Everyday you live your life like vegetables and just live the day. Day after day just pass by and there is nothing exciting or inspiring you do. And then you come across a person who shakes your system, your faith in such a way that you now want to do something instead of just sitting idle, living your life & one day, just die.
India, for sure, has become one such place where people need a reason, an inspiration, some sort of shock to wake up from the limbo they are perenially in. For example, it took a 'Rang De Basanti' to gather support for Jessica Lall case which was earlier lacking enough witness & look at it now. You have enough to hang the convict. Similarly, it took the life of a bright, progessive, patriot IIM graduate to realise how corrupt our system is.
Yes, I am talking about Manjunath Shanmugam who was with Indion Oil Corporation at Lucknow. He gave up a lucarative career after being in IIT and IIM, the most respectable edutcation institutes in perhaps South-East Asia and among the brightest in the World. I admire his passion for serving the country he was born in, even though he knew how white-blooded we have become since independence. Even more, I salute the integrity of his character which withstood the pressure of the society to become one like them & shine out like a star in the sky to guide and inspuire the rest.
I am pretty sure that it wouldn't change an iota of difference in most peoples life. They have become used to being shameless, being a part of the crowd and follow a beaten path & just die like any one of them. But my friend, you have jumped many many places in my list of heroes & would always be there. I have my dreams, my goals & I shall do whatever I need to carry them out. But I am sure, when my conviction falls weak & I look up for inspiration & strength, you would always be there amongst my guiding stars.
For those interested, You may visit Manjunath Shanmugam Trust @
http://syg.com/web/manjunath/
India, for sure, has become one such place where people need a reason, an inspiration, some sort of shock to wake up from the limbo they are perenially in. For example, it took a 'Rang De Basanti' to gather support for Jessica Lall case which was earlier lacking enough witness & look at it now. You have enough to hang the convict. Similarly, it took the life of a bright, progessive, patriot IIM graduate to realise how corrupt our system is.
Yes, I am talking about Manjunath Shanmugam who was with Indion Oil Corporation at Lucknow. He gave up a lucarative career after being in IIT and IIM, the most respectable edutcation institutes in perhaps South-East Asia and among the brightest in the World. I admire his passion for serving the country he was born in, even though he knew how white-blooded we have become since independence. Even more, I salute the integrity of his character which withstood the pressure of the society to become one like them & shine out like a star in the sky to guide and inspuire the rest.
I am pretty sure that it wouldn't change an iota of difference in most peoples life. They have become used to being shameless, being a part of the crowd and follow a beaten path & just die like any one of them. But my friend, you have jumped many many places in my list of heroes & would always be there. I have my dreams, my goals & I shall do whatever I need to carry them out. But I am sure, when my conviction falls weak & I look up for inspiration & strength, you would always be there amongst my guiding stars.
For those interested, You may visit Manjunath Shanmugam Trust @
http://syg.com/web/manjunath/
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