Not the title of a new action movie but the new opportunity for the Indian desert farmer. Worldwide gas exploration is now relying on a technique involving use of high pressure fluids to crack the rock strata and extract valuable natural gas.
This fluid is pushed in to the cracks using an agent called Guar Gum. The source of this Guar - Rajasthan, India.
So now the Ganwar Gharwalas of the Kings State (or Raja's sthan) can count their Guar blessings as they sow and reap this unassuming bean. They can truly say 'Bean There Done That' and mean it, when it comes to the latest energy exploration techniques.
While the south of the border Maharshtrians will just have to go without having the Gavar (aka Guar) on their dinner plate (less profitable) instead relying on the cheaper gas (as a result of fracking) to heat up another competitive bean.
It is said that opposites attract meaning people with contrary viewpoint sometimes find chemistry to be together. But I'm referring to a modern twist where people are merely attracted towards a common place because their uber communication device aka smart phone is about to die. The charging station. From airports to hotel lobbies or even bathrooms, when in need they are attracted to this power outlet like moths to a flame or a junkie to a needle. A whole new business of supplying these hyper connected folks is now born whose lifesaver product is a backup charge. Asian tourists perpetually carry a phone sized battery pack stuck to their latest Apple phone updating their status to folks in Hong Kong or Shanghai or Bangalore as they pose for selfies with weird facial expressions and fingers pointed out in a letter V. Vain? PS: I dis'charged' my blogger duties making this insightful observation as my phone is about to breathe it's last and my flight gets call...
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