This isn't a guilt post.
This is a reminder.
Because one ordinary evening, the phone will ring.
And it will not be ordinary anymore.
The most expensive thing in the world isn't gold.
It's time you no longer have with people you can no longer reach.
His mother's job was to move her arm back and forth 9,000 times to make the thread for one saree. It took her about 6 hours. She did it every day for years, and her shoulders and elbows hurt so much that at night all she could do was rub balm on them and lie down.
Her son watched this happen from the time he was a child.
He dropped out of school in class 6, had no training in machines, and decided he was going to build one anyway.
His name is Chintakindi Mallesham.
He was born in the early 1970s in Sharjipet, a small village in what is now Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana. His parents were handloom weavers. They wove Pochampally ikat sarees, and the money from it just about fed the family.
The part his mother did is called asu. It is the winding of silk yarn around pegs, and it decides the entire pattern of the saree. Nothing else in the process can begin until it is done. It cannot be skipped and it cannot be rushed.
For 2 sarees a day, his mother moved her arm around 18,000 times and handled roughly 25 km of thread.
He left school to help the family earn. Later he went back and passed class 10 after several attempts. He had no knowledge of mechanics or electronics.
He started building. He fixed parts onto a wooden frame, piece by piece. Most of it failed. Every failure wasted material and money the family did not have. There was a point when his own mother asked him to stop.
He went to Hyderabad and worked in a workshop, and spent his time watching how the machines there moved. Something in one of those movements gave him the answer. He came home and finished it.
The machine does the asu automatically. What took 6 hours now takes about 90 minutes. A weaver who could manage 2 sarees a day can now do 6 to 8.
He named it the Laxmi Asu Machine, after his mother.
Thousands of weaving families use it today. He got the Padma Shri in 2017, in the science and engineering category, without a single day of engineering education.
He has said the award mattered, but nothing matched the look on his parents' faces.
He is still working. He wants to fix the other painful parts of weaving too, so that the next generation does not leave the loom.
A boy with no schooling built a machine because he could not watch his mother rub balm on her arms one more night.
Parsis are just superb .🤗
A Bawaji boards an Indigo flight from Delhi to Mumbai and takes his seat.
As he settles in, he glances up and sees a gorgeous woman boarding the plane.
Bawaji, soon realizes she's heading straight towards his seat.
Lo and behold, she takes the seat right next to Bawaji.
Eager to strike up a conversation, Bawaji asks, "Business trip or vacation?"
She turns, smiles, and says, "Business. I'm going to the annual Sexologists Convention."
Bawaji swallows hard. Here is the most gorgeous woman Bawajii has ever seen, sitting next to him, and she's a sexologist! Struggling to contain his excitement and maintain his composure, Bawajii calmly asks, "What's your business role at this convention?"
"Lecturer," she says, "I use my experience to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality."
"Really?" Bawajiii says, swallowing hard. "What m-m-m-myths are those?"
"Well," she explains, "one popular myth is that African men are the best endowed when, in fact, it's the Tamilian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers, whereas actually it is the Bengali. However, we have found that the best potential lover in all categories is the Sardar."
Suddenly, the woman becomes a little uncomfortable and blushes. "I'm sorry," she says, "I shouldn't be discussing this with you. I don't even know your name!"
"Venkataraman!" Bawaji blurts out..... "Venkataraman Banerjee! But all my friends call me Kuldeep Singh!"
😀😊😛
#WeekendMasti
HISTORIC GOLD FOR INDIA 🇮🇳
22-year-old Manipur star Ariha Pangambam creates history by becoming the first Indian to win Gold in the Senior Women’s Individual event at the Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships! 🥇🎉
What a moment for Indian gymnastics!❤️ 🙌🫡
An 80-year-old man experienced the sea for the very first time, and his priceless smile touched millions of hearts. Watching him joyfully feel the waves reminds us that it's never too late to live a dream. Sometimes, the simplest moments become the most unforgettable memories.
Shah: "These bills....".
**Adhir shouts "What about PoK?**
Shah: "Whenever I say J&K, PoK automatically comes within it."
**🗣️ Why are you getting AGGRESIVE**
"Aggresive Na hu? PoK ko aap Kashmir ka hissa nahi mante?
> Are JAAN DE DENGE ISKE LIYE, Kya bat krte ho"🔥🤣
This is Marathi medium school in some village in Maharashtra..
Ware guruji is the man behind this concept..
He has taken this initiative and with the help of locals they give best education to all the students..
His only aim is to give best education to these kids so that later they can be a part of the system and can change things which will help our country..
13 minutes of pure horror and terror for Rahul Gandhi.
“Suno na, do bade bol rahe, toh (bache) beech mein nahin bolthe” - HM Amit Shah taking class for 56yrs old yuva netha 😜
Check this out. 😜😍🤣🤣🤣
Strictly pidis must stay away. 😀
He is Amit Thackeray:
• He is the son of Raj Thackeray.
• He serves as the president of the MNS student wing.
• He contested the 2024 Assembly election and finished third.
• While delivering a speech at a Vidyarthi Sena event, he forgot his speech.
• He said, “I forgot my speech because of your excitement.”
• He then walked off the stage.
and they plan to bring change!
🚨 Is it still the most gangster moment in Indian Cricket History 🔥
1985 World Championship of Cricket.
India thrash Pakistan in the final at the MCG. 💀
They give Ravi Shastri a brand new Audi for being Player of the Tournament. 🏎️
He jumps in, half the team climbs inside, rest sit on the roof with champagne, and this man takes a full lap around the Melbourne Cricket Ground like he owns the place. 📈
Spikes on the seats, champagne everywhere, crowd going crazy 🤣
Still the craziest flex in cricket. 😂