In The Name Of Organic*

In the name of Organic*

*Conditions Apply.

Aakash is everything okay?

He is not talking anything. His face is sweaty. Aakash what happened I asked him again.

I can sense fear and distress in his face. Me and Aakash sharing the same room.

I went near to him and taken papers in his hand. Aakash works for an e-magazine which has good followers on Social Media.

I do not ask him many details about his job as we know reporters go out on different works to capture photographs, to do interviews and for information at different times.

My office timings are fixed. Past few days he is preparing an article about organic food trends and how much crazily people are spending amount by seeing a label organic.

I have studied the article he prepared. It clearly shows how some people have formed a group and controlling the grocery business in the city.

Many Grocery stores and government body officials involved in this.

I asked Aakash, I think this happens in every industry.

Aakash seems normal now. He has given a sarcastic smile.

But his eyes are still in fear. He got up and washed his face.

He came back and asked me, Vishal, where you are purchasing groceries for you?

From the Grocery store on the road. So, you are purchasing organic labeled items only?

Yes.Of course. Health is wealth. I started saying the world famous quotes on health.

Aakash got angry and said, can you know whether it is organic or not?

 No. I said in a reluctant tone. Do you know how much farmers struggle for farming?

Have you ever planted a tree and made it grow without the help of pesticides?

I just want to leave earth and contact NASA to go for a spacewalk after listening to these questions.

I said No.No.Please cool down brother. Tell me what is happening.

Aakash sat on the computer desk and said he found 90% of the groceries which are selling with organic label are just normal ones with a label added to it.

To make us believe the people in this business are advertising them as organic ones and selling us the same grains which are in different sizes and less polished.

How did you find out this? I wanted to cross-check him.

He smiles after a pause and said my father is a farmer and he is cultivating organic foods since last five years.

When my editor asked me to write an article about Organic foods in the city I straightly went to my father and shown him the groceries and food we are consuming. He found these are not organic ones. But the business people got approval easily with the single window policies available with Government bodies to encourage business.

These people are projecting themselves as protectors of the environment by promoting organic foods but looting us in reality.

There is no one to inspect this in a timely manner as no one yet complained officially.

So are you submitting this article to the editor? I asked Aakash.

He is uploading something on Instagram.

Brother, if I submit the article as it is my editor will modify the content and the originality will be lost.

So, are you uploading the same on Instagram?You may lose your job if your editor finds out this.

Why are you risking your career for this one article?

I am not risking anything here. I am submitting an article directly on my Instagram account and tagging my editor in it.

Once it gets enough reaction on Social Media, my editor cannot remove it.

From next time he will not involve me in this type of news content.

I am happy if he sends me for some celebrity interviews.

I will take you with me. he smiles and we shared a high five.