Ask any MBA student and he will characterise the personality of a professional this way: All Marketing guys are optimists (thats where I belong to) ... finance guys are pessimists... IT guys are day dreamers ... lawyers are suspicious. True to the statement I have come across professionals in each arena. But the most prominent breed in current day society is the IT breed. Give a chance they eulogize, utopia'ise society and things and come up with wierd dreams which they believe will come true and have to come true. These are snippets from my encounters:
There should not be any corruption in India... it should be made corruption-free. There should not be any filth/waste thrown on the ground/road. There should not be any one left unemployed. Every one should have access to internet. PM should answer queries on orkut and facebook. All citizens should have hi-fi gadgets like smart phones.
I never understand why should India be so eulogized? Why should India be compared to Singapore, Malaysia, US and should not have filth on roads? Why should people be prevented in attending nature calls in open air? What happens if everyone passing out is put in a job without any free labour? Why should all citizens have access to internet and smartphones like those Singapore? Why should we be compared and assessed? India is a mighty power from ages. Infact a report from Goldman Sachs says that from all recorded history from 1AD India has been in the top three of highest GDP. Only last 250 years were an abberation and we would again climb back to our previous ranking. All these years we never imitated any country. Our ancestors from ages have been using empty vast lands for meeting nature.... throwing waste on roads... common citizens never had access to super-knowledge or super equipment. But all the time we were rich. Thats because we have our own way of moving things. If we are bound to grow at 6% even this day when the world is facing recession/slow down, thats only because we have a large unorganised market. We still have 30% of illiteracy, almost 40% living BPL. All this though appear as drawbacks, have kept us on our toes and made us acheive higher. This was the driving force for our growth and will be the driving force.
So next time you come across any IT professional saying that India should develop more in this area.... or we do this in India while it is the other way ... just tell them:
"Hum logon ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani
Ulti seedhi jaisi bhi hai apni yehi kahaani
Aankhon mein kuchh aansoo hain kuchh sapne hain
Aansoo aur sapne donon hi apne hain
Dil dukha hai lekin toota to nahin hai
Umeed ka daaman chooka to nahin hai
Thodi majboori hai lekin thodi hai manmaani
Thodi tu tu main main hai aur thodi kheecha taani
Hum mein kaafi baatein hain jo lagti hain deewani
Phir bhi dil hai hindusatni"
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