If\nthere is a hole in your pocket, you have two options the moment you notice\nit\u2014either you can stitch it up or delay it. If you stitch it up, your pocket\nwill become as good as new, good to hold anything and you will be tension-free.\nBut, like most of the people, we would most likely delay the work and the\nsmall, gaping hole will grow larger and larger with each day till we forget all\nabout the hole and put something valuable in it. But by the time you will\narrive at your destination, there would\nbe nothing in your pocket as you must have dropped it somewhere, all thanks to\nyour delayed work. If you had just sewn it up in time, you would not have had\nto bear the loss. Thus, comes
\nthe proverb: \u201cA stitch in time, saves nine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nproverb has an application in every field of life. Whether you are a student,\nan IAS officer, an engineer, a doctor or\na pilot, this proverb is applicable to a large extent, even on social and\nindividual bases. If you keep delaying a work, you will end up with greater\nlosses and a greater requirement of efforts. Just like one stitch in time can\nsave you from nine other stitches, work done on time can save you from\nunmanageable disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\nis a very famous story about a king of Kalinga. While eating in his garden, he\ndropped a vessel of honey. Instead of getting it cleaned, he forgot about it\naltogether. Later, some fruit flies were buzzing around the honey, and a lizard\nfollowed. Seeing the lizard, a domestic cat pounced on it. Seeing the cat, a\npet dog started chasing it. The owners of the cat and the dog started fighting\nover their pets. Soon it became the fight of the neighbourhood. But the king\njust ignored it. Soon the soldiers got involved in it and a mere fight turned\ninto a civil war and the whole kingdom was destroyed in it. Only if the king\nhad done something about the honey, the war would not have taken place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If\nyou are an engineer and you do not do anything about some defect in the\nbuilding, it may collapse some day. If you are a doctor and you do not do\nanything about the clot in the blood vessels, the patient will die. If you are\na pilot and you do not report about a problem in the plane, all the passengers\nhave to suffer. If you are a housewife and you do not do anything about a\nfaulty switch, it can lead to an electric shocker or fire. If you have a\ncountry to run and you do nothing about the problems that your country faces,\nthen all the citizens have to suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No\none can forget about the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. It was also caused due to\nlack of response. The Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), Bhopal was in a\nshanty shape, but nothing was done by the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation\n(UCC) in response to repeated complains about the poor infrastructure. On\nDecember 2-3, 1984, Methyl Isocyanide leaked from its container and caused\nabout 4,000 immediate deaths and about 5 lakh genetic disorders till date. Only\nif the infrastructure had been taken care of on time, so many people would not\nhave lost their lives.\n\nHistory repeats itself, and this proverb has never been untrue, being\nvalidated after every event in the past, whether it was the World Wars or the\nSecond Battle of Tarain, which Prithviraj Chauhan lost due to his\noverconfidence, the proverb has never failed. Therefore, we must attend to even\nminor problem, keeping its future pros and cons in mind, and not postpone it\nfor later. This sound and assuring piece of advice never grows stale for a\nthrifty mind. It is relevant even today and any ignorance of this advice is to\nyour own peril.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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