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April 23rd, 2007, 05:00 PM
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It is an irony in India that true achievers are here only used for mourning purpose. Though this country lacks any real ideal for its youth, yet whatever talent India possesses in any form or stream, it is rejected with utmost rudeness. The government, media, and the society always try to use the talent according to their own suitability. Media strives hard to create the stars out of none and afterwards tear it apart and this process continues forever. People also take part in this circus blissfully. And after their death, they are called achievers, ahead of time, heaped upon several awards recognized at national level. How sad!
Here, the problem lies with the fact that this huge Indian talent is being ignored in India and recognized at international level. It says a lot about our failure of judgment and sheer apathy towards natural talent. We always let it slip from our hands and then sulk that people prefer foreign to India.
And those who stick to India (out of choice or compulsion), we humiliate them at the drop of a hat. And the funny thing is that we quickly change sides too. Take the recent example of Sourave Ganguly, ex-caption of Indian Cricket team. First he was thrown out of team on the basis that he is not performing, though the team was on a winning streak. The whole country was after him for not scoring runs. He was not only stripped of his captaincy, but literally thrown out of Indian team with utmost insult. That very moment he was turned into an underdog. Same media and people now wanted him to succeed and come back. Now, our Indian team is broken, down and completely out. What was the need to fix something that is not broken? I hope that these bad days will pass soon and Indian Cricket team will be back to its old winning days however I question the sheer negative attitude of media, and my countrymen.
Take an example of few talented people in their own filed, who has achieved great heights just on the basis of their sheer hard work and strong will power, without any false support such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Narayan Murthi, Mohammad Rafi, PremChand, Milkha Singh, Mohan Lal, Shiv Kumar Batalavi, PJ Abdul kalam, Laxmi Mittal, Balraj Sahni, Gurudutt, Naushad, javed Akhtar, Amitabh Bachhan, ShahRukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, R. V. Raman and many more.
Shailendra Verma, a 12 –years old guy from U. P., is the youngest student enrolled in the Bachelor of Computer Application course in Lucknow University. He has passed the TOEFL and SAT with flying colors. He applied for admission in a Bachelor of Computer Science course at the Eastern New Mexico University in the US and even got through without much effort. But Shailendra could not make it to the US because his father, Tej Bahadur Verma, is a daily wage labourer who earns Rs 70 per day. The family could not afford his train fare to Delhi; leave alone the flight to the US. This highly intelligent guy aspires to be a software engineer though he doesn’t have any computer to learn. My heart bleeds to see this sheer waste of talent. Both central and state governments has no answer.
All the above-mentioned people came from middle class environment and achieved the greater heights of success in their respective fields. Just few months back, the French government has bestowed the award of Officier de la Legion (Officer of the Legion of Honour) on Amitabh Bachchan. The award is a recognition of Mr Bachchan’s contribution to Indian and international cultural life. But in India, the legend actor is harassed by IT people and ruling party. That’s the way our most of achievers are treated around the whole country.
The prestigious MIT Technology Review this year features as many as nine Indians in its list of top 100 innovators, all of them under 35. They include Srinidhi Varadarajan, who conceived and built the world's third fastest supercomputer earlier this year.
Chaitali Sengupta, a systems architect at Texas Instruments, has been recognized for her work on communications chips used in advanced cellular systems now coming to market. These chips let multimedia cell phones more easily handle Internet access, videoconferencing and mobile commerce.
Smruti Vidwans, a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, for developing a new approach to develop anti-TB drugs.
Vikram Sheel Kumar, cofounder and CEO of Dimagi in Boston, who has developed interactive software that motivates patients to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and AIDS.
Ananth Natarajan, CEO of Infinite Biomedical Technologies in Baltimore, Maryland, for developing a technology that will enable implantable cardiac devices to detect incipient heart attacks.
Ramesh Raskar, a research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric, for building large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors and for image-processing and graphics research that may lead to new applications in entertainment and image-guided surgery.
Mayank Bulsara, co-founder and chief technology officer of AmberWave Systems, for developing strained silicon that makes computer chips run faster and consume less power.
Ravi Kane, an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for developing a highly potent anthrax treatment.
It is important to understand how the Successful Achievers can help in contributing the intellectual growth, social & economic betterment, unity among the society engaged in various streams of life, and infrastructural development in and around the country. They should be encouraged to come forward on a common stage and help in finding the talent on grass root level and hone the skills of the gifted people.
Success is a true success only when it helps others becomes successful too.
It is an irony in India that true achievers are here only used for mourning purpose. Though this country lacks any real ideal for its youth, yet whatever talent India possesses in any form or stream, it is rejected with utmost rudeness. The government, media, and the society always try to use the talent according to their own suitability. Media strives hard to create the stars out of none and afterwards tear it apart and this process continues forever. People also take part in this circus blissfully. And after their death, they are called achievers, ahead of time, heaped upon several awards recognized at national level. How sad!
Here, the problem lies with the fact that this huge Indian talent is being ignored in India and recognized at international level. It says a lot about our failure of judgment and sheer apathy towards natural talent. We always let it slip from our hands and then sulk that people prefer foreign to India.
And those who stick to India (out of choice or compulsion), we humiliate them at the drop of a hat. And the funny thing is that we quickly change sides too. Take the recent example of Sourave Ganguly, ex-caption of Indian Cricket team. First he was thrown out of team on the basis that he is not performing, though the team was on a winning streak. The whole country was after him for not scoring runs. He was not only stripped of his captaincy, but literally thrown out of Indian team with utmost insult. That very moment he was turned into an underdog. Same media and people now wanted him to succeed and come back. Now, our Indian team is broken, down and completely out. What was the need to fix something that is not broken? I hope that these bad days will pass soon and Indian Cricket team will be back to its old winning days however I question the sheer negative attitude of media, and my countrymen.
Take an example of few talented people in their own filed, who has achieved great heights just on the basis of their sheer hard work and strong will power, without any false support such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Narayan Murthi, Mohammad Rafi, PremChand, Milkha Singh, Mohan Lal, Shiv Kumar Batalavi, PJ Abdul kalam, Laxmi Mittal, Balraj Sahni, Gurudutt, Naushad, javed Akhtar, Amitabh Bachhan, ShahRukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, R. V. Raman and many more.
Shailendra Verma, a 12 –years old guy from U. P., is the youngest student enrolled in the Bachelor of Computer Application course in Lucknow University. He has passed the TOEFL and SAT with flying colors. He applied for admission in a Bachelor of Computer Science course at the Eastern New Mexico University in the US and even got through without much effort. But Shailendra could not make it to the US because his father, Tej Bahadur Verma, is a daily wage labourer who earns Rs 70 per day. The family could not afford his train fare to Delhi; leave alone the flight to the US. This highly intelligent guy aspires to be a software engineer though he doesn’t have any computer to learn. My heart bleeds to see this sheer waste of talent. Both central and state governments has no answer.
All the above-mentioned people came from middle class environment and achieved the greater heights of success in their respective fields. Just few months back, the French government has bestowed the award of Officier de la Legion (Officer of the Legion of Honour) on Amitabh Bachchan. The award is a recognition of Mr Bachchan’s contribution to Indian and international cultural life. But in India, the legend actor is harassed by IT people and ruling party. That’s the way our most of achievers are treated around the whole country.
The prestigious MIT Technology Review this year features as many as nine Indians in its list of top 100 innovators, all of them under 35. They include Srinidhi Varadarajan, who conceived and built the world's third fastest supercomputer earlier this year.
Chaitali Sengupta, a systems architect at Texas Instruments, has been recognized for her work on communications chips used in advanced cellular systems now coming to market. These chips let multimedia cell phones more easily handle Internet access, videoconferencing and mobile commerce.
Smruti Vidwans, a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, for developing a new approach to develop anti-TB drugs.
Vikram Sheel Kumar, cofounder and CEO of Dimagi in Boston, who has developed interactive software that motivates patients to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and AIDS.
Ananth Natarajan, CEO of Infinite Biomedical Technologies in Baltimore, Maryland, for developing a technology that will enable implantable cardiac devices to detect incipient heart attacks.
Ramesh Raskar, a research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric, for building large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors and for image-processing and graphics research that may lead to new applications in entertainment and image-guided surgery.
Mayank Bulsara, co-founder and chief technology officer of AmberWave Systems, for developing strained silicon that makes computer chips run faster and consume less power.
Ravi Kane, an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for developing a highly potent anthrax treatment.
It is important to understand how the Successful Achievers can help in contributing the intellectual growth, social & economic betterment, unity among the society engaged in various streams of life, and infrastructural development in and around the country. They should be encouraged to come forward on a common stage and help in finding the talent on grass root level and hone the skills of the gifted people.
Success is a true success only when it helps others becomes successful too.