Many people
are planting cardamom these days. I too planted some lean cardamom plants last
year, and these plants have remained as they were. The leaves are drying up now.
They have turned brownish. What is my Elanchi up to now? When many are being
profited from the spell of cardamom, my plants didnt have an energy to drink a drop of
rain from the sky to keep themselves alive.
But coming
to the serious point, people are planting lots of saplings these days. Because
there were stories of how a family earned lakhs from two or three boras (sacks)
of cardamom. We envy their hard work, when somebody has done something good
then we try to copy. Some people never take risk of starting a new venture.
It’s only things done by others, and then people like me follow. I have planted
three saplings in my garden for a test. I hope it grows well.
Just next to
our hydro power, cardamom business could be a second-highest revenue generator in
the country. We know our water is drying up year by year, and constructing a
power station is quite dear for the country, it looks unwelcoming and bleak.
But one hopeful thing that we look to is our gift of nature; the soil. Bhutan
has the nicest soil for cardamom cultivation. These plants grow in-between
300-700mts above sea level. If every plant people plant is to grow, then
every household would become so independent and rich. What everyone needs is
working hard. Everything needs hard
works to be a successful one.
