The writer's bug bit me once more today that the temptation to log on and start keying out certain thoughts was beyond resistance. The recent readings of the Difficulty of being good, followed by a series on the Upanishads stirred a thought process which was catalysed by a symbolic wakening by the partial viewing of the biopic on the legendary EVR. For the best part of my life, I had held the view that the man EVR was responsible for the maverick politics in the state of Tamil Nadu. However, the biopic showed that the man lived beyond his times and was a visionary who was a match for national leaders like Rajaji and Gandhi. He has left an indelible mark on the social fabric of the nation without resorting to the politics of the day. He did not even refrain from criticising his own proteges for their errors, mistakes or blunders. No wonder he earned the sobriquet Periyar.
The present day stresses and strains wherein one fails to achieve the goals he sets out to was eating into my vitals. No wonder the books lent me a sense of being to contribute to the society while the biopic made it clear that it was not mythical that it took the whole society to tar one before the achievement is recognised. Evidently, few legends were accepted during their lifetime. Many of their deeds met with disapproval rather than emulation. As in a old lesson in Hindi we had learnt in our High school days, the tendency of the man to crown the person who sets the agenda as divine or a star to make his life easier became the absolute truth. As these thoughts muddled my mind, I felt the urge to record my tributes to the legends who dared to deviate from the set paths, courageously challenged the ritualistic acceptance of a hierarchy, paved the path for a better society despite several inherent flaws in them. The best tribute would be in the form of emulation rather than glorification of these immortals.
Determined that my quest has begun for my purpose to be served, I look to contribute by moulding the characters of men who would be in charge of affairs at various points of society. Impressing a young mind of the need to uphold the cause of the general public at large is not a easy task but now I believe it is no more a daunting task.
We have seen trainers conduct entry and exit tests on the levels of knowledge acquired but should we not lay a practical lesson on the importance of punctuality and empathy by making each one of them undergo a traumatic wait or delay in the process of training. A mind without ethics would be a wasted mind. Similarly, a corrupted mind would be a danger for the withering fabric of the society. Let us alter the course of training to meet these basic needs and only use the tools of demonstrative effect to at least make each one more responsible and accountable. Training should no more be a tool of academicians to feed data but a tool to educate and mould young minds. The path is known but the need to tread the untrodden trail is a requirement of the hour. Let us not focus on numbers but on the quality of the output.
Will I successfully tread the path? is a question that time will answer with unswerving accuracy.
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NYC to read .
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