“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.“
- John Wooden (American Basketball player)
The way the word “BIG” is perceived changes from person to person. BIG can be massive like Statue of Unity of India and BIG can also be microscopic like nano carbon particles that are making the tyres safer. ADITYA BIRLA GROUP is the third largest conglomerate in India but I see the gargantuan size of ADITYA BIRLA GROUP in how it is assimilated in our daily life without us even knowing about it. The smartphone we use has the glass cover made off aluminium produced by Hindalco. Indian Railways, the lifeline of India, depends upon Birla Copper Limited for its copper requirements. Vodafone Idea is the largest telecom company in India. Aditya Birla Fashion transformed the fashion scenario of India with brands like Peter England and concepts like “Friday Dressing”. It is impossible for an Indian not to have a bit of ADITYA BIRLA GROUP in their life. Aditya Birla Group has become synonymous with the life of a common man. So, to answer the question of how big Aditya Birla Group is in my life, the answer simply is, it's enormous and there is no instrument or scale that can measure the depth the conglomerate has penetrated my life along with millions of other Indians and people around the world.
“If you’re going through hell keep going.” – Winston Churchill
Life is a bittersweet symphony and that’s what makes it so melodious. But for a large section of our society, life is more bitter than sweet. This is a story about how life gave me a first-hand experience of “NEVER DIE ATTITUDE”. When I joined the corporate world after completing my undergraduate, I got an opportunity to interact with an NGO. One arm of the NGO was working for vocational training and employment of slum dwellers of Hyderabad and at the same time, another branch was involved in educational counseling of underprivileged school children. I was involved in providing educational aid to the children of class 10 going for board exams. The first interaction I had with these children changed my perspective about life. These children dreamt of not only changing their own socio-economic condition through education but also help millions of others like them once they become successful. They had ambitions of becoming pilots, investment bankers and nuclear scientists. They were fighting against all odds for a dream of a better future. There I was standing, feeling so little compared to the struggles and determination of those kids, where I was supposed to inspire them, those kids ended up teaching me one of the biggest lessons of my life about “Never die attitude”. For the next three months, I mentored those kids in every way possible. These children came with not only academic issues but also personal problems for which, most of the times I did not have any solution. But what I understood from the interactions is that they needed someone only to listen and support them through their tough times. I was doing all of these over and above my regular job but frankly, it was not tiring. At the end of the exams, most of them passed with flying colors and some of them could not. As an advisor and councillor, it was my job to keep the spirit of fighting ignited in them, for they have battles to fight, wars to win and dreams to fulfill. I am still in contact with most of them and they are working hard to fulfill those dreams today. I don’t know how much of an impact I made in their lives but I can confidently say that those three months changed my life completely.
