We met this U.S lady during our recent Sri Lanka trip. She had been travelling around many countries including the likes of India, Indonesia, Thailand et all since last 7 months or so. Believe me she was not on any vacation sort of. She left her 2 years old coshy job in Hollywood and then an offer from Versace to chase the things she is passionate about. She don't pay for her flight tickets but rather manage it from the airmiles she gained during her sales stint on her job.Touring around these countries was as she said her way of 'educating herself'. She stayed in India for around two and half months , got trained in Yoga(a certified one) and want to become a part-time Yoga trainer. Her ultimate aim is to work in yachts and become an 'international resource'. And her talks reflected the amount of knowledge she has gained of the countries she has visited. I never heard of Delhi Belly until Aamir Khan picked this 2 words for his upcoming movie but she knew it well with her dose of you tube clips.
Can we Indians afford to do the same? Even when we have world's all wealth? A break from the work and/or studies? Remember those application forms from your dream company asking for any gap in studies/jobs? And if it exceeds 6 months except when you have dropped preparing for IITs, you will end up being a non-serious candidate. You lose the edge over one having a 'continuity' with no gaps. The recruiter (read the society) wants you to be occupied - even when the job you are doing sucks you and kills you every moment, even when that engineering and doctorate degree makes your life more confused and more meaningless. Keep running else someone else will move ahead. Keep running else someone else will defeat you.
This fear of losing has perhaps defeated our generation from core. Grades and percentages has become the hallmark of our existence in this society. Just pick anyone just anyone from any corner of the world , lock him/her in a room with those bundle of book to mug and he/she will finally vomit it in any exams - there is no rocket science in it, there is nothing great about it but still it is what count here - how fast , how good and how efficiently you can do it- this is the race we are entangled in. And still we are running and we will even after the 100% cutoff is here.But for what? We don't know. Perhaps to make your nearby uncles and aunties happy, perhaps to keep their mouth shut.
Why do we need to listen them? Why can't we have a life beyond grades? Why can't we educate ourselves the way we want? Why can't we learn the things we are passionate about?
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