Rajesh Kumar AKA Rosesh Sarabhai Bids Adieu To His Acting Career, Leaves Mumbai To Build A Smart Village
Rajesh Kumar left Mumbai about six months ago and is happy and content with what he is doing now. He says that it will take lots of time but he is up for the challenge. The village which never saw electricity before has it now and it&rsquos all because of Rajesh Kumar.
Rajesh Kumar who is known for his role as Rosesh Sarabhai in TV show Sarabhai VS Sarabhai, was living a life that most people only dream of ¨C well settled in Mumbai, working in the industry of glitz and glamour, having all the comforts of life along with fame that most people desire.
However, he chose to leave all of it to establish a smart village. He took up zero-budget spiritual farming, a philosophy that rejects chemicals for organic alternatives, to turn Barma into a smart village.
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He left Mumbai about six months ago, and is happy and content with what he is doing now. He says that it will take lots of time but he is up for the challenge.
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The village which never saw electricity before, has it now, and it¡¯s all because of Rajesh Kumar. His persist follow-ups with ¡°bijlee vibhag¡± resulted in lightning up the village during night.
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How he got this idea? He said it was in September last year.
¡°I was sitting under a mango tree, somewhere around here, and that was when it struck me, almost like Buddha¡¯s story.¡±
His father had been urging him to do something about their neglected ancestral farmland for years.
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It¡¯s been almost six months in the village, and he misses ¡°nothing about Mumbai¡±.
He begins his day at the cracks of the dawn, milks cows and then inspects the fields.
¡°My sons, Ahaan (9) and Vyaan (6), planted mango seeds when they visited me last October. Now, they demand photos to track the growth of the saplings.¡±
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He agrees that somewhat his decision is influenced by lack of opportunities in Mumbai.
¡°When an actor takes up another profession, many assume it¡¯s because he isn¡¯t getting work. But in my case, the kind of work I was offered in TV wasn¡¯t challenging and some of the characters were just modelled on Rosesh Sarabhai,¡±
Keep up the good work, Rajesh Kumar.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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