hi all,
Today I am going to write on 3 questions I stumbled upon recently and what answers I thought of.
* Which is the thing lacking in todays India according to u?
* What value u have added in this world.
* Say after 10-15 years from now in which field, subject u want to be called an expert? Or even u want to have deep knowledge/study/understanding/wisdom?
* First one was when we were having a group discussion in college. The person who was conducting the GD, asked us few questions before the actual GD just to have warm up.
And one important question he asked was, which is one thing lacking in todays India according to u?
Question was not extra ordinarily different.. because there r many things lacking in todays India one feels. Try giving answer to this urself.. I will tell u what I think.
What I think India is lacking today is Indian-ness. There is Japanese way of doing things, American way of doing things, European way of doing things… what is Indian way of doing things? Further, what is Indian philosophy of economics? Running the country? Schooling? philosophy towards life? We have to explore and identify that. There is no reason why we should follow what westerners do blindly. And as we undergo economic revival, India has to contribute to the world Indian way of thinking towards everything.
And not doing that is the thing modern India is lacking today.
* Second question was asked to me in an interview. He was asking me about my career aspirations… and I was telling him about how I would love to do entrepreneurship sometime.. and while talking about that, I said that my idea of entrepreneurship is diff than just doing business, but being innovative and making best use of resources to create something which will add value to the world. And then he asked me “ ok chaitanya, tell me what value have u added to the world till now?” I was not prepared for this question and I gave some very arbit and unsatisfying answer.
Really, what value can we add to the world… when I think about it now.. here is what I feel. Adding value according to me is doing something which is not expected in normal course.. doing something extra or out of the way( for betterment of someone ofcourse)
We can add value while studying by learning something which is not formally taught, we can add value in workplace by doing same work but in a diff. and better way.. we can add value in a group by helping friends see more, think more, do more… and we can add value to ourselves by taking more exposure,thinking more, doing more…
We have to ask ourselves this question more frequently…” what value am I adding to this world?”
* For third question, I dont have any answer. Say after 10-15 or even 20 years from now on, in which field u want to be an expert? Or read it as in which field or issue u want to have deep study/knowledge/understanding/wisdom? Sure u want to be in some field.. and this may be different than the field in which u r for earning money.. but the field u have passion in, and u will work hard to be expert in that. I don’t have any answer to this question.. and thats disturbing..
I am eager to know what answer do u have to all these questions..
-- Chaitanya Bokil.
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2 comments:
as you pointed out the lack of "indian-ness", i think the root cause of it can be vaguely attributed to we indians being more adaptable.
whenever an invasion has taken place (historically) some traitor from the native people has always helped the invader, given hime a personal benefit vis-a-vis communal danger.
in today's world brain-drain has led elites to live a peaceful life, and then lose passion to contribute something back, because these elites don't find themselves 'misplaced' in the new environment.
one thing lacking in today's india, to me, is the lack of passion to help the oppressed, and lack of persistance of this passion.... the typical middle-class mentality to not meddle in injustice in the society.
about second question, if i have added any value, it would be in making lives better for people around me.... quite a question worth pondering.
i have a definite answer only for third question - music. i guess this question can only answered by a passion deep inside, and it might take one's time to find real passion.
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