i believe..most of us are driven by the society, our parents and friends....the outside world...most of the time we spend in creating a better self image based on the conventional scale...the salary, etc..the major problem that stops us doing what we want is , if I do this," what this world will think abt me? i should do something that makes me mahaan, better than others.." A good and satisfied life just requires the change of the way u perceive things and the way u think...
Yeah, the article is very nice in telling us how self satisfaction is higher than money.But, would I recommend or get inspired to follow the same is out of question. One shud give back to the society, but, there are ways in which u can do that best. For an engineer of his calibre it would hav been better if he had pursued work in his field. I consider he wasted his talent.
But, I dont mean to condemn his act, he was very correct in doin wat he found satisfying, but, he could have been a better service to the society.
@slap... oki itz nt abt giving a counterpoint to what u said..itz juzz ki i feel ki he is totally correct..see u can always find such talented engineers[though i kno talent cant b compared :)],u can find many 10 pointers n ppl who are gud at solving questions correct upto 3 decimal places ;) but u will find it very difficult to find sum1 who works so much for the society and thats what he also meant ki "like silicon valey, society also needs intelligent ppl" cuz he also knows ki there are lots f gr8 mind to work for silicon valley..agar wo nahi to koi aur but for social causes..there are very few..so agar wo nahi to shayad koi nahi ...hope i am clear :)
i think i was interpreted wrong.. i dont questioned his act.. but the magnitude.. agrred... " u need intelligent people in socail field too " but, then thode intelligent people shud serve the society matchin their calibre.. how many of us knew of belur math b4 this article.. how many of us even after the article... A person of such calibre cud hav done wonders... there can be many ways to serve society and there can be many ways in between a MNC job and a life of a sanyasi...
slap , tell me what constitutes the society...isnt it the common man...he is also a part of the society....and by doing that he is happy...if everybody just starts thinking abt. oneself in the true sense...i think everybody will be happy...and so society as a whole..
@ slap see i juzz want to say ki there are many ppl at advanced/higher level like Red Cross,UNICEF,NGOs who are working for social causes n i really appreciate them too...but we need more ppl to work at grass root level.I am nt saying ki above mentioned organizations dont work at grass root level,they do like there are many organisations working for flood relief in bihar n many of them worked in Tsunami also wch is highly respectable but these organisations MAY not help an individual alone cuz they may not reach to such minute level.If this guy wudnt have been thr...i think there was very thin chance of that girl being saved by any such big organisation...so all i want to say ki we need ppl who arent selfish(cuz normal ppl like us may not have dat courage to leave highly paid jobs n work on a root level). Dont u think he is creating wonders by saving sum1's life???Go n ask that girl n her parents whether he created wonders or not??? and if u say he cud have created more wonders by chosing some other path den lemme tell u....he is working in dat field for more than 10 years(w/o any direct personal incentive of money or fame) vch clearly shows ki he is loving his work and we can create wonders onli in those fields whr we love our work.
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this is what we should think of ...not the money...but the satisfaction...the self-satisfaction..
i believe..most of us are driven by the society, our parents and friends....the outside world...most of the time we spend in creating a better self image based on the conventional scale...the salary, etc..the major problem that stops us doing what we want is , if I do this," what this world will think abt me? i should do something that makes me mahaan, better than others.."
A good and satisfied life just requires the change of the way u perceive things and the way u think...
Yeah, the article is very nice in telling us how self satisfaction is higher than money.But, would I recommend or get inspired to follow the same is out of question.
One shud give back to the society, but, there are ways in which u can do that best. For an engineer of his calibre it would hav been better if he had pursued work in his field.
I consider he wasted his talent.
But, I dont mean to condemn his act, he was very correct in doin wat he found satisfying, but, he could have been a better service to the society.
@slap...
oki itz nt abt giving a counterpoint to what u said..itz juzz ki i feel ki he is totally correct..see u can always find such talented engineers[though i kno talent cant b compared :)],u can find many 10 pointers n ppl who are gud at solving questions correct upto 3 decimal places ;) but u will find it very difficult to find sum1 who works so much for the society and thats what he also meant ki "like silicon valey, society also needs intelligent ppl" cuz he also knows ki there are lots f gr8 mind to work for silicon valley..agar wo nahi to koi aur but for social causes..there are very few..so agar wo nahi to shayad koi nahi ...hope i am clear :)
i think i was interpreted wrong..
i dont questioned his act.. but the magnitude.. agrred... " u need intelligent people in socail field too " but, then thode intelligent people shud serve the society matchin their calibre..
how many of us knew of belur math b4 this article.. how many of us even after the article... A person of such calibre cud hav done wonders...
there can be many ways to serve society and there can be many ways in between a MNC job and a life of a sanyasi...
And even now... i am now condemning his act...
He was very righteous in choosing what gave him pleasure...instead of following the crowd....
slap , tell me what constitutes the society...isnt it the common man...he is also a part of the society....and by doing that he is happy...if everybody just starts thinking abt. oneself in the true sense...i think everybody will be happy...and so society as a whole..
@ slap
see i juzz want to say ki there are many ppl at advanced/higher level like Red Cross,UNICEF,NGOs who are working for social causes n i really appreciate them too...but we need more ppl to work at grass root level.I am nt saying ki above mentioned organizations dont work at grass root level,they do like there are many organisations working for flood relief in bihar n many of them worked in Tsunami also wch is highly respectable but these organisations MAY not help an individual alone cuz they may not reach to such minute level.If this guy wudnt have been thr...i think there was very thin chance of that girl being saved by any such big organisation...so all i want to say ki we need ppl who arent selfish(cuz normal ppl like us may not have dat courage to leave highly paid jobs n work on a root level). Dont u think he is creating wonders by saving sum1's life???Go n ask that girl n her parents whether he created wonders or not??? and if u say he cud have created more wonders by chosing some other path den lemme tell u....he is working in dat field for more than 10 years(w/o any direct personal incentive of money or fame) vch clearly shows ki he is loving his work and we can create wonders onli in those fields whr we love our work.
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