The candidate enters the campus gates with the dreams of turning into a "participant" ... for which there are many well framed answers to the most frequently asked questions in any general management school PI... the answers r those which hve already been written n cross verified by those already in d field... loong list of questions n loong loong answers...
d same process followed around 3 years bck fr d admissions to a "well known institute of rural management in western India" ... i was also one of them ...the statements which follow aftr this are not to point out anyone abt anythng (each one is free to mke choices) but just a thought which came to me...
Why dis institute? "one question, mostly asked to all d aspirants..."
The answer to which for almost 50% of the aspirants would be plain n simple.. 'coz no other better option !!!
but the answer given tkes the interviewer to a higher level of thinkin... some filosophies.. many fundas..i was thinkin bout this since my birth and wat not...
So, where do u see yrself after this institute...? another question .. which follows shortly after..
The answer to this is also plain n simple ... an organisation which gives me money...whatever it is !!! development or not development... hw wud i kne .. u hvent tken me in as yet !!!
but to this also thr is a well framed sofisticated answer which would link to "rural" in more than one way...my eyes go blind beyond development... corporate (omg sir, i really dnt understnd d meaning of the word)...
the start to a 2 year journey is based on "hypocrisy" and "pretentions" for many of the aspirants... 'coz thr is a hidden fear in all of us...
the fear of accepting yrself the way u are... in the process, we usually pretend to our ownselves to such an extent tht we forget our real self and strt tkng the pretention as real...
i still cannot relate to the answer given to tht question sum 3 years bck... i still cannot relate to myself... but m trying... hopefully one day i will keep my word...
5 comments:
Well the hypocrisy that originates out of fear is deep rooted in our systems and society...We in India and across the globe have made money and leisure as our basic need and have placed it at the bottom of maslow's hierarchy...Words like rural, development, participant find meaning when we are willing to get out of the clutches of what others will think, will I be able to earn so much, will I be able to support a car...how will I buy a house...I in no way counter these feelings...but the point is..WHY NOT SAY IT OPENLY..FOR DEVELOPMENT BEGINS AT HOME ITSELF...
It still doesn't matter that we began or we had to begin with hypocrisy !!
If still we are able to find ways to be true to ourselves and our near and dear ones, the real growth or popularly know as self development will start. Trust me those charades are to broken once, thereafter u'll feel bliss in life.
I don't completely agree with What Ralsi said...self development is important but do we really want hypocrisy to form the base for our development...what's the point in pretending to change when one started on the wrong foot in the first place...
How we begin the journey is as important as how we end it...or what happens while the journey is on...
well written smriti.. first anniversary of passing IRMA n joining a job is usually introspective phase... hypocrisy is a fact which u cannot run from .. DRC, i think Ralsi is correct on this point.. this is not a planned journey and it may start any which way n doesnt matter hw it started.. it is important hw it ends.. the necessary thing is to be true to one's self and possibly the near n dear ones.. with the rest of junta hypocrisy will be there because the world speaks a diff language where hypocrisy is a norm and adhering to some of it solves more problems whereas truth n straight talk stings...
hey guys,
didnt visit my blog since long..just went thru all yr comments...
thanks all of u for an insightful approach...:))
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