Inventions-Rural Minds!!

 

“Necessity is the mother of invention” when there is a need for something and it’s difficult to workout, inventions and innovations take place, people tend to find ways, either with resources or without resources. There are instances to this- A girl, Remya Jose, invented a leg powered washing machine to help her mother wash clothes, Raghav Govda, invented a machine to easily milk cattle.

In a country like India where the population is so high, majority can’t afford to buy high priced products but we can’t skip the requirements. Farmers who plough the fields can’t afford a tractor. People in the villages don’t have hospitals in vicinity, face water scarcity, electricity problems etc. These are day to day problems and here comes the need to invent.

Today, we live in 21^st century and we all use technology. Nowadays, no one can imagine life without smartphone but what about those who have never seen electricity? Today children are given analytical approach to learning but what about those who have never been to schools? These people have requirements. This requirement encourages them to do something, at least to fulfil their basic needs. Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a potter, invented mitticool, a refrigerator made of clay which naturally cools items; this way he catered his basic need and invented something that is beneficial for the society as well.

There are a lot of inventions that happen gradually but only few of them are recognized. We can’t stop appreciating Indian brains. We don’t have education like abroad still the kind of approach and thought process by our countrymen is commendable. Rural residents and slum dwellers have got no or very little resources and have made such things that have not been invented. These people if given proper education and training can transform the world into a highly advanced one.