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    Voices · India › Odisha › Nabarangapur › Khatiguda

    What people in Khatiguda are saying

    30 neighbours have shared what matters to them — in their own words.

    “The next inauguration will be in the group. There's a solo opportunity, and it's just business, just business, just doing business. That's good, isn't it?”

    “पुढी उद्घटन मिल्ले ग्रुप मा सोलो मिसो आरे खाली बिजनेस गर्ब खाली बिजनेस खाली बिजनेस गर्ले भल्ला भसी आ”

    translated from Nepali

    Sastensh khura· Khatiguda👑 👤 💼
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    What the community is telling us🌤️ Mixed

    Nearby, the main topics reveal a strong community desire for local economic development and improved access to essential goods. Many citizens express intentions to start small businesses, particularly focused on grocery items, tea shops, and poultry sales, often highlighting a lack of such facilities within several kilometers of their villages 💡. There's also a significant interest in preserving traditional farming practices, especially the cultivation of green gram and other leguminous crops after paddy without chemical fertilizers, and a deep concern for maintaining local art and culture, which is seen as crucial for identity. These initiatives suggest a resilient community keen on self-sufficiency and sustainable practices 🌱, seeking support to formalize and expand their endeavors. Some submissions are less clear, but the overarching theme points to a need for foundational business support and infrastructure to empower these local initiatives 🛣️.

    Small Business & EntrepreneurshipLocal Commerce NeedsTraditional Farming PracticesCultural PreservationEconomic Self-Sufficiency
    What could help
    💰Establish programs to support small-scale entrepreneurs in rural areas, offering guidance and micro-financing options for setting up essential local shops.
    🛒Investigate and address the lack of basic grocery and essential goods shops in villages located several kilometers from existing markets.
    🌾Promote and provide resources for traditional and sustainable agricultural practices, such as post-paddy leguminous crop cultivation, to enhance local food security and ecological balance.

    What people talk about

    top themes
    Small Shop Retail
    9
    Trading Wholesale Goods
    5
    Traditional Farming Methods
    3
    Pulse Cultivation
    3
    Millet Cereal Cultivation
    3
    Organic Natural Inputs
    2
    Handicrafts Product Manufacturing
    2
    Zero Irrigation Farming
    1

    Overall tone

    of recent voices
    0%hopeful
    Hopeful 0
    Mixed 30
    Strained 0

    In their words

    30 voices
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🎭 🌍 🚫

    “We should preserve our art and culture because if our art and culture survives, then our own identity will not remain. We are following Western countries. But our own...”

    Public Solutions
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🌾 🤲 🌿

    “After paddy cultivation, we cultivate green gram with zero irrigation, using traditional methods and without adding any chemical fertilizers or pesticides.”

    Zero Irrigation Farming
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🐄 💧 📍

    “When it comes to Gai Ghat, it always refers to that place or ghat where cows are brought to drink or bathe. This term is generally used in rural or semi-urban areas where people still depend on their animals. This is not a historical or special name, but a functional description.”

    Livestock Rearing
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🕯️ 🎄 💰

    “Seasonal calculations are made for candle sales revenue. He sells whatever is produced by his own machine. The seasonal accounting for Christmas is ongoing, and Christmas sales are also included in the candle sales accounting.”

    Handicrafts Product Manufacturing
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    💰 🥕 🚶

    “If I get a thousand rupees, I will carry the three vegetables - potato, onion, and tomato - and wander from village to village in Genbiari.”

    Trading Wholesale Goods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🏛️ 🗑️ 🚫

    “Yes, after the paddy cultivation, we brought the rejected items provided by the government and opened them without using any of our traditional methods or providing annual documents.”

    Millet Cereal Cultivation
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    💔 😭 🪙

    “Why was even the family's heart given away? Oh lover, cry and sing, call Dori, and even two small coins have arrived.”

    Local Facts
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🤸 👯‍♀️ 👧

    “With this, it's bouncing. It's an imitation from Harunadara-chan.”

    Local Facts
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🏡 🚶‍♀️ 🏪

    “Sir, please open a shop in our village selling soap, oil, rice, and general grocery items. There is no shop within four to five kilometers of our village.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    👴 🎨 🏡

    “We should preserve our culture and art because our ancestors preserved culture and art in all those places, and we should also preserve culture to maintain those places.”

    Cultural Community Identity
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🌾 🌱 ♻️

    “We cultivate green gram as a second crop every year and keep it as seeds. We cultivate it every year because we incorporate it into the soil after paddy cultivation.”

    Pulse Cultivation
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    👴 📚 🏛️

    “Regarding art and culture, all the institutions we have studied, and what we have received from our ancestors.”

    Local Facts
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🎁 👕 🍴

    “Dowry, clothes, and utensils will be supplied.”

    Offer Of Goods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🎭 🛍️ 👖

    “If fancy items are put, Big B, Jamitiki Choodi Maali, Kanara, pretense, brother/rice, other jeans.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    ☕️ 💸 🆕

    “What will I do with 20000 Taka? I used to run a tea shop, but my village tea shop was sold. Now I will open a tea shop.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🐟 🐔 🛒

    “Fish packets and fresh fish are available. Broiler chicken will be brought, cut, and sold by KG. And that is brought from Nabarangpur.”

    Trading Wholesale Goods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🏗️ 🐔 💰

    “Built and established a shop for cutting and selling boiler and wholesale chicken.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    💰 🏪 🍚

    “If I get twenty thousand rupees, I will add some money to it and make a ration shop where rice, lentils, potatoes, chilies, onions, and everything else will be available.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🧺 💰 🤝

    “Even a common cow fetches twenty thousand rupees. We will make bamboo baskets and sell them in Narampur. And if we get some money, we will share it and use it for food. We will collect four to five lakh rupees together.”

    Handicrafts Product Manufacturing
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🐔 🚫 🛍️

    “Dabu's Tek Misai PR, open a chicken shop for our village. Keep country chicken and broiler chicken. After cutting them all, wholesalers neither took nor bought them, so just sell them here.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    👗 ✨ 💃

    “dress”

    Tailoring Sewing
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🗓️ 💰 🌾

    “Do business according to the season. For example, sell whatever is available in that season, such as tamarind, black gram, and pigeon pea. What we mean by this is...”

    Trading Wholesale Goods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    💩 🐕 💰

    “What worthless stuff is being mixed here? People are asking for a shop, but they are just shoving bangles onto ears. Even if you mix in a dog, it will sell, there's profit.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🐟 💰 📈

    “Go to Matar Business Pur, Juntaki, to fetch twenty thousand tuna meals from Kalahandi. It's very cheap there. I will sell them in Normalpur, where I have a strong presence.”

    Trading Wholesale Goods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🛍️ 🔒 ✨

    “Will do online saree business after bringing sarees. But last time, Baburu remained pledged.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🧑‍🌾 🌱 💩

    “When our ancestors first started farming, for 20-30 years they cultivated without using any fertilizer. If they used any fertilizer, it was only cow dung manure, and no other fertilizer.”

    Traditional Farming Methods
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    💰 🐟 🛑

    “If 20 thousand rupees are received, meaning if my wife gets it, I will buy fish for 120 rupees and will not (do business) in every village.”

    Fishing Aquaculture
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🍚 💰 ❤️

    “We will make rice biryani, then turn it into dal and sell it. Let's start a business with fifty rupees. We will gain love with this.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Sastensh khura
    Khatiguda
    🌾 🌱 ✅

    “After paddy cultivation, while the soil is still wet, leguminous crops such as moong and chickpea can be cultivated.”

    Millet Cereal Cultivation