I have always been of the opinion that to be successful in life one might not necessarily need talent but one can definitely work on his/her skills to make oneself so perfect at it by regularly working on one self’s weaknesses and enhancing one self’s strengths.
Well whenever I think of not giving up on my dreams or not running away from my weaknesses, I certainly am driven to think of one brand’s tagline i.e. “Evolve yourself” which is of Van Heusen, one of my favourite brands when it comes to business casuals or formals.
Also I wondered why my Dad always used a particular cement for building our home at our native place where everyone is used to this specific brand i.e. Ultratech cement.
One day I realised the truth when I saw the bridge which connects our village to another village which was built long back in 90s. Under this bridge I saw a humble yet hardworking group of labourers who worked day in and day out to meet their ends and at night were sheltered under that bridge.
They felt safe under that bridge when compared to living in between forests when this was the time villages were deserted and humans had killed off the flora for their own necessities.
But these labourers made good use and believed in such strong infrastructure whose cement was definitely the choice of the best engineer, yes UltraTech cement. I had always been inspired by the leadership of Ultratech cement in Indian market as well as their vision.
Me myself has never made a big impact to anything, but certainly I have made an impact on my family. As an only son of my Mom and Dad who both are retired, I can proudly say that even after I have come to Pune for my MBA, I somehow take time to talk to my parents about their day and how they are feeling or whether they have any health issues.
Other than this I have always believed in doing something small but effective because I never had the privilege to think big or do big as I am an engineer who is confused about his life and equally confused are his own parents about him.
I live in Dombivli a city in suburban Mumbai where sight of child beggars is as common as sight of people going for office daily. So ever since I went for my college I always didn’t want to give the beggars the money as they were controlled by their parents to bring money which would be wasted.
So I always tried to feed these beggars no matter how much late I was or whether the child wanted it or not. I always tried to keep some snacks or fruits with me and I talked to these children while they were enjoying the snacks.
By this was I was satisfied I could do something meaningful despite I was late to my classes. I tried to convey these problems to the nearest police station and they too wanted the beggars children to get proper schooling.
For which they provided them free entries to nearest schools but it seemed the parents and children didn’t want this life. I learnt one thing about poverty that day, it literally brainwashes its victims.
I need to be affluent enough to take care of these beggars to turn their lives around if I really wanted to. No administration or law can end poverty, but its us , the citizens of this democratic country can try from our end to convert small impacts to much larger ones by using our resources carefully and wisely, so that all our fellow underprivileged citizens can access their fundamental rights.