No Reality check for me please!
They say economic reform's only just taking off, there is not a word of either social or political reform. But who cares?
All I want to hear or talk about is of family and friends taking up well paid, very well paid ones indeed, in multinational firms or heading to universities abroad. I only want to read the Economic Times, - its front page often tells me stuff like why I should get married to a manager if I am a techie and other interesting stuff, and importantly it doesn't spoil my mood by reporting a farmer suicide every other day.
And please don't tell me about any of the following, I've had too much of preaching on it already,
1. Politicians or politics,
I am strictly non-political, I've never liked politics since a child, I am completely obsessed with work. Who cares if our Chief Minister is giving away free power and our farmers are sucking their farms bone dry or if contracts for the biggest construction projects are given for plans designed in less than a month or if a new community is going to get a new share of the remaining unreserved pie.
2. Caste
Caste, don't even utter that word please. I am strictly against discrimination on the basis of caste, and it should be eliminated, I don't know how but I am going to marry the girl my parents search for me, compatibility is very important for marriage of course.
3. Poor People who are dying
It is quite sad, but there are always poor people and everybody has to die of course. These days it has become more common from what they say, poor chaps, I don't know why so many of them have to die and worse kill themselves. But at some point, it gets sick - you know, reading about death every day, that's why I moved to the TOI or ET, they have more interesting stuff there.
I think it is important to be cool, there is no point getting angry, we must try to find a way around things, after all, status quo seems alright.
We don't have to get angry about corrupt government servants, poor public health service, contaminated water or criminalized politics, after all we are all lucky enough to be smart, we'll soon be rich and we don't have to worry about any of these later.
We are the nation's intellectual elite, we don't have to bother about problems that plague our people.
Of course not. We have enough of our own problems to sort out.
All I want to hear or talk about is of family and friends taking up well paid, very well paid ones indeed, in multinational firms or heading to universities abroad. I only want to read the Economic Times, - its front page often tells me stuff like why I should get married to a manager if I am a techie and other interesting stuff, and importantly it doesn't spoil my mood by reporting a farmer suicide every other day.
And please don't tell me about any of the following, I've had too much of preaching on it already,
1. Politicians or politics,
I am strictly non-political, I've never liked politics since a child, I am completely obsessed with work. Who cares if our Chief Minister is giving away free power and our farmers are sucking their farms bone dry or if contracts for the biggest construction projects are given for plans designed in less than a month or if a new community is going to get a new share of the remaining unreserved pie.
2. Caste
Caste, don't even utter that word please. I am strictly against discrimination on the basis of caste, and it should be eliminated, I don't know how but I am going to marry the girl my parents search for me, compatibility is very important for marriage of course.
3. Poor People who are dying
It is quite sad, but there are always poor people and everybody has to die of course. These days it has become more common from what they say, poor chaps, I don't know why so many of them have to die and worse kill themselves. But at some point, it gets sick - you know, reading about death every day, that's why I moved to the TOI or ET, they have more interesting stuff there.
I think it is important to be cool, there is no point getting angry, we must try to find a way around things, after all, status quo seems alright.
We don't have to get angry about corrupt government servants, poor public health service, contaminated water or criminalized politics, after all we are all lucky enough to be smart, we'll soon be rich and we don't have to worry about any of these later.
We are the nation's intellectual elite, we don't have to bother about problems that plague our people.
Of course not. We have enough of our own problems to sort out.
posted by Mohanakrishna C at 11:13 PM
2 Comments:
When do societies develop? Or rather, when are societies considered developed?
The obvious answer is when the societies are rich. When they make lots of money. Not just a few individuals, but when most members of the society make lots of money. So when we are thinking about improving the lot of our folks, we are thinking about improving the standards and quality of their living - all of which, in effect, requires them to find ways of making money.
Throughout the history of human beings, no society has developed because of the few people who set out to improve the social/economic conditions of their fellow beings, but because of the few people who are enterprising enough to find ideas of doing productive work and thereby make money for themselves and for the others, by generating lots of opportunities.
A Bill Gates or a Narayana Murthy or an Ambani have done lot more good to their fellow beings through their enterprising ways, than any of the people care organizations ever hope to do, not withstanding all their good intentions.
I am not saying making money should be the primary goal.. the primary goal should be to realize our potential to the fullest extent possible.. be the best at what we can.. that is when, we will be happy and satisfied - money or no money..
u stated the problems but nothing can be done by just discussing and forgetting it after a fortnight or so...we have to go to the roots of the problems and do whatever we can....
@ the lone sailor
i accept with u to some extent..that we shud first look at our own career and do best to our profession and from there we can do our part of help to the society....but
how many r really doing it....
a ambani or a narayana murthy cant change the face of the society..
its the people who have to come together and make it possible.
and how many people know narayana murthy and ambani in country...but if a local person who is gud at his deeds asks them to work for a cause...they will do it for sure..
thats the bottom line...
i wouldnt support politics...but i believe that there shud be ppl who make others do gud deeds by his words and deeds..
D.Lakshma Reddy
lakshma@gmail.com
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