices to another city? What would happen if the department closed down? What would happen if you were to take maternity leave and the temporary substitute delivered better work than you did? What would happen if the product line you are dealing with simply failed? In any of those eventualities, the worst that could happen would still be a lot less than having to see your cartful of tomatoes getting pulped under the screeching wheels of absolute strangers who have nothing personal against you.

All too often we exaggerate our risks. We keep justifying our professional concerns till they trap us in their vicious downward spiral. Devoid of education, sophisticated reasoning and any financial safety net, the man with the cart is often able to deal with life much better than many of us. Is it time to look out of the window, into the eyes of that man to ask him, where does he get it from? In his simple stoicism, is probably, our lost resilience.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

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[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha Sir,You can make everything possible.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

In 2018, I had a great opportunity to engage with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus on a variety of issues, ranging from his mother's mental health to micro finance, to the essence of leadership. Watch this video slowly and pay attention to what he says. https://t.co/oZYwZOJ9rA

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@Susmita4Odisha @AhdUniv Nation is endebted for your philanthropic Act . We are proud of you.

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha I feel incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to connect closely with you and learn so much. It truly feels like God has sent you to this earth to serve ordinary people. Individuals like you are genuinely needed to guide mankind and serve our nation.

[Subroto Bagchi @SubrotoSkills]

In the beginning, our lives look like the source of a river. Standing there, we have no idea what the confluence may someday look like. In between is the flow. Of narratives of many ordinary people who make an extraordinary difference. To see where I started & where I have ended!

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@WorldSkillCentr Thanks WSC for organizing such a wonderful session .

[World Skill Center @WorldSkillCentr]

ପ୍ରଥମ ବିଶ୍ୱ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ ଉଦଘାଟନ ଅବସରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅସ୍ମିତାର ପ୍ରତୀକ ସଂଗୀତ ‘ବନ୍ଦେ ଉତ୍କଳ ଜନନୀ’କୁ ସମସ୍ତେ ଏକ ସ୍ୱରରେ ଗାଇଛନ୍ତି। ଏଥିରେ ବିଶ୍ୱ ଦକ୍ଷତା କେନ୍ଦ୍ରର ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀ, ବରିଷ୍ଠ ଅଧିକାରୀ ଏବଂ କର୍ମକର୍ତ୍ତାମାନେ ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇ ସାମୂହିକ ଭାବେ ଏହି ରାଜ୍ୟ ସଂଗୀତ ଗାନ କରିଛନ୍ତି। @CMO_Odisha @SDTEOdisha

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha "Go kiss the World" is a great motivational book that we read yet !! Completed reading article with a tearful eye.

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha Heart touching !! How do I wish my feelings when you have experienced it on the ground. This must be a learning for all of us. HUAMITY

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@Biswaje20075056 @BDA_BBSR Great collaboration and need of the hour

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha @CMO_Odisha Sir,It is great privilege to serve The mother Odisha and we and the next generation would remember you for ever.

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha @soumyajitt @Naveen_Odisha A great honor to mother Odisha. The decision would definitely help the young officers and boost their morel to a new height.

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha ଆପଣ ହେଲେ ଓଡିଶା ତଥା ଭାରତ ମାତା ର ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ସନ୍ତାନ। ସାରା ଜାତି ଆପଣ ଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଗର୍ବିତ।

[Sailesh Kumar Mishra @MishaSailesh]

@skilledinodisha ଆପଣ ହେଲେ ଓଡିଶା ତଥା ଭାରତ ମାତା ର ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ସନ୍ତାନ। ସାରା ଜାତି ଆପଣ ଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଗର୍ବିତ।