Firstly, I thank Jithendra and Sampath for preparing the presentation for me, without them it would be a disaster , next I thank all the listeners who have patiently listened to my long presentation on DRDO, ISRO and Indian Railways in Republic day celebrations of GRA( Group for Rural Activities) IIT BOMBAY.
Incredible India, yes it is incredible but in what way and what's the proof for it. There may be many ways to show it but i will give you an example. Consumerism is a very good proof of India's development.. Proof ?? Here's the proof: India has been represented in various beauty pageants from 1953, but we had won just 1 title until 1991 and suddenly after liberalisation of our economy, we have had 7 titles from then in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth contests. How could Indian women get suddenly beautiful and talented? Well, this is the proof of development and it was pointed out in the talk given by Atulji in celebrations.
One of my friends asked me, "have you written anything about the recent ruthless burning of the Additional Collector?". A few things have fallen in to place for me with this question. Atul sir explained that media points out more of negative things to increase their TRP ratings than that of good things happening around. A killing will find it's place in front page, an accident killing 10 people will, an MLA physically harassing women will, but not those which have saved many people's lives, not those laws which ensure better protection of Women, not those new infrastructure used to prevent accidents.
This made me to think, if such negative incidents are not properly shown and given importance, then it's like hiding the truth and showing a wrong picture of India. I asked Mr Atul the same. His reply was spontaneous: "well that might be true to some extent, but if people do good when there is good shown to their eyes, it comes from their own heart like self-realisation rather than doing good to rectify something which is born out of desperation to change, though both give the same positive result". Wah! I was awestruck by his reply. The former is THE ultimate thing that one can achieve,willing to do good coming from your heart. The latter is a sort of a vengeance which is my present state. Until then I was sort of not liking him, but after this, I loved his view and my respect for him grew.
This was my next question: " Sir, India is developing, right? But what about the values that we are all forgetting? ". His reply was simple and straightforward: "the negative side of what media is showing is losing those age old values that our society and family stood for, and because of this, we think that way. A point worth noting is that, once the media has shown YOGA to have become very popular all over the world, even we started following it, remembering the importance of it. It is like getting back to those values. There's good and bad happening all over, it's up to you to see that.
For those of you who say "Where are good people today??" the reply is " It is your problem to see, they are everywhere ".
Incredible India, yes it is incredible but in what way and what's the proof for it. There may be many ways to show it but i will give you an example. Consumerism is a very good proof of India's development.. Proof ?? Here's the proof: India has been represented in various beauty pageants from 1953, but we had won just 1 title until 1991 and suddenly after liberalisation of our economy, we have had 7 titles from then in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth contests. How could Indian women get suddenly beautiful and talented? Well, this is the proof of development and it was pointed out in the talk given by Atulji in celebrations.
One of my friends asked me, "have you written anything about the recent ruthless burning of the Additional Collector?". A few things have fallen in to place for me with this question. Atul sir explained that media points out more of negative things to increase their TRP ratings than that of good things happening around. A killing will find it's place in front page, an accident killing 10 people will, an MLA physically harassing women will, but not those which have saved many people's lives, not those laws which ensure better protection of Women, not those new infrastructure used to prevent accidents.
This made me to think, if such negative incidents are not properly shown and given importance, then it's like hiding the truth and showing a wrong picture of India. I asked Mr Atul the same. His reply was spontaneous: "well that might be true to some extent, but if people do good when there is good shown to their eyes, it comes from their own heart like self-realisation rather than doing good to rectify something which is born out of desperation to change, though both give the same positive result". Wah! I was awestruck by his reply. The former is THE ultimate thing that one can achieve,willing to do good coming from your heart. The latter is a sort of a vengeance which is my present state. Until then I was sort of not liking him, but after this, I loved his view and my respect for him grew.
This was my next question: " Sir, India is developing, right? But what about the values that we are all forgetting? ". His reply was simple and straightforward: "the negative side of what media is showing is losing those age old values that our society and family stood for, and because of this, we think that way. A point worth noting is that, once the media has shown YOGA to have become very popular all over the world, even we started following it, remembering the importance of it. It is like getting back to those values. There's good and bad happening all over, it's up to you to see that.
For those of you who say "Where are good people today??" the reply is " It is your problem to see, they are everywhere ".
you are really a true and honest with your thought process... keep it up..
ReplyDeleteNicely written.. good!!!
Wah ! :)
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ReplyDeletea very good review of the session.Really there was a lot to learn from the session.your last line sums it up.
Wow.... Beautifully described. I hope this will be really a rocking and entertaining post in the part of Indian history. Thanks for the wonderful post.
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